Wind Energy: Bans or Moratoriums (2022)

Description

This dataset identifies counties and municipalities that had a wind energy ban or moratorium as of April 2022. A TIF data file and a PNG map of the data are provided, showing areas where wind energy bans or moratoriums exist across the contiguous United States. For further details and citation, please refer to the publication linked below: Lopez, Anthony, Pavlo Pinchuk, Michael Gleason, Wesley Cole, Trieu Mai, Travis Williams, Owen Roberts, Marie Rivers, Mike Bannister, Sophie-Min Thomson, Gabe Zuckerman, and Brian Sergi. 2024. Solar Photovoltaics and Land-Based Wind Technical Potential and Supply Curves for the Contiguous United States: 2023 Edition. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. NREL/TP-6A20-87843.

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Name Format Description Link
48 Map of counties and municipalities that had a wind energy ban or moratorium as of April 2022 in TIF format. In the dataset, 0 indicates that wind energy is permitted, while 1 indicates that wind energy is prohibited. Due to size, a GIS software is likely needed to open this file. https://data.openei.org/files/6123/ord_moratoriumbanned_Wind.tif
34 Cartographic map of wind facility bans or moratoriums. https://data.openei.org/files/6123/ord_moratoriumbanned_wind_map.png
33 In this, the 2023 edition of this report, we present new estimates of the technical potential for land-based wind and solar photovoltaics (PV) for the contiguous United States (CONUS). We also provide cost estimates for the available resources, presenting representative supply curves that can be used in downstream modeling and analysis. Additionally, we introduce new methodologies used to estimate wind capacity, wind energy losses, transmission cost and representation, updated technology cost and design, and scenarios of siting constraints designed to help bound the uncertainty of renewable potential. https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy24osti/87843.pdf

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  • data
  • tif
  • regulatory-constraints
  • png
  • turbine
  • bans-or-moratoriums
  • wind
  • land-based-wind
  • bans
  • power
  • siting-lab
  • wind-energy
  • sitinglab
  • moratoriums
  • regulatory
  • energy

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