Table 2. Percentages of Lands Excluded from Wind Energy Characterization in the Pacific Northwest Laboratory Moderate Exclusion Scenario
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Land-Use Type |
Percent of Land Excluded |
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Forest Land |
50 |
|
Agricultural Land |
30 |
|
Range |
10 |
|
Mixed Agriculture/Range |
20 |
|
Barren |
10 |
|
Wetlands |
100 |
|
Urban |
100 |
|
Parks/Wilderness Areas |
100 |
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Source: Pacific Northwest Laboratory, An Assessment of Available Windy Land Area and Wind Energy Potential in the Contiguous United States, PNL-7789 (August 1991). |
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