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Data Layer renewable-siting

Renewable siting (Western Solar + wind)

BLM Western Solar Plan zones + USGS wind turbine inventory for site screening.

Source
BLM · USGS
Western Solar Plan Zones + USGS Wind Turbine Database
Refresh
Weekly (solar zones); quarterly (wind turbine inventory)
Coverage
Western US (BLM-administered states)
License
U.S. federal government — public domain

Combines two federal datasets: the BLM Western Solar Plan zones (variance / exclusion / utility-scale) and the USGS Wind Turbine Database (commercial wind turbines, ~70K records). The endpoint returns the renewable-siting classification for a section plus the count of commercial wind turbines within a 5-mile buffer — the conflict-screen the renewable-siting pSEO surface keys off.

Endpoint + sample query

REST endpoint
/api/energy/renewable-siting
Sample query 
GET /api/energy/renewable-siting?section=T18S+R1E+Sec+14+NV

Tileset: western_solar · usgs_wind_turbines

Field schema

FieldTypeNote
  • solar_zoneenumutility-scale · variance · exclusion · outside-zones
  • wind_turbines_within_5minumberCount of commercial turbines
  • siting_difficultyenumlow · medium · high · prohibited (rollup)

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Unlock Renewable siting (Western Solar + wind) on the Energy Pack

$150/mo on Pro+ or Business — bundled with Enterprise.

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