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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.

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.