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Datasets for energy projects: Land use

In order to understand the potential usage of land for an energy project, a large amount of data needs to be collected and analysed. Much of this data is available directly to local authorities through data agreements, open data sources, or locally generated datasets.

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In order to understand the potential usage of land for an energy project, a large amount of data needs to be collected and analysed. Much of this data is available directly to local authorities through data agreements, open data sources, or locally generated datasets.

 

Datasets available to assess land for energy project use

 

Title  
Buildings, Woodland & Extras (including Rail)  GB  GB  GB  GB  GB
Roads GB  GB  GB  GB  GB
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty   Eng Sco Wal  
National Nature Reserves   Eng Sco Wal  
Special Areas of Conservation   Eng Sco Wal  
Special Protection Areas   Eng Sco Wal  
Sites of Special Scientific Interest    Eng Sco Wal  
National Parks   Eng 

Sco1

Sco2

Wal  
Ramsar   Eng Sco Wal  
Flood Zones  

Eng1 

Eng2

Sco

 Wal  
Agricultural Land Classification    Eng Sco  Wal  
CORINE Land Use  GB  GB  GB  GB  GB
Military Danger Areas – Danger areas filtered from military land use data

 OpenStreetMap 

GB Military Land

 OpenStreetMap 

GB Military Land

 OpenStreetMap 

GB Military Land

 OpenStreetMap 

GB Military Land

 OpenStreetMap 

GB Military Land

Slope   GB  GB  GB  GB  GB
Grid Capacity Data  

National Grid

UKPN

SSEN

Northern Powergrid

Electricity North West

 

SSEN

SPEN

 National Grid NIE
 Wind Speeds NOABL NOABL  NOABL  NOABL  NOABL

 

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