A parcel-level evaluation of distributed wind opportunity in the contiguous United States

Lockshin, Jane; Pérez, Paula; Podgorny, Slater; Sizemore, Michaela; Das, Paritosh; Laurence-Chasen, Jeffrey D.; Crook, Paul; Phillips, Caleb

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-1231-2025

Articles | Volume 10, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-1231-2025

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NAWEA/WindTech 2024

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-1231-2025

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03 Jul 2025

Research article |

| 03 Jul 2025

A parcel-level evaluation of distributed wind opportunity in the contiguous United States

Jane Lockshin, Paula Pérez, Slater Podgorny, Michaela Sizemore, Paritosh Das, Jeffrey D. Laurence-Chasen, Paul Crook, and Caleb Phillips

Data sets

Distributed Wind Wind Data Hub https://a2e.energy.gov/project/dw

Short summary

This study examines the potential for distributed wind energy across the contiguous United States by leveraging a novel modeling approach that utilizes a high-resolution dataset and analyzes over 150 million parcels. Modeling results reveal substantial opportunities for energy generation using distributed wind technologies. Additionally, findings reveal a substantial increase from prior modeling results in estimated technical and economic potential for distributed wind.