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United States Wind Turbine Database - Legacy Versions (ver. 1.0 - ver. 7.2)

This data provides locations and technical specifications of legacy versions (ver. 1.0 - ver. X.X) of the United States Wind Turbines database. Each release, typically done quarterly, updates the database with newly installed wind turbines, removes wind turbines that have been identified as dismantled, and applies other verifications based on updated imagery and ongoing quality-control. Turbine data were gathered from the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Digital Obstacle File (DOF) and Obstruction Evaluation Airport Airspace Analysis (OE-AAA), the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), and the United States Geological Survey (USGS), and were merged and collapsed into a single data set. Verification of the turbine positions was done by visual interpretation using high-resolution aerial imagery in ESRI ArcGIS Desktop. A locational error of plus or minus 10 meters for turbine locations was tolerated. Technical specifications for turbines were assigned based on the wind turbine make and models as provided by manufacturers and project developers directly, and via FAA datasets, information on the wind project developer or turbine manufacturer websites, or other online sources. Some facility and turbine information on make and model did not exist or was difficult to obtain. Thus, uncertainty may exist for certain turbine specifications. Similarly, some turbines were not yet built, not built at all, or for other reasons cannot be verified visually. Location and turbine specifications data quality are rated and a confidence is recorded for both. None of the data are field verified. The current version is available for download at https://doi.org/10.5066/F7TX3DN0. The USWTDB Viewer, created by the USGS Energy Resources Program, lets you visualize, inspect, interact, and download the most current USWTDB version only, through a dynamic web application. https://eerscmap.usgs.gov/uswtdb/viewer/

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Author(s) Ben Hoen orcid, James (Jay) E. orcid, Joseph Rand orcid, Louisa A Kramer orcid, Christopher P Garrity orcid, Hannah Hunt
Publication Date 2018-04-19
Beginning Date of Data 1982
Ending Date of Data 2024
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/F7TX3DN0
Citation Hoen, B., E., J.(., Rand, J., Kramer, L.A., Garrity, C.P., and Hunt, H., 2018, United States Wind Turbine Database - Legacy Versions (ver. 1.0 - ver. 7.2): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7TX3DN0.
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