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Verified live 2026-07-31 against USGS ScienceBase: USWTDB ver. 9.0 (June 2026), citation Hoen, B.D., Diffendorfer, J.E., Rand, J.T., Kramer, L.A., Garrity, C.P., and Hunt, H.E., United States Wind Turbine Database, U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7TX3DN0; USPVDB ver. 4.0 (April 2026), citation Fujita, K.S., Ancona, Z.H., Kramer, L.A., Straka, M., Gautreau, T.E., Garrity, C.P., Robson, D., Diffendorfer, J.E., and Hoen, B., United States Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database, U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9IA3TUS."}},"coverage":{"geographic":{"status":"declared","value":["United States and the District of Columbia for solar facilities","United States plus Puerto Rico and Guam for wind turbines"]},"temporal":{"status":"not_declared"}},"methods":{"total":3,"items":[{"name":"searchSolarFacilities","description":"Search US large-scale solar farms by state, name, capacity, battery storage, or map area.","notes":"Rows are solar PV facilities. 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Verified live 2026-07-31 against USGS ScienceBase: USWTDB ver. 9.0 (June 2026), citation Hoen, B.D., Diffendorfer, J.E., Rand, J.T., Kramer, L.A., Garrity, C.P., and Hunt, H.E., United States Wind Turbine Database, U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7TX3DN0; USPVDB ver. 4.0 (April 2026), citation Fujita, K.S., Ancona, Z.H., Kramer, L.A., Straka, M., Gautreau, T.E., Garrity, C.P., Robson, D., Diffendorfer, J.E., and Hoen, B., United States Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database, U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9IA3TUS."},"scope":"connector"},"entities":{"status":"declared","value":["solar-facility"]},"pagination":{"status":"declared","value":{"style":"offset","offsetField":"offset","limitField":"limit"}},"output":{"schema":{"status":"not_declared"},"units":{"status":"declared","value":{"p_cap_ac":"MW AC","p_cap_dc":"MW DC","p_area":"square metres","p_azimuth":"degrees (0-360)","p_tilt":"degrees from horizontal (0-90)"}},"coordinateReferenceSystem":{"status":"declared","value":"EPSG:4326"}},"caveats":["Both databases are USGS/LBNL public-domain data releases. No attribution is required, but USGS asks that each database be cited (see freshness notes for the exact citations).","Wind rows are individual turbines, so a single wind farm returns one row per turbine and counts are turbine counts, not project counts.","Wind excludes residential turbines: under 65 kW rated capacity or under 30 metres total height are out of scope.","Solar targets ground-mounted facilities of roughly 1 MW AC and up; a small number of smaller records exist and rooftop arrays are out of scope.","Records describe built assets. They do not establish land availability, lease terms, permits, or interconnection capacity."]},{"name":"searchWindTurbines","description":"Search US utility-scale wind turbines by state, wind farm, manufacturer, capacity, or area.","notes":"One row per turbine, not per wind farm. 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No attribution is required, but USGS asks that each database be cited (see freshness notes for the exact citations).","Wind rows are individual turbines, so a single wind farm returns one row per turbine and counts are turbine counts, not project counts.","Wind excludes residential turbines: under 65 kW rated capacity or under 30 metres total height are out of scope.","Solar targets ground-mounted facilities of roughly 1 MW AC and up; a small number of smaller records exist and rooftop arrays are out of scope.","Records describe built assets. 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