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WindResourceAreas_CEC_2023 (FeatureServer)

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Service Description: Wind Resource Areas represent regions in California with many operational commercial wind electric generation. These regions are intended to be used for general reference purposes. These regions were created by CEC staff using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology to find concentrations of operational wind electric generation plants with a generation capacity of 2 MW or larger and within 15 miles of each other. These regions were further expanded 5 additional miles to account for possible future projects in the same areas. Other plants of less than 2 MW may exist within the regions. The regions were updated in March, 2023.

Service ItemId: 2bc6b8d8b79d4c93b5cb4c4066d56950

Has Versioned Data: false

Max Record Count: 2000

Supported query Formats: JSON

Supports applyEdits with GlobalIds: False

Supports Shared Templates: False

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The method to create the Wind Resource Area datasets is to:

Query Power Plant point locations from the California Energy Commission, California Power Plants data set by operational status and capacity greater than or equal to 2 MW at each facility from the Quarterly Fuel and Energy Report, CEC-1304A. Plants tracked include those of at least 1 MW, which are considered of commercial size.  A polygon was generated around the resulting operational, commercial wind facilities using the Aggregate Points geoprocessing tool with an aggregation distance of 15 survey miles. A 5 mile spatial buffer was added to the resulting polygons.  The buffer does not represent information regarding environmental analysis.  It is used only to depict plant concentration regions.   



Copyright Text: California Energy Commission

Spatial Reference: 102100 (3857)

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Units: esriMeters

Child Resources:   Info

Supported Operations:   Query   ConvertFormat   Get Estimates   Create Replica