U.S. Wind Siting Regulation and Zoning Ordinances (2022)
A machine readable collection of documented wind siting ordinances at the state and local (e.g., county, township) level throughout the United States. The data were compiled from several sources including, DOE's Wind Exchange Ordinance Database (Linked in the submission), National Conference of State and Legislatures Wind Energy Siting (also linked in the submission), and scholarly legal articles. The citations for each ordinance are included in the Wind Ordinances spreadsheet resource below.
This data is an updated to a previously developed database of wind ordinances found in OEDI Submission 1932: "U.S. Wind Siting Regulation and Zoning Ordinances"
** NOTE **: a newer version of this data can be found at the "U.S. Wind Siting Regulation and Zoning Ordinances 2025" link below.
Complete Metadata
| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| bureauCode |
[
"019:20"
]
|
| contactPoint |
{
"fn": "NREL Geospatial Data Science",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:rev@nrel.gov"
}
|
| dataQuality |
true
|
| description | A machine readable collection of documented wind siting ordinances at the state and local (e.g., county, township) level throughout the United States. The data were compiled from several sources including, DOE's Wind Exchange Ordinance Database (Linked in the submission), National Conference of State and Legislatures Wind Energy Siting (also linked in the submission), and scholarly legal articles. The citations for each ordinance are included in the Wind Ordinances spreadsheet resource below. This data is an updated to a previously developed database of wind ordinances found in OEDI Submission 1932: "U.S. Wind Siting Regulation and Zoning Ordinances" ** NOTE **: a newer version of this data can be found at the "U.S. Wind Siting Regulation and Zoning Ordinances 2025" link below. |
| distribution |
[
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "U.S. Wind Siting Regulation and Zoning Ordinances",
"format": "HTML",
"accessURL": "https://data.openei.org/submissions/1932",
"mediaType": "text/html",
"description": "A collection of documented wind siting ordinances at the state, county, township, and local level throughout the United States. The submission linked here is an older version of this submission."
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "U.S. Counties FIPS Layer on OEDI",
"format": "HTML",
"accessURL": "https://data.openei.org/submissions/8397",
"mediaType": "text/html",
"description": "OEDI submission including a map of U.S. Counties FIPS Layer which are utilized to compute setbacks (distances)."
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "U.S. Wind Siting Regulation and Zoning Ordinances 2025",
"format": "HTML",
"accessURL": "https://data.openei.org/submissions/8519",
"mediaType": "text/html",
"description": "Updated (2025) wind siting ordinances data. "
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Wind Exchange Ordinance Database",
"format": "HTML",
"accessURL": "https://windexchange.energy.gov/policies-incentives",
"mediaType": "text/html",
"description": "The DOE Wind Exchange Ordinance Database contains federal, state, and local regulations that govern wind energy. This includes policies and incentives around wind energy."
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "National Conference of State and Legislatures Wind Energy Siting",
"format": "HTML",
"accessURL": "https://www.ncsl.org/energy/state-approaches-to-wind-facility-siting",
"mediaType": "text/html",
"description": "The National Conference of State and Legislatures Wind Energy Siting includes legislation in regards to state approaches to wind facility siting. Here information can be found about state laws and regulation regarding siting for wind energy facilities."
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Wind Ordinances.xlsx",
"format": "xlsx",
"mediaType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet",
"description": "This data represents a collection of documented wind siting ordinances at the state, county, township, and local level including MW power limits, rotor diameter limits, A-weighted decibel (dBA) noise limits, setback distance requirements from property lines, and any wind farm exclusions.",
"downloadURL": "https://data.openei.org/files/5733/Wind%20Ordinances.xlsx"
},
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "Wind Ordinances 2024-10-23.gpkg",
"format": "gpkg",
"mediaType": "application/geopackage+sqlite3",
"description": "This dataset is derived from the original 'Wind Ordinances.xlsx' file, with formatting and data cleaning applied to ensure compatibility with reVx. Additionally, the data are stored as a Geopackage, which includes jurisdictional boundaries linked to each specific ordinance.",
"downloadURL": "https://data.openei.org/files/5733/wind_ordinances_2024-10-23.gpkg"
}
]
|
| DOI | 10.25984/1873866 |
| identifier | https://data.openei.org/submissions/5733 |
| issued | 2022-06-30T06:00:00Z |
| keyword |
[
"SitingLab",
"analysis",
"citations",
"energy",
"energy analysis",
"exclusion",
"land-based wind",
"local",
"machine readable",
"ordinances",
"power",
"regulatory constraints",
"siting",
"wind"
]
|
| landingPage | https://data.openei.org/submissions/5733 |
| license | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| modified | 2025-09-22T18:07:42Z |
| programCode |
[
"019:000",
"019:010"
]
|
| projectNumber |
"34877"
|
| projectTitle | Spatial Analysis for Wind Technology Development |
| publisher |
{
"name": "National Renewable Energy Laboratory",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
|
| spatial |
"{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-125.4514,24.10690155555279],[-66.5318,24.10690155555279],[-66.5318,49.2637],[-125.4514,49.2637],[-125.4514,24.10690155555279]]]}"
|
| title | U.S. Wind Siting Regulation and Zoning Ordinances (2022) |
