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PV Rooftop Database

Dataset ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.25984/1784725· OSTI ID:1784725
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  1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) Photovoltaic (PV) Rooftop Database (PVRDB) is a lidar-derived, geospatially-resolved dataset of suitable roof surfaces and their PV technical potential for 128 metropolitan regions in the United States. The PVRDB data are organized by city and year of lidar collection. Five geospatial layers are available for each city and year: 1) the raster extent of the lidar collection, 2) buildings identified from the lidar data, 3) suitable developable planes for each building, 4) aspect values of the developable planes, and 5) the technical potential estimates of the developable planes.

Research Organization:
DOE Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI); National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Multiple Programs (EE)
Contributing Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
OSTI ID:
1784725
Report Number(s):
4
Availability:
OpenEI.Webmaster@nrel.gov
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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