Photovoltaic panel installation distribution map

Where can I find a large-scale solar photovoltaic database?

The United States Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database can be accessed here or through the USPVDB Viewer. All large-scale solar energy facilities can now be found on a single map thanks to a collaboration between the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Where can I find large-scale solar energy facilities?

All large-scale solar energy facilities can now be found on a single map thanks to a collaboration between the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The interactive map is based on the United States Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database (USPVDB) and is called the USPVDB Viewer.

Are solar photovoltaic map services free?

Map services and data downloaded from the U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database are free and in the public domain.

What data did we use to map solar facilities?

We used extensive data available on Open Street Maps (OSM) as a starting point. The OSM data was primarily from North America and Europe but was lacking in Asia. To ensure we were able to map solar facilities worldwide, we also hand-labeled a significant number of facilities in China and other Asian countries.

Where can I find solar resource data?

Explore solar resource data via our online geospatial tools and downloadable maps and data sets. Access our tools to explore solar geospatial data for the contiguous United States and several international regions and countries.

How many solar facilities are there in the world?

The result was a first-of-its-kind global dataset of solar facilities. We located 68,661 facilities, which is 432% more than previously best-available datasets. We enriched this dataset by including installation dates, identifying the land-cover class that the facility was installed on, and matching to existing asset-level databases.