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U.S. Wind Siting Regulation and Zoning Ordinances (2022)

DOI 10.25984/1873866

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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** NOTE **: a newer version of this data can be found at the "U.S. Wind Siting Regulation and Zoning Ordinances 2025" link below.

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AB  - 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** NOTE **: a newer version of this data can be found at the "U.S. Wind Siting Regulation and Zoning Ordinances 2025" link below.
AU  - Lopez, Anthony
A2  - Levine, Aaron
A3  - Carey, Jesse
A4  - Mangan, Cailee
DB  - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP  - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO  - 10.25984/1873866
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KW  - power
KW  - wind
KW  - ordinances
KW  - siting
KW  - machine readable
KW  - local
KW  - citations
KW  - energy analysis
KW  - analysis
KW  - SitingLab
KW  - land-based wind
KW  - exclusion
KW  - regulatory constraints
LA  - English
DA  - 2022/06/30
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PB  - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Lopez, Anthony, et al. U.S. Wind Siting Regulation and Zoning Ordinances (2022). National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 30 June, 2022, Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://doi.org/10.25984/1873866.

Lopez, A., Levine, A., Carey, J., & Mangan, C. (2022). U.S. Wind Siting Regulation and Zoning Ordinances (2022). [Data set]. Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). National Renewable Energy Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.25984/1873866

Lopez, Anthony, Aaron Levine, Jesse Carey, and Cailee Mangan. U.S. Wind Siting Regulation and Zoning Ordinances (2022). National Renewable Energy Laboratory, June, 30, 2022.  Distributed by Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://doi.org/10.25984/1873866

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author = {Lopez, Anthony and Levine, Aaron and Carey, Jesse and Mangan, Cailee},
abstractNote = {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.},
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year = {2022},
howpublished = {Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, https://doi.org/10.25984/1873866},
note = {Accessed: 2026-07-28},
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Data from Jun 30, 2022

Last updated Sep 22, 2025

Submitted Jun 23, 2022