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

Published by National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Department of Energy | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 01:03 AM | Dataset Last Updated: May 01, 2025 at 03:47 PM
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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  • Land Of Opportunity Potential for Renewable Energy on Federal Lands

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  • Geothermal reV Supply Curve Column Lookup.csv

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  • Land-based Wind reV Supply Curve Column Lookup.csv

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  • Solar reV Supply Curve Column Lookup.csv

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  • Solar Limited Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv

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  • Geothermal EGS 4k Limited Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv

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  • Geothermal EGS 4k Limited Private Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv

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  • Geothermal EGS 6k Limited Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv

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  • Geothermal Hydro 3k Limited Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv

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  • Solar Limited Private Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv

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  • Geothermal EGS 6k Limited Private Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv

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  • Geothermal Hydro 3k Limited Private Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv

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  • Land-based Wind Limited Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv

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  • Land-based Wind Limited Private Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv

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  • Solar Reference Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv

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  • Geothermal EGS 4k Reference Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv

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  • Geothermal EGS 6k Reference Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv

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  • Geothermal Hydro 3k Reference Access Moderate Supply Curve.csv

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  • Land-based Wind Reference Access 2035 Moderate Supply Curve.csv

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  • Land-based Wind Limited Private Exclusions.tif

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  • Geothermal Limited Private Exclusions.tif

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  • Geothermal Limited Exclusions.tif

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  • Land-based Wind Reference Exclusions.tif

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identifier https://data.openei.org/submissions/8383
issued 2025-01-01T07:00:00Z
keyword 
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landingPage https://data.openei.org/submissions/8383
license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
modified 2025-05-01T15:47:58Z
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projectTitle Federal Land Use for Renewable Energy Deployment
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title Land of Opportunity: Geothermal, Land-based Wind, and Solar PV Potential on Federal Lands

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