Updated US Solar Energy Dataset Now Tracks Over 3.4 Million Ground-Mounted Solar Panels
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Summary
The article reviews version 2 of the Ground-Mounted Solar Energy in the United States (GM-SEUS) dataset, which has expanded from 2.9 million to over 3.4 million solar panels. It discusses the dataset's updates including refreshed panel and array data, new rooftop array dataset, and provides technical details about accessing and working with the large-scale geospatial data. The content focuses on the dataset's structure, file formats (GeoPackage), data size (3.4 GB ZIP), and practical considerations for handling big geospatial data.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledVersion 1 of this dataset contained 2.9M panels. On Monday, version 2 of this dataset was released and now contains more than 3.4M panels.
In addition to the panels and arrays being refreshed, there is a new rooftop array dataset.
The following will download a 3.4 GB ZIP file. I'll extract any GeoPackage (GPKG) file.
In this post, I'll review v2 of the GM-SEUS dataset.
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