Wind turbine location and characteristic data across the USA can be found here.
Some potential questions:
- How do newer installations compare to older turbines?
- Which states/regions have the most wind farms?
- Spread of wind-turbines over time?
- Where is the most missing data?
DISCLAIMER: There is quite a bit of missing data, but still an interesting dataset!
Interactive map from usgs.gov.
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I intentionally left some of the "missing" data qualifiers as it is accurate for lots of government-level open data. They often use things like "-9999" means missing data. Take a look, dig through the data, and we can't wait to see what you make!
| field | category | description | type | non-missing | Labels | Missing | Min | Median | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case_id | id | unique uswtdb id | long | 58185 | n/a | n/a | 3000001 | 3038762 | 3087216 |
| faa_ors | id | faa digital obstacle file (dof) for obstacle repository system (ors) | str9 | 49780 | n/a | missing | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| faa_asn | id | faa obstruction evaluation - airport airspace analysis (oe-aaa) aeronautical study number (asn) | str17 | 50090 | n/a | missing | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| usgs_pr_id | id | usgs id from prior turbine dataset | long | 42854 | n/a | -9999 | 1 | 27334 | 49135 |
| t_state | location | state where turbine is located | str2 | 58185 | n/a | missing | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| t_county | location | county where turbine is located | str31 | 58185 | n/a | missing | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| t_fips | location | state and county fips where turbine is located | str5 | 58185 | n/a | missing | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| p_name | project characteristic | project name | str42 | 58185 | n/a | missing | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| p_year | project characteristic | year project became operational | int | 58123 | n/a | -9999 | 1981 | 2010 | 2018 |
| p_tnum | project characteristic | number of turbines in project | int | 58185 | n/a | -9999 | 1 | 83 | 1831 |
| p_cap | project characteristic | project capacity (MW) | double | 54493 | n/a | -9999 | 0.05 | 129 | 495.01 |
| t_manu | turbine characteristic | turbine original equipment manufacturer | str31 | 54309 | n/a | missing | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| t_model | turbine characteristic | turbine model | str18 | 53716 | n/a | missing | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| t_cap | turbine characteristic | turbine capacity (kW) | int | 54491 | n/a | -9999 | 40 | 1650 | 6000 |
| t_hh | turbine characteristic | turbine hub height (meters) | double | 51560 | n/a | -9999 | 18.2 | 80 | 130 |
| t_rd | turbine characteristic | turbine rotor diameter (meters) | double | 53236 | n/a | -9999 | 11.0 | 87.0 | 150 |
| t_rsa | turbine characteristic | turbine rotor swept area (meters^2) | double | 53236 | n/a | -9999 | 95.03 | 5944.68 | 17671.46 |
| t_ttlh | turbine characteristic | turbine total height - calculated (meters) | double | 53123 | n/a | -9999 | 9.1 | 123.4 | 200.3 |
| t_conf_atr | turbine characteristics qa/qc | turbine characteristic confidence (0-3) | byte | 58185 | see labels tab | n/a | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| t_conf_loc | visual inspection qa/qc | location confidence (0 -3) | byte | 58185 | see labels tab | n/a | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| t_img_date | visual inspection info | date of image used to visually verify turbine location | int | 34011 | n/a | missing | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| t_img_srce | visual inspection info | source of image used to visually verify turbine location | str16 | 58185 | n/a | missing | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| xlong | location | longitude (decimal degrees - NAD 83 datum) | double | 58185 | n/a | n/a | -171.7131 | -100.2475 | 144.7227 |
| ylat | location | latitude (decimal degrees - NAD 83 datum) | double | 58185 | n/a | n/a | 13.3894 | 37.8747 | 66.8399 |