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.
Land-based Wind Limited Exclusions.tif
tifLand-based Wind Limited Private Exclusions.tif
tifLand-based Wind Reference Exclusions.tif
tifSolar Limited Exclusions.tif
tifSolar Limited Private Exclusions.tif
tifSolar Reference Exclusions.tif
tifLand Of Opportunity Potential for Renewable Energy on Federal Lands
PDFGeothermal reV Supply Curve Column Lookup.csv
CSVLand-based Wind reV Supply Curve Column Lookup.csv
CSVSolar reV Supply Curve Column Lookup.csv
CSVGeothermal Limited Exclusions.tif
tifGeothermal Limited Private Exclusions.tif
tifGeothermal Reference Exclusions.tif
tifGeothermal Hydro 3k Limited Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv
CSVGeothermal Hydro 3k Limited Private Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv
CSVGeothermal Hydro 3k Reference Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv
CSVGeothermal EGS 6k Limited Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv
CSVGeothermal EGS 4k Limited Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv
CSVGeothermal EGS 6k Limited Private Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv
CSVGeothermal EGS 6k Reference Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv
CSVGeothermal EGS 4k Limited Private Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv
CSVGeothermal EGS 4k Reference Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv
CSVLand-based Wind Limited Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv
CSVLand-based Wind Limited Private Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv
CSVLand-based Wind Reference Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv
CSVSolar Limited Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv
CSVSolar Limited Private Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv
CSVSolar Reference Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv
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