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Solar inventory from OpenStreetMap

Inventory

Map layers

Utility-scale sites Distributed solar density

Utility build-out over time

Also show sites with no known year

Utility sites commissioned on or before the selected year.

Cumulative utility growth

Utility-scale coverage is good; distributed is partial and shown as density (each cell ≈ mapped arrays within ~2 km; panel rows inside plants removed). For authoritative capacity see the National dashboard.

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Data: OpenStreetMap, WRI, EIA, IRENA, Global Energy Monitor, Esri imagery.