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U.S. Solar Siting Regulation and Zoning Ordinances

A machine readable collection of documented solar siting ordinances at the state and local (e.g., county, township) level throughout the United States. The data were compiled based on a locality-by-locality review zoning ordinances after completing an initial review of scholarly legal articles. The citations for each ordinance are included in the spreadsheet.

Resource Details

Organization: U.S. National Renewable Energy Lab
Date: 12/01/2022
Resource Type: Data
Topic: Energy Justice, Policy

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