core_eia860__scd_generators_solar

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Slowly changing dimension (SCD) table describing attributes of solar generators that may vary from year to year.

Most-recent data:

2024

Processing:

Data has been cleaned and organized into well-modeled tables that serve as building blocks for downstream wide tables and analyses.

Source:

EIA Form 860 -- Annual Electric Generator Report (Schedule 3.3)

Primary key:

plant_id_eia, generator_id, report_date

Additional Details

This table includes only those values that are unique to solar generators. The rest of the columns that are reported in the EIA-860 Solar tabs are included in core_eia860__scd_generators and core_eia__entity_generators.

Columns
plant_id_eia

The unique six-digit facility identification number, also called an ORISPL, assigned by the Energy Information Administration.

generator_id

Generator ID is usually numeric, but sometimes includes letters. Make sure you treat it as a string!

report_date

Date reported.

standard_testing_conditions_capacity_mwdc

The net capacity of this photovoltaic generator in direct current under standard test conditions (STC) of 1000 W/m^2 solar irradiance and 25 degrees Celsius PV module temperature. This was only reported in 2013 and 2014.

net_metering_capacity_mwdc

The DC megawatt capacity that is part of a net metering agreement.

uses_net_metering_agreement

Indicates if the output from this generator is part of a net metering agreement.

uses_virtual_net_metering_agreement

Indicates if the output from this generator is part of a virtual net metering agreement.

virtual_net_metering_capacity_mwdc

The DC capacity in MW that is part of a virtual net metering agreement.

azimuth_angle_deg

Indicates the azimuth angle of the unit for fixed tilt or single-axis technologies.

tilt_angle_deg

Indicates the tilt angle of the unit for fixed tilt or single-axis technologies.

uses_technology_lenses_mirrors

Indicates whether lenses or mirrors are used at this solar generating unit.

uses_technology_single_axis_tracking

Indicates whether single-axis tracking technologies are used at this solar generating unit.

uses_technology_dual_axis_tracking

Indicates whether dual-axis tracking technologies are used at this solar generating unit.

uses_technology_fixed_tilt

Indicates whether fixed tilt technologies are used at this solar generating unit.

uses_technology_east_west_fixed_tilt

Indicates whether east west fixed tilt technologies are used at this solar generating unit.

uses_technology_parabolic_trough

Indicates whether parabolic trough technologies s are used at this solar generating unit.

uses_technology_linear_fresnel

Indicates whether linear fresnel technologies are used at this solar generating unit.

uses_technology_power_tower

Indicates whether power towers are used at this solar generating unit.

uses_technology_dish_engine

Indicates whether dish engines are used at this solar generating unit.

uses_technology_other

Indicates whether other solar technologies are used at this solar generating unit.

uses_material_crystalline_silicon

Indicates whether any solar photovoltaic panels at this generator are made of crystalline silicon.

uses_material_thin_film_a_si

Indicates whether any solar photovoltaic panels at this generator are made of thin-film amorphous silicon (A-Si).

uses_material_thin_film_cdte

Indicates whether any solar photovoltaic panels at this generator are made of thin-film cadmium telluride (CdTe).

uses_material_thin_film_cigs

Indicates whether any solar photovoltaic panels at this generator are made of thin-film copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS).

uses_material_thin_film_other

Indicates whether any solar photovoltaic panels at this generator are made of other thin-film material.

uses_material_other

Indicates whether any solar photovoltaic panels at this generator are made of other materials.

uses_bifacial_panels

Indicates whether bifacial solar panels are used at this solar generating unit.