Display Name: Estimated Annual Solar Utility-Scale Capacity Factor
Description: This dataset provides indication of utility scale solar resource potential, in terms of quality and quantity, for the State of Oregon.<br><br>Values are reported in terms of estimated annual capacity factor, a measure of solar resource quality. Capacity factor indicates the amount of energy produced in a typical year, as a fraction of maximum possible energy, if the facility were producing at full nameplate capacity, for 100% of the hours of the year. For example, a 100 MW solar power plant with 21% capacity factor would generate 100 MW x 8760 hrs/yr x 21% = 183,960 MWh/yr.<a href="https://oe.oregonexplorer.info/externalcontent/metadata/raw_solar_potential_OR_acCapacityFactor_IDW.pdf" target="_blank">Learn More</a><br>(NREL, E3 - Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc., Energy Reflections, Andrew Pascale, 2021)