Land of Opportunity: Geothermal, Land-based Wind, and Solar PV Potential on Federal Lands

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.

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Name Format Description Link
8 Column headers and descriptions for the supply curve. https://data.openei.org/files/8383/pv_column_lookup.csv
48 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. https://data.openei.org/files/8383/exclusions_wind_limited.tif
48 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. https://data.openei.org/files/8383/exclusions_wind_limited_private.tif
48 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. https://data.openei.org/files/8383/exclusions_wind_reference.tif
48 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. https://data.openei.org/files/8383/exclusions_pv_limited.tif
48 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. https://data.openei.org/files/8383/exclusions_pv_limited_private.tif
48 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. https://data.openei.org/files/8383/exclusions_pv_reference.tif
33 Final report documenting renewable energy potential on federal lands. Serves as documentation for all resources contained in this data packet. https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy25osti/91848.pdf
8 Column headers and descriptions for the supply curve. https://data.openei.org/files/8383/geo_column_lookup.csv
8 Column headers and descriptions for the supply curve. https://data.openei.org/files/8383/lbw_column_lookup.csv
48 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. https://data.openei.org/files/8383/geothermal_reference_exclusions.tif
8 Limited Access geothermal hydro 3k Supply Curve https://data.openei.org/files/8383/geo_hydro_3k_limited_access_moderate_supply_curve.csv
8 Limited Private Access geothermal hydro 3k Supply Curve https://data.openei.org/files/8383/geo_hydro_3k_limited_private_access_moderate_supply_curve.csv
8 Reference Access geothermal hydro 3k Supply Curve https://data.openei.org/files/8383/geo_hydro_3k_reference_access_moderate_supply_curve.csv
8 Limited Access geothermal EGS 6k Supply Curve https://data.openei.org/files/8383/geo_egs_6k_limited_access_moderate_supply_curve.csv
8 Limited Access geothermal EGS 4k Supply Curve https://data.openei.org/files/8383/geo_egs_4k_limited_access_moderate_supply_curve.csv
8 Limited Private Access geothermal EGS 6k Supply Curve https://data.openei.org/files/8383/geo_egs_6k_limited_private_access_moderate_supply_curve.csv
8 Reference Access geothermal EGS 6k Supply Curve https://data.openei.org/files/8383/geo_egs_6k_reference_access_moderate_supply_curve.csv
8 Limited Access geothermal EGS 4k Supply Curve https://data.openei.org/files/8383/geo_egs_4k_limited_private_access_moderate_supply_curve.csv
8 Reference Access geothermal EGS 4k Supply Curve https://data.openei.org/files/8383/geo_egs_4k_reference_access_moderate_supply_curve.csv
8 Limited access land-based wind supply curve. https://data.openei.org/files/8383/lbw_limited_access_moderate_supply_curve.csv
8 Limited private access land-based wind supply curve. https://data.openei.org/files/8383/lbw_limited_private_access_moderate_supply_curve.csv
8 Reference access land-based wind supply curve. https://data.openei.org/files/8383/lbw_reference_access_moderate_supply_curve.csv
8 Limited Access Utility-scale PV Supply Curve https://data.openei.org/files/8383/solar_limited_access_moderate_supply_curve.csv
8 Limited Private Access Utility-scale PV Supply Curve https://data.openei.org/files/8383/solar_limited_private_access_moderate_supply_curve.csv
8 Reference Access Utility-scale PV Supply Curve https://data.openei.org/files/8383/solar_reference_access_moderate_supply_curve.csv
48 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. https://data.openei.org/files/8383/geothermal_limited_exclusions.tif
48 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. https://data.openei.org/files/8383/geothermal_limited_private_exclusions.tif

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  • cost-of-energy
  • supply-curve
  • rev
  • tiff
  • solar
  • exclusion
  • analysis
  • capacity
  • federal-lands
  • regulatory-contraints
  • wind-power
  • wind
  • land-based-wind
  • siting-lab
  • solar-pv
  • supply-curves
  • pv-power
  • sitinglab
  • siting
  • geothermal
  • generation

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