United States Renewable Energy Technical Potential

Description

Renewable energy technical potential as defined in this report represents the achievable energy generation of a particular technology given system performance, topographic limitations, environmental, and land-use constraints. The data presented here provide renewable energy potential by state and by category, there is an option for download in CSV or Excel format. The primary benefit of assessing technical potential is that it establishes an upper-boundary estimate of development potential. It is important to understand that there are multiple types of potential: resource, technical, economic, and market - each seen in the "Key Assumptions" resource below. For updated data on renewable energy resource potential and siting considerations please see the "Siting Lab" link below.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
33 The full technical report from July, 2012. https://data.openei.org/files/439/usretechpotential.pdf
22 Key Assumptions for the US Renewable Energy Technical Potential study. https://data.openei.org/files/439/figure1usretechpotentialassumptions.jpg
53 United States Renewable Energy Technical Potential by states data file in xlsx format. https://data.openei.org/files/439/usretechnicalpotential.xlsx
8 United States Renewable Energy Technical Potential by state data file in csv format. https://data.openei.org/files/439/usretechnicalpotential.csv
21 Renewable Energy Siting Lab webpage for data on the siting of renewable energy facilities in the United States. https://data.openei.org/siting_lab

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  • renewable-energy
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  • water
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  • technical
  • utility-scale
  • hydropower
  • geothermal
  • energy

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