Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Installations by County in New Jersey (Web Mercator ArcGIS Online Service), Edition 20240807 (Util_solar_county)

Identification Information:
Citation:
Citation Information:
Publication Date: 20240807
Title: Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Installations by County in New Jersey (Web Mercator ArcGIS Online Service), Edition 20240807 (Util_solar_county)
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
Publication Information:
Publisher: NJDEP Bureau of Energy & Sustainability
Online Linkage: https://www.nj.gov/dep/gis/digidownload/zips/OpenData/Util_solar_county.zip
Description:
Abstract: The data within this layer includes the quantity and installed capacity of solar installations in each of New Jersey's counties. The quantity and installed capacity in each county is also broken out by installation type (i.e. residential, non-residential, and gird supply). This data is updated and published monthly by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities at: https://www.njcleanenergy.com/renewable-energy/project-activity-reports/project-activity-reports
Purpose: To provide data and information on the current status of installed solar PV quantity and capacity within each of New Jersey's counties.
Time Period of Content:
Time Period Information:
Single Date/Time:
Calendar Date: 20240724
Currentness Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: In work
Maintenance and Update Frequency: Monthly
Spatial Domain:
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinate: -75.587089
East Bounding Coordinate: -73.899178
North Bounding Coordinate: 41.357794
South Bounding Coordinate: 38.924577
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: None
Theme Keyword: Util_solar_county
Theme Keyword: Solar PV
Theme Keyword: Photovoltaic
Theme Keyword: BPU
Theme Keyword: NJDEP
Theme Keyword: County
Theme Keyword: energy
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme Keyword: utilitiesCommunication
Place:
Place Keyword Thesaurus: None
Place Keyword: Morris County
Place Keyword: Cape May County
Place Keyword: Sussex County
Place Keyword: Ocean County
Place Keyword: Warren County
Place Keyword: Camden County
Place Keyword: Salem County
Place Keyword: Hunterdon County
Place Keyword: Somerset County
Place Keyword: Union County
Place Keyword: Burlington County
Place Keyword: Hudson County
Place Keyword: NJ
Place Keyword: Atlantic County
Place Keyword: New Jersey
Place Keyword: Cumberland County
Place Keyword: Bergen County
Place Keyword: Middlesex County
Place Keyword: USA
Place Keyword: Mercer County
Place Keyword: Monmouth County
Place Keyword: Essex County
Place Keyword: Gloucester County
Place Keyword: Passaic County
Access Constraints: In most cases, a downloadable shapefile (.zip) version of this layer is also available. Information to download the shapefile can be found in the Distribution Section of this metadata record. This data layer is shown in the NJDEP's NJ-GeoWeb mapping application accessible through the Online Linkage: https://www.nj.gov/dep/gis/geowebsplash.htm
Use Constraints: The data is this layer is derived from the NJ Clean Energy Program's monthly Solar Installation Report. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Data Distribution Agreement. The data provided herein are distributed subject to the following conditions and restrictions: NJDEP assumes no responsibility to maintain them in any manner or form and disclaims any duty or obligation to either maintain availability of or to update the data. Terms of Agreement 1. All data is provided, as is, without any representation or warranty of any kind, implied, expressed or statutory including, but not limited to, the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability or fitness for a particular use, freedom from computer virus nor are any such warranties to be implied with respect to the digital data layers furnished hereunder. User is responsible for understanding the accuracy limitations of all digital data layers provided herein, as documented in the accompanying cross-reference files (see SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION). Any reproduction or manipulation of the above data must ensure that the coordinate reference system remains intact. 2. Digital data received from the NJDEP may not be reproduced or redistributed without all the metadata provided. 3. Any maps, publications, reports, or other documents produced as a result of this project that utilize this digital data will credit the NJDEP's Geographic Information System (GIS) as the source of the data with the following credit/disclaimer: "This (map/publication/report) was developed using New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Geographic Information System digital data, but this secondary product has not been verified by NJDEP and is not state-authorized or endorsed." 4. NJDEP makes no warranty that digital data are free of Copyright or Trademark claims or other restrictions or limitations on free use or display. Making a copy of this data may be subject to the copyright of trademark laws.
Point of Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: NJDEP Bureau of Energy & Sustainability
Contact Person: Ryan Gergely
Contact Position: Research Scientist 3
Contact Address:
Address Type: physical
City: Trenton
State or Province: NJ
Postal Code: 08625
Contact Voice Telephone: 609-292-8848
Contact Electronic Mail Address: ryan.gergely@dep.nj.gov
Native Data Set Environment: Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.4.0.5524
Data Quality Information:
Logical Consistency Report: Data from the NJ Clean Energy Program's monthly solar installation report was joined to the existing accurate counties data layer.
Completeness Report: The data from the solar installation report was referenced directly when creating the attribute values for this layer.
Lineage:
Source Information:
Source Citation:
Citation Information:
Publication Date: 20110606
Title: Counties of New Jersey, New Jersey State Plane NAD83, (Govt_admin_county_bnd)
Edition: 20110606
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
Publication Information:
Publisher: New Jersey Office of Information Technology (NJOIT), Office of Geographic Information Systems (OGIS)
Online Linkage: https://njgin.state.nj.us/NJ_NJGINExplorer/DataDownloads.jsp
Source Scale Denominator: 2400
Type of Source Media: onLine
Source Time Period of Content:
Time Period Information:
Single Date/Time:
Calendar Date: 20110606
Source Currentness Reference: Unknown
Source Citation Abbreviation: Counties of New Jersey, New Jersey State Plane NAD83, (Govt_admin_county_bnd)
Source Contribution: Used the geometry of the Counties dataset as the basis for this layer.
Process Step:
Process Description: 
On March 21, 2018 the NJBPU published an update to the Solar Installation Report, representing data up until February 28, 2018. When this data was published, the data pertaining to Residential Quantity and Capacity, Non-Residential Quantity and Capacity, Gird Supply Quantity and Capacity, and Total Quantity and Capacity in each of the 21 counties were joined to the Counties data layer.
Process Date: 20180321
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: NJDEP Bureau of Energy & Sustainability
Contact Person: Ryan Gergely
Contact Position: Research Scientist 3
Contact Address:
Address Type: physical
City: Trenton
State or Province: NJ
Postal Code: 08625
Contact Voice Telephone: 609-292-8848
Contact Electronic Mail Address: ryan.gergely@dep.nj.gov
Spatial Data Organization Information:
Direct Spatial Reference Method: Vector
Point and Vector Object Information:
SDTS Terms Description:
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point and Vector Object Count: 21
Entity and Attribute Information:
Detailed Description:
Entity Type:
Entity Type Label: Util_solar_county
Entity Type Definition: Solar PV by County
Entity Type Definition Source: NJDEP,BPU
Attribute:
Attribute Label: OBJECTID
Attribute Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute Definition Source: Esri
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute Label: COUNTY
Attribute Definition: county name (capital letters)
Attribute Definition Source: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Geographic Information Systems
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: county name (capital letters)
Attribute:
Attribute Label: GNIS
Attribute Definition: GNIS civil code
Attribute Definition Source: Bureau of Geographic Names - United States Geological Survey
Attribute Domain Values:
Codeset Domain:
Codeset Name: GNIS civil code
Codeset Source: Bureau of Geographic Names - United States Geological Survey
Attribute:
Attribute Label: ACRES
Attribute Definition: area of county in acres (calculated from square feet in attribute table)
Attribute Definition Source: NJ Office of Information Technology, Office of Geographic Information Systems
Attribute Domain Values:
Range Domain:
Range Domain Minimum: 32982.76
Range Domain Maximum: 525009.47
Attribute Units of Measure: acres
Attribute:
Attribute Label: SQ_MILES
Attribute Definition: area of county in square miles (calculated from square feet in attribute table)
Attribute Definition Source: NJ Office of Information Technology, Office of Geographic Information Systems
Attribute Domain Values:
Range Domain:
Range Domain Minimum: 51.53
Range Domain Maximum: 820.32
Attribute Units of Measure: square miles
Attribute:
Attribute Label: POP2010
Attribute Definition: population in 2010
Attribute Definition Source: United States Census Bureau
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: population in 2010
Attribute:
Attribute Label: POPDEN2010
Attribute Definition: population density per square mile in 2010
Attribute Definition Source: NJ Office of Information Technology, Office of Geographic Information Systems
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: population density per square mile in 2010
Attribute:
Attribute Label: SHAPE
Attribute Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute Definition Source: ESRI
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute Label: CountyCode
Attribute Definition: County Codes associated with each of NJ's 21 counties
Attribute Definition Source: NJBPU Clean Energy Program Solar Installation Report
Attribute Domain Values:
Range Domain:
Range Domain Minimum: 1
Range Domain Maximum: 21
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Res_Qty
Attribute Definition: The number of residential solar PV installations
Attribute Definition Source: NJBPU Clean Energy Program Solar Installation Report
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Unique Value
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Res_kW
Attribute Definition: The installed capacity of residential solar PV installations in kilowatts (kW)
Attribute Definition Source: NJBPU Clean Energy Program Solar Installation Report
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Unique Value
Attribute:
Attribute Label: NonRes_Qty
Attribute Definition: The number of non-residential solar PV installations
Attribute Definition Source: NJBPU Clean Energy Program Solar Installation Report
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Unique Value
Attribute:
Attribute Label: NonRes_kW
Attribute Definition: The installed capacity of non-residential solar PV installations in kilowatts (kW)
Attribute Definition Source: NJBPU Clean Energy Program Solar Installation Report
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Unique Value
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Grid_Qty
Attribute Definition: The number of grid supply solar PV installations
Attribute Definition Source: NJBPU Clean Energy Program Solar Installation Report
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Unique Value
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Grid_kW
Attribute Definition: The installed capacity of grid supply solar PV installations in kilowatts (kW)
Attribute Definition Source: NJBPU Clean Energy Program Solar Installation Report
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Unique Value
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Total_Qty
Attribute Definition: The total number of solar PV installations
Attribute Definition Source: NJBPU Clean Energy Program Solar Installation Report
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Unique Value
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Total_kW
Attribute Definition: The total installed capacity of solar PV installations in kilowatts (kW)
Attribute Definition Source: NJBPU Clean Energy Program Solar Installation Report
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Unique Value
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Shape_Length
Attribute Definition: Length of feature in internal units.
Attribute Definition Source: Esri
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Shape_Area
Attribute Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.
Attribute Definition Source: Esri
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Distribution Information:
Distributor:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: NJDEP/DOIT/BGIS
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
Address: 401 East State Street
Address: PO Box 420
City: Trenton
State or Province: NJ
Postal Code: 08625
Contact Voice Telephone: (609) 777-0672
Contact Facsimile Telephone: (609) 292-7900
Contact Electronic Mail Address: gisnet@dep.nj.gov
Resource Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution Liability: See access and use constraints information.
Standard Order Process:
Digital Form:
Digital Transfer Information:
Format Name: DEP distributes ESRI .SHP and/or GDB. Some data may be NJ GeoWeb "display only" layers.
Format Version Number: 9x/10x
Format Specification: NJDEP NJ GeoWeb online mapping application
File Decompression Technique: zip
Digital Transfer Option:
Online Option:
Computer Contact Information:
Network Address:
Network Resource Name: https://www.nj.gov/dep/gis/geowebsplash.htm
Online Option:
Computer Contact Information:
Network Address:
Network Resource Name: https://www.nj.gov/dep/gis/
Online Option:
Computer Contact Information:
Network Address:
Network Resource Name: https://gisdata-njdep.opendata.arcgis.com/
Fees: none
Ordering Instructions: none
Metadata Reference Information:
Metadata Date: 20240807
Metadata Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: NJDEP Bureau of Energy & Sustainability
Contact Person: Ryan Gergely
Contact Position: Research Scientist 3
Contact Address:
Address Type: physical
City: Trenton
State or Province: NJ
Postal Code: 08625
Contact Voice Telephone: 609-292-8848
Contact Electronic Mail Address: ryan.gergely@dep.nj.gov
Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata Time Convention: local time