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I’m working on an algorithm to ingest utility RFPs, transmission line capacity, fossil generation capacity, land prices, and load center demand information, and solve for ideal locations for solar plants and their required size. This could have handed off to solar developers and their tax partners to best target renewable installations.

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Is there enough accurate data to actually make this?

I haven't had any trouble yet finding volunteers at utilities or ISOs to confirm ground truth when in question. For-profit, investor driven utilities are a bit of a pickle but I can still get around that with EIA data.

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