Description
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.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Limited Private Exclusions.tif | TIFF | This TIFF file represents a composite of all siting exclusions for the Limited Private scenario. The values in the file indicate the percentage of available land within each 90x90-meter pixel. Pixels with a value of 1 are entirely available (100%) for PV development. | Open resource |
| Solar Limited Exclusions.tif | TIFF | This TIFF file represents a composite of all siting exclusions for the Limited scenario. The values in the file indicate the percentage of available land within each 90x90-meter pixel. Pixels with a value of 1 are entirely available (100%) for PV development. | Open resource |
| Solar Reference Exclusions.tif | TIFF | This TIFF file represents a composite of all siting exclusions for the Reference scenario. The values in the file indicate the percentage of available land within each 90x90-meter pixel. Pixels with a value of 1 are entirely available (100%) for PV development. | Open resource |
| Land-based Wind Limited Private Exclusions.tif | TIFF | This TIFF file represents a composite of all siting exclusions for the Limited Private scenario. Pixels with a value of 0 are excluded from wind development. | Open resource |
| Land-based Wind Limited Exclusions.tif | TIFF | This TIFF file represents a composite of all siting exclusions for the Limited scenario. Pixels with a value of 0 are excluded from wind development. | Open resource |
| Land-based Wind Reference Exclusions.tif | TIFF | This TIFF file represents a composite of all siting exclusions for the Reference scenario. Pixels with a value of 0 are excluded from wind development. | Open resource |
| Geothermal reV Supply Curve Column Lookup.csv | CSV | Column headers and descriptions for the supply curve. | Open resource |
| Geothermal EGS 4k Limited Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv | CSV | Limited Access geothermal EGS 4k Supply Curve | Open resource |
| Geothermal EGS 4k Limited Private Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv | CSV | Limited Access geothermal EGS 4k Supply Curve | Open resource |
| Geothermal EGS 4k Reference Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv | CSV | Reference Access geothermal EGS 4k Supply Curve | Open resource |
| Geothermal EGS 6k Limited Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv | CSV | Limited Access geothermal EGS 6k Supply Curve | Open resource |
| Geothermal EGS 6k Limited Private Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv | CSV | Limited Private Access geothermal EGS 6k Supply Curve | Open resource |
| Geothermal EGS 6k Reference Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv | CSV | Reference Access geothermal EGS 6k Supply Curve | Open resource |
| Geothermal Hydro 3k Limited Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv | CSV | Limited Access geothermal hydro 3k Supply Curve | Open resource |
| Geothermal Hydro 3k Limited Private Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv | CSV | Limited Private Access geothermal hydro 3k Supply Curve | Open resource |
| Geothermal Hydro 3k Reference Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv | CSV | Reference Access geothermal hydro 3k Supply Curve | Open resource |
| Geothermal Limited Exclusions.tif | TIFF | This TIFF file represents a composite of all siting exclusions for the Limited scenario. The values in the file indicate the percentage of available land within each 90x90-meter pixel. Pixels with a value of 1 are entirely available (100%) for geothermal development. | Open resource |
| Geothermal Limited Private Exclusions.tif | TIFF | This TIFF file represents a composite of all siting exclusions for the Limited Private scenario. The values in the file indicate the percentage of available land within each 90x90-meter pixel. Pixels with a value of 1 are entirely available (100%) for geothermal development. | Open resource |
| Geothermal Reference Exclusions.tif | TIFF | This TIFF file represents a composite of all siting exclusions for the Reference scenario. The values in the file indicate the percentage of available land within each 90x90-meter pixel. Pixels with a value of 1 are entirely available (100%) for geothermal development. | Open resource |
| Land-based Wind reV Supply Curve Column Lookup.csv | CSV | Column headers and descriptions for the supply curve. | Open resource |
| Land-based Wind Limited Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv | CSV | Limited access land-based wind supply curve. | Open resource |
| Land-based Wind Limited Private Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv | CSV | Limited private access land-based wind supply curve. | Open resource |
| Land-based Wind Reference Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv | CSV | Reference access land-based wind supply curve. | Open resource |
| Solar reV Supply Curve Column Lookup.csv | CSV | Column headers and descriptions for the supply curve. | Open resource |
| Solar Limited Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv | CSV | Limited Access Utility-scale PV Supply Curve | Open resource |
| Solar Limited Private Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv | CSV | Limited Private Access Utility-scale PV Supply Curve | Open resource |
| Solar Reference Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv | CSV | Reference Access Utility-scale PV Supply Curve | Open resource |
| Land Of Opportunity Potential for Renewable Energy on Federal Lands | Final report documenting renewable energy potential on federal lands. Serves as documentation for all resources contained in this data packet. | Open resource |