U.S. PV-Suitable Rooftop Resources

Description

This dataset contains zipcode resolution estimates of suitable area on small (1,000-5,000 m^2), medium (5,000-10,000 m^2) and large (>10,000 m^2) buildings' rooftops for PV deployment.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
5 Upper bound zipcode-level estimates (from 95% confidence interval) for small building suitability (number of buildings and rooftop area) in each of 21 orientation/tilt classes. https://data.nrel.gov/system/files/47/area_azi_tilt_upper.csv
5 Upper bound census region estimates (from 95% confidence interval) for medium/large building suitability (number of buildings and rooftop area) in each of 21 orientation/tilt classes. https://data.nrel.gov/system/files/47/area_azi_tilt_medium_large_upper.csv
5 Lower bound census region estimates (from 95% confidence interval) for medium/large building suitability (number of buildings and rooftop area) in each of 21 orientation/tilt classes. https://data.nrel.gov/system/files/47/area_azi_tilt_medium_large_lower.csv
5 Center estimates (from 95% confidence interval) for medium/large building suitability (number of buildings and rooftop area) in each of 21 orientation/tilt classes. https://data.nrel.gov/system/files/47/area_azi_tilt_medium_large.csv
5 Documentation https://data.nrel.gov/system/files/47/README.md
5 Lower bound zipcode-level estimates (from 95% confidence interval) for small building suitability (number of buildings and rooftop area) in each of 21 orientation/tilt classes. https://data.nrel.gov/system/files/47/area_azi_tilt_lower.csv
5 Predicted (center estimate) estimates (from 95% confidence interval) for small building suitability (number of buildings and rooftop area) in each of 21 orientation/tilt classes. https://data.nrel.gov/system/files/47/area_azi_tilt.csv

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  • rooftop
  • pv
  • photovoltaic
  • solar
  • re
  • prediction
  • renewable-energy
  • zipcode
  • usa
  • resource

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