DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4975350
title: GRIDCERF: Geospatial Raster Input Datasets for Capacity Expansion Regional Feasibility

description: Geospatial Raster Input Datasets for Capacity Expansion Regional Feasibility (GRIDCERF) is a data package containing all the necessary input layers for the Capacity Expansion Regional Feasibility (CERF) model. The CERF model uses these layers to find feasible power plant siting locations at a 1 kilometer scale across the conterminous United States for renewable and non-renewable electricity production technologies. This package encompasses a wide variety of geospatial layers pertaining to restrictions, regulations, and challenges that come with siting new electricity production facilities.
description: This research was supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Science, as part of research in the MultiSector Dynamics, Earth and Environmental System Modeling Program.
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