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NREL Biomethane GIS Data

Metadata Updated: March 21, 2026

This dataset contains information about the biomass resources generated by county in the United States. It includes the following feedstock categories: crop residues, forest residues, primary mill residues, secondary mill residues, and urban wood waste.

The estimates are based on county-level statistics and/or point-source data gathered from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), USDA Forest Service, EPA and other organizations, which are further processed using relevant assumptions and conversions.

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/8150
Data First Published 2016-04-25T20:49:07Z
Data Last Modified 2026-03-12T18:10:31Z
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 019:20
Metadata Context https://openei.org/data.json
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
Harvest Object Id 3e31bfc3-1956-4a78-b1ad-70fba974afe2
Harvest Source Id 7cbf9085-0290-4e9f-bec1-91653baeddfd
Harvest Source Title OpenEI data.json
Homepage URL https://data.nlr.gov/submissions/44
License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Program Code 019:005
Projectnumber GO28308
Projecttitle Renewable Hydrogen Potential from Biogas in the United States
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 322b35a628a0af1bb8c2c3528ddd587c7d4a4a9a42db3807328d74e71991c378
Source Schema Version 1.1

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