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Land of Opportunity: Geothermal, Land-based Wind, and Solar PV Potential on Federal Lands
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This data packet contains supply curves and a composite siting exclusion TIFF for geothermal, land-based wind, and solar PV across the contiguous United States with specific consideration on federal lands. The supply curves offer comprehensive metrics such as capacity (MW) for each reV site (~60,000 sites). The composite exclusion TIFF is a single file that delineates areas where there are no assumed exclusions to a power plant based on various siting assumptions. For additional details and citation, see: Trieu Mai, Anthony Lopez, Melinda Marquis, Michael Gleason, Anne Hamilton, Whitney Trainor-Guitton, Jonathan Ho, and Shashwat Sharma. 2025. Land of Opportunity: Potential for Renewable Energy on Federal Lands. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. NREL/TP-6A40-91848. https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy25osti/91848.pdf.

Federal LandsLand-based WindSiting LabSitingLabSupply CurveTIFFanalysiscapacitycost of energyexclusiongenerationgeothermalpv powerreVregulatory contraintssitingsolarsolar PVsupply curveswindwind power
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Dcat Issued2025-01-01T07:00:00Z
Dcat Modified2025-05-01T15:47:58Z
Dcat Publisher NameNational Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Harvest Object Id1a941b29-5973-4791-a707-f5c546c06e9e
Harvest Source Id4eb7107f-a2b1-40e3-b36a-8161aa98a56e
Harvest Source TitleOpenEI Data Portal
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Files
  • Land-based Wind Limited Exclusions.tif

  • Land-based Wind Limited Private Exclusions.tif

  • Land-based Wind Reference Exclusions.tif

  • Solar Limited Exclusions.tif

  • Solar Limited Private Exclusions.tif

  • Solar Reference Exclusions.tif

  • Land Of Opportunity Potential for Renewable Energy on Federal Lands

  • Geothermal reV Supply Curve Column Lookup.csv

  • Land-based Wind reV Supply Curve Column Lookup.csv

  • Solar reV Supply Curve Column Lookup.csv

  • Geothermal Limited Exclusions.tif

  • Geothermal Limited Private Exclusions.tif

  • Geothermal Reference Exclusions.tif

  • Geothermal Hydro 3k Limited Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv

  • Geothermal Hydro 3k Limited Private Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv

  • Geothermal Hydro 3k Reference Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv

  • Geothermal EGS 6k Limited Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv

  • Geothermal EGS 4k Limited Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv

  • Geothermal EGS 6k Limited Private Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv

  • Geothermal EGS 6k Reference Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv

  • Geothermal EGS 4k Limited Private Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv

  • Geothermal EGS 4k Reference Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv

  • Land-based Wind Limited Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv

  • Land-based Wind Limited Private Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv

  • Land-based Wind Reference Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv

  • Solar Limited Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv

  • Solar Limited Private Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv

  • Solar Reference Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv