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    • Operating Geothermal Plants

    Metadata Updated: May 2, 2025

    This dataset contains locations of operating geothermal power plants within the United States as of the publication date. Geothermal power plant data was aggregated from SNL Financial LC, the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), press releases and operator websites. NREL performed independent research to validate locations of geothermal plants based on aerial satellite imagery as of July 2014.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 3, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date May 2, 2025
    Data Update Frequency irregular

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Energy JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 3, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date May 2, 2025
    Publisher National Renewable Energy Laboratory
    Maintainer
    Identifier op_geo_plants_2014
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2023-01-11T20:10:29.241Z
    Rights true
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency irregular
    Bureau Code 000:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Quality True
    Harvest Object Id 2069fa78-796c-4344-9092-497ecd7cebf7
    Harvest Source Id f77dd4c2-ab3d-4bc7-8b3f-2aaa2e411d70
    Harvest Source Title Energy JSON
    Homepage URL https://www.nrel.gov/gis/geothermal.html
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Program Code 000:000
    Publisher Hierarchy Department of Energy > National Renewable Energy Laboratory
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 807a1f4e9c166647baa994352b3f60d26c43f490ea6479d80e9cd305b58d1abf
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Temporal 2014-01-01/2014-12-31

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