core_nrelatb__yearly_projected_financial_cases
Annual time series of financial assumptions for each model case (model_case_nrelatb), and sub-type of technology (technology_description).
- 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:
NREL Annual Technology Baseline (ATB) for Electricity
- Primary key:
report_year, model_case_nrelatb, projection_year, technology_description
Columns
Four-digit year in which the data was reported.
NREL's financial assumption cases. There are two cases which effect project financial assumptions: R&D Only Case and Market + Policies Case. R&D Only includes only projected R&D improvements while Market + Policy case includes policy and tax incentives. https://atb.nrel.gov/electricity/2024/financial_cases_&_methods
The year of the projected value.
High level description of the technology used by the generator to produce electricity.
Rate of inflation. All dollar values are given in 2021 USD, using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for dollar year conversions where the source year dollars do not match 2021.
Also referred to as construction finance cost. Portion of all-in capital cost associated with construction period financing. It is a function of construction duration, capital fraction during construction, and interest during construction.
Calculated real interest rate.
Nominal interest rate.
Calculated real rate of return on equity.
Nomial rate of return on equity.
Combined federal and state tax rate. The R&D model_case_nrelatb holds tax and inflation rates constant at assumed long-term values: 21 percent federal tax rate, 6 percent state tax rate (though actual state tax rates vary), and 2.5 percent inflation rate excludes effects of tax credits. The Market + Policy model_case_nrelatb applies federal tax credits and expires them as consistent with existing law and guidelines.
core_nrelatb__yearly_projected_financial_cases_by_scenario
Annual time series of additional financial assumptions for NREL ATB projections that also vary by technology innovation scenario (scenario_atb), tax credit case (model_tax_credit_case_nrelatb), and cost recovery period (cost_recovery_period_years).
- 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:
NREL Annual Technology Baseline (ATB) for Electricity
- Primary key:
This table has no primary key. There are a small number of records which have nulls in the cost_recovery_period_years column. Based on NREL's documentation, this seems to indicate that those records apply to any relevant cost_recovery_period_years. If those records were non-null, the primary keys of this table would be: ['report_year', 'model_case_nrelatb', 'model_tax_credit_case_nrelatb', 'projection_year', 'technology_description', 'scenario_atb', 'cost_recovery_period_years']
Columns
Four-digit year in which the data was reported.
NREL's financial assumption cases. There are two cases which effect project financial assumptions: R&D Only Case and Market + Policies Case. R&D Only includes only projected R&D improvements while Market + Policy case includes policy and tax incentives. https://atb.nrel.gov/electricity/2024/financial_cases_&_methods
NREL's tax credit assumption cases. There are two types of tax credits: production tax credit (PTC) and investment tax credit (ITC). For more detail, see: https://atb.nrel.gov/electricity/2024/financial_cases_&_methods
The year of the projected value.
High level description of the technology used by the generator to produce electricity.
Technology innovation scenarios. https://atb.nrel.gov/electricity/2023/definitions#scenarios
The period over which the initial capital investment to build a plant is recovered.
Ratio of a constant annuity to the present value of receiving that annuity for a given length of time.
Fraction of capital financed with debt; Debt fraction is assumed financed with equity; also referred to as the leverage ratio.
Amount of revenue per dollar of investment required that must be collected annually from customers to pay the carrying charges on that investment.
Nominal weighted average cost of capital - average expected rate that is paid to finance assets.
Real weighted average cost of capital - average expected rate that is paid to finance assets.