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DEPRECATED - Sharing the Sun Community Solar Project Data (Dec 2020, Revision)

Metadata Updated: March 21, 2026

This data set is no longer current – The most current data and all historical data sets can be found at https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/244 This database represents a list of community solar projects identified through various sources as of Dec 2020. The list has been reviewed but errors may exist and the list may not be comprehensive. Errors in the sources e.g. press releases may be duplicated in the list. Blank spaces represent missing information. NREL invites input to improve the database including to - correct erroneous information - add missing projects - fill in missing information - remove inactive projects. Updated information can be submitted to the contact(s) located on the current data set page linked at the top. The revision dataset included projects with a total installed capacity in 2020 under the state-level program but missing the project level details. 

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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Dates

Metadata Created Date January 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date March 21, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from OpenEI data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date January 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date March 21, 2026
Publisher National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Maintainer
Identifier https://data.openei.org/submissions/8224
Data First Published 2021-05-05T17:51:55Z
Data Last Modified 2026-03-12T18:10:31Z
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 019:20
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Metadata Catalog ID https://openei.org/data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Data Quality True
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Harvest Source Id 7cbf9085-0290-4e9f-bec1-91653baeddfd
Harvest Source Title OpenEI data.json
Homepage URL https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/167
License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Program Code 019:008
Projectnumber 34174
Projecttitle Sharing the Sun
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash ed4c83c8eb5427b00cebcd0f9d7cbebbdf1624271a7e3562125dcba0fba8e9ed
Source Schema Version 1.1

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