Implications of Zoning Ordinances for Rural Utility-Scale Solar Deployment and Power System Decarbonization in the Great Lakes Region

no code implementations • 29 Jan 2024 • Papa Yaw Owusu-Obeng, Sarah Banas Mills, Michael T. Craig

We quantify the role of utility-scale solar zoning ordinances on power sector decarbonization across the Great Lakes region (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) by integrating 6, 300 rural community zoning ordinances into a power system planning model.