About this Dataset

Observation-based Solar And Wind Power Capacity Factors And Power Densities - Wind Plant Data

Information on the 430 wind power plants used in the publication "Observation-based solar and wind power capacity factors and power densities", initially based on the Wind Power Plant locations released by the US Energy Information Administration and the individual wind turbine locations released by the US Wind Turbine Database (USWTDB). In this study we estimated the power density of wind and solar power using data that includes most grid-connected commercial-scale installations in the US. We also examined how power densities vary with power plant age and size.

For more information on the project see the "Publication" resource below.
Organization: Department of Energy
Last updated: 2025-08-20T20:05:37.851266
Tags: capacity-factor, data, power-density, power-plants, processed-data, united-states, us, wind-plant-data, wind-power, wind-turbine-locations

Tables

US Wind Plant Data For 2016

@usgov.doe_gov_observation_based_solar_and_wind_power_capacit_a566c6b6.us_wind_plant_data_for_2016

29.81 kB
430 rows
7 columns

CREATE TABLE us_wind_plant_data_for_2016 (
  "plant_code" BIGINT,
  "longitude" DOUBLE,
  "latitude" DOUBLE,
  "instcapmwi" DOUBLE,
  "areakm2" DOUBLE,
  "netgene_2016_mwe" DOUBLE,
  "uswtdb_id" VARCHAR
);

US Wind Turbine Locations For 2016

@usgov.doe_gov_observation_based_solar_and_wind_power_capacit_a566c6b6.us_wind_turbine_locations_for_2016

496.83 kB
26,659 rows
4 columns

CREATE TABLE us_wind_turbine_locations_for_2016 (
  "uswtdb_id" VARCHAR,
  "longitude" DOUBLE,
  "latitude" DOUBLE,
  "plant_code" BIGINT
);