United States Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database (ver. 3.0, April 2025)
The United States Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database (USPVDB) provides the locations and array boundaries of U.S. ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV) facilities with capacity of 1 megawatt or more. It includes corresponding PV facility information, including panel type, site type, and initial year of operation. The creation of this database was jointly funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) via the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) Energy Markets and Policy Department, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Energy Resources Program. The PV facility records are collected from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), position-verified and digitized from aerial imagery, and checked for quality. EIA facility data are supplemented with additional attributes obtained from public sources.
All versions (current and legacy) are available for download at https://doi.org/10.5066/P9IA3TUS.
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Title | United States Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database (ver. 3.0, April 2025) |
| DOI | 10.5066/P9IA3TUS |
| Authors | K. Sydny Fujita, Zachary H Ancona, Louisa A Kramer, Mary (Contractor) M Straka, Tandie E. Gautreau, Christopher P Garrity, Dana Robson, James (Jay) E. Diffendorfer, Ben Hoen |
| Product Type | Data Release |
| Record Source | USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS) |
| USGS Organization | Energy Resources Program Headquarters Office |
| Rights | This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal |