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While energy efficiency initiatives and distributed resources can address a significant amount of this demand, the United States will likely still need new utility-scale generation resources. The energy sector uses capacity expansion planning models to determine the aggregate need for new generation, but these models are typically at the state or regional scale and are not equipped to address the wide range of location- and technology-specific issues that are increasingly a factor in power plant siting. To help address these challenges, we have developed the Geospatial Raster Input Data for Capacity Expansion Regional Feasibility (GRIDCERF) data package, a high-resolution product to evaluate siting suitability for renewable and non-renewable power plants in the conterminous United States. GRIDCERF offers 265 suitability layers for use with 56 power plant technology configurations in a harmonized format that can be easily ingested by geospatially-enabled modeling software. It also provides pre-compiled technology-specific suitability layers and allows for user customization to robustly address science objectives when evaluating varying future conditions.  Accompanying GitHub repository:  The following GitHub repository contains the code used to generate the data in this archive:https://github.com/IMMM-SFA/vernon-etal_2023_scidata  Contents:  Note:  GRIDCERF does not provide the source data directly due to some license restrictions related for direct redistribution of the unaltered source data. However, the included file gridcerf_source_data_description.csvdetails the provenance associated with each source dataset and notes their individual licenses/disclaimers.  Common Rasters:                Suitability Layer Type and Source            GRIDCERF Raster Name                  Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Surface Management Agency Areas33            gridcerf_blm_surface_management_agency_areas.tif                  BLM National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) - National Monuments34            gridcerf_blm_nlcs_national_monument_conus.tif                  BLM NLCS - Outstanding Natural Areas35            gridcerf_blm_nlcs_outstanding_natural_areas_conus.tif                  BLM NLCS - Wilderness36            gridcerf_blm_nlcs_wilderness_conus.tif                  BLM NLCS - Wilderness Study Areas37            gridcerf_blm_nlcs_wilderness_study_areas_conus.tif                  National Park Service (NPS) Class 1 airsheds38            gridcerf_class1_airsheds_conus.tif                  NPS Administrative Boundaries39            gridcerf_nps_administrative_boundaries_conus.tif                  NPS Historic Trails40            gridcerf_nps_historic_trails_conus.tif                  NPS Scenic Trails41            gridcerf_nps_scenic_trails_conus.tif                  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) - Critical Habitat42            gridcerf_usfws_critical_habitat_conus.tif                  USFWS - Special Designation43            gridcerf_usfws_special_designation_conus.tif                  USFWS - Wild and Scenic River System44            gridcerf_usfws_national_wild_scenic_river_system_conus.tif                  USFWS - National Realty Tracts45            gridcerf_usfws_national_realty_tracts_conus.tif                  National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) Wetlands46            gridcerf_nlcd_wetlands_conus.tif                  U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Administrative Boundaries47            gridcerf_usfs_administrative_boundaries_conus.tif                  USFS Wilderness Areas48            gridcerf_usfs_wilderness_areas_conus.tif                  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Wilderness Lands49            gridcerf_usgs_wilderness_areas_conus.tif                  USGS Protected Areas of the U.S - Class 1250            gridcerf_usgs_padus_class_1_to_2_conus.tif                  U.S. State Protected Lands51            gridcerf_wdpa_state_protected_lands_conus.tif                  Nature Conservancy lands52            gridcerf_wdpa_tnc_managed_lands_conus.tif              Technology-specific Rasters:                Suitability Layer Type and Source            GRIDCERF Raster Name                  Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Land Area Representations Dataset53            gridcerf_bia_land_area_representations_conus.tif                  Slope 5% or less suitable20            gridcerf_srtm_slope_5pct_or_less.tif                  Slope 10% or less suitable20            gridcerf_srtm_slope_10pct_or_less.tif                  Slope 12% or less suitable20            gridcerf_srtm_slope_12pct_or_less.tif                  Slope 20% or less suitable20            gridcerf_srtm_slope_20pct_or_less.tif                  Airports (10-mile buffer)54            gridcerf_airports_10mi_buffer_conus.tif                  Airports (3-mile buffer)54            gridcerf_airports_3mi_buffer_conus.tif                  Proximity to Railroad and Navigable Waters ( 5 km) 55,56            gridcerf_usdot_railnodes_navwaters_within5km.tif                  Coal Supply5557            gridcerf_coalmines20km_railnodes5km_navwaters5km_conus.tif                  United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) CO Non-attainment Areas58            gridcerf_epa_nonattainment_co_conus.tif                  EPA NOx Non-attainment Areas58            gridcerf_epa_nonattainment_no2_conus.tif                  EPA Ozone Non-attainment Areas58            gridcerf_epa_nonattainment_ozone_conus.tif                  EPA Lead Non-attainment Areas58            gridcerf_epa_nonattainment_lead_conus.tif                  EPA PM10 Non-attainment Areas58            gridcerf_epa_nonattainment_pm10_conus.tif                  EPA PM2.5 Non-attainment Areas58            gridcerf_epa_nonattainment_pm2p5_conus.tif                  EPA SOx Non-attainment Areas58            gridcerf_epa_nonattainment_so2_conus.tif                  Earthquake Potential59            gridcerf_usgs_earthquake_pga_0.3_at_2pct_in_50yrs_conus.tif                  Densely population areas11            gridcerf_densely_populated_ssp[2,3,5]_[year].tif                  Densely population areas buffered by 25 miles11            gridcerf_densely_populated_ssp[2,3,5]_[year]_buff25mi.tif                  Densely population areas  nuclear11            gridcerf_densely_populated_ssp[2,3,5]_[year]_nuclear.tif                  National Hydrography Dataset (version 2; NHDv2)32            gridcerf_nhd2plus_surfaceflow_greaterthan[bin]mgd_buffer20km.tif                  National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) concentrating solar direct normal potential26            gridcerf_nrel_solar_csp_centralized_potential.tif                  NREL photovoltaic potential26            gridcerf_nrel_solar_pv_centralized_potential.tif                  NREL Wind Integration National Dataset (WIND) toolkit22            gridcerf_nrel_wind_development_potential_hubheight[080,110,140]_cf35.tif              Compiled Technology Rasters:  The list of layers that make up each compiled technology raster can be found in the reference/compiled_layer_configuration.txt file in this data archive.  The following technology raster file namesare self-descriptive in the format gridcerf_technology_subtype_carbon_capture_cooling_type.tif. Some technologies do not have a carbon capture or cooling type designation and will simply have technology specific considerations listed.  gridcerf_biomass_conventional_ccs_dry.tif gridcerf_biomass_conventional_ccs_oncethrough.tif gridcerf_biomass_conventional_ccs_recirculating.tif gridcerf_biomass_conventional_no-ccs_dry.tif gridcerf_biomass_conventional_no-ccs_oncethrough.tif gridcerf_biomass_conventional_no-ccs_pond.tif gridcerf_biomass_conventional_no-ccs_recirculating.tif gridcerf_biomass_igcc_no-ccs_dry.tif gridcerf_biomass_igcc_no-ccs_oncethrough.tif gridcerf_biomass_igcc_no-ccs_recirculating.tif gridcerf_biomass_igcc_with-ccs_dry.tif gridcerf_biomass_igcc_with-ccs_oncethrough.tif gridcerf_biomass_igcc_with-ccs_recirculating.tif gridcerf_coal_conventional_ccs_dry.tif gridcerf_coal_conventional_ccs_oncethrough.tif gridcerf_coal_conventional_ccs_recirculating.tif gridcerf_coal_conventional_no-ccs_dry.tif gridcerf_coal_conventional_no-ccs_oncethrough.tif gridcerf_coal_conventional_no-ccs_pond.tif gridcerf_coal_conventional_no-ccs_recirculating.tif gridcerf_coal_igcc_no-ccs_dry.tif gridcerf_coal_igcc_no-ccs_oncethrough.tif gridcerf_coal_igcc_no-ccs_recirculating.tif gridcerf_coal_igcc_with-ccs_dry.tif gridcerf_coal_igcc_with-ccs_oncethrough.tif gridcerf_coal_igcc_with-ccs_recirculating.tif gridcerf_gas_cc_ccs_dry.tif gridcerf_gas_cc_ccs_oncethrough.tif gridcerf_gas_cc_ccs_recirculating.tif gridcerf_gas_cc_no-ccs_dry.tif gridcerf_gas_cc_no-ccs_oncethrough.tif gridcerf_gas_cc_no-ccs_pond.tif gridcerf_gas_cc_no-ccs_recirculating.tif gridcerf_gas_turbine_dry.tif gridcerf_gas_turbine_oncethrough.tif gridcerf_gas_turbine_pond.tif gridcerf_gas_turbine_recirculating.tif gridcerf_nuclear_gen3_oncethrough.tif gridcerf_nuclear_gen3_pond.tif gridcerf_nuclear_gen3_recirculating.tif gridcerf_refinedliquids_cc_ccs_dry.tif gridcerf_refinedliquids_cc_ccs_oncethrough.tif gridcerf_refinedliquids_cc_ccs_recirculating.tif gridcerf_refinedliquids_cc_no-ccs_dry.tif gridcerf_refinedliquids_cc_no-ccs_oncethrough.tif gridcerf_refinedliquids_cc_no-ccs_recirculating.tif gridcerf_refinedliquids_ct_dry.tif gridcerf_refinedliquids_ct_oncethrough.tif gridcerf_refinedliquids_ct_pond.tif gridcerf_refinedliquids_ct_recirculating.tif gridcerf_solar_csp_centralized_dry-hybrid.tif gridcerf_solar_csp_centralized_recirculating.tif gridcerf_solar_pv_centralized.tif gridcerf_wind_onshore_hubheight080m.tif gridcerf_wind_onshore_hubheight110m.tif gridcerf_wind_onshore_hubheight140m.tif   Reference Data:Contains land mask and other useful boundary data. 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