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Zone attributes
Area of zone (km2)
Annual electricity generation potential (MWh)
Capacity factor
Capacity value for wind (correlation of
generation profile with demand)
WIND ZONES:
Human footprint score
Score for colocation with other RE
technologies
Slope
Population density
Zone attributes
DISTANCE TO NEAREST MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE
10/4/2015 RENEWABLE ENERGY ZONES 11
DISTANCE TO NEAREST
GEOTHERMAL PLANT
DISTANCE TO NEAREST
WIND PLANT
Zone attributes
DISTANCE TO NEAREST MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE
10/4/2015 RENEWABLE ENERGY ZONES 12
DISTANCE TO NEAREST LOAD CENTER DISTANCE TO NEAREST
GEOTHERMAL PLANT
DISTANCE TO NEAREST
WIND PLANT
Zone attributes
DISTANCE TO NEAREST MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE
10/4/2015 RENEWABLE ENERGY ZONES 13
DISTANCE TO NEAREST TRANSMISSION LINE
DISTANCE TO NEAREST
WIND PLANT
Zone attributes
DISTANCE TO NEAREST MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE
10/4/2015 RENEWABLE ENERGY ZONES 14
Zone attributes:
Levelized cost of electricity (LCOE)
Wind Solar PV CSP
• Chosen Generic
turbine (Class Parabolic CSP
Generation I,II, or III) Crystalline • No storage
• Class II turbine • 6 hour
only storage
Solar
Wind PV CSP
Adjusted capacity
Annual average
factor in the top
capacity factor
10% of annual
demand hours
Average human
Total LCOE footprint score
(USD/MWh) (100 – most
impact, 0 – least
impacted)
CSP projects
within 10
km of
surface
water
Mean Co-
location
score
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