A continuously updated, geospatially rectified database of utility-scale wind turbines in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Over 60,000 utility-scale wind turbines are installed in the United States as of October, 2019, representing over 97 gigawatts of electric power capacity; US wind turbine installations continue to grow at a rapid pace. Yet, until April 2018, no publicly-available, regularly updated data source existed to describe those turbines and their locations. Under a cooperative research and development agreement, analysts from three organizations collaborated to develop and release the United States Wind Turbine Database (USWTDB) - a publicly available, continuously updated, spatially rectified data source of locations and attributes of utility-scale wind turbines in the United States. Technical specifications and wind facility data, incorporated from five sources, undergo rigorous quality control.

SUBMITTER: Rand JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6957502 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature