Land-use impacts of Brazilian wind power expansion

<p>The dataset support findings that are reported in the study <strong>Land-use impacts of Brazilian wind power expansion</strong> which is currently available as a preprint DOI:<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/deref/http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.13140%2FRG.2.2.29794.76480?_sg%5B0%5D=GTG7yx9o7ktzlvdQIFS7StpKg3VP0BpfbBc1xGI6BrNgtetbw6LnaAzhHhsTStBwai6O4z6o5tob4eol26ePeZjFyw.vOe-bOd2DE_sX_f3c_s8xW_VB_ue0OgeWJSnjDQHLAIdmV3kqpZe4fmnutza7phzCtBift_6G28pMNPmXIWYwQ">10.13140/RG.2.2.29794.76480</a></p> <p>This is an initial release of the data set, its stable version will be released on acceptance by the peer-reviewed journal.</p> <p>Current version of the data set provides aggregated land-use and land cover for the wind park clusters, which were installed from 1998 to 2018 in four federal states in Brazil that cover 80% of the country&rsquo;s installed capacity. The land-use and land cover for each wind park cluster was aggregated for the year which is two years prior to the commissioning year of that wind park cluster.</p> <p>Fields</p> <ul> <li><strong>state</strong>:&nbsp; federal state of Brazil i.e., BA (Bahia), CE (C&eacute;ara), RN (Rio Grande do Norte), RS (Rio Grande do Sul)</li> <li><strong>wind_cluster_id</strong>: identification code for each wind cluster</li> <li><strong>anthropogenic_land_m2</strong>: area of anthropogenic land-use within the wind cluster, m²</li> <li><strong>coastal_sand_m2</strong>: area of coastal sands within the wind cluster, m²</li> <li><strong>native_vegetation_m2</strong>: area of native vegetation within the wind cluster, m²</li> <li><strong>water_m2</strong>: area of water within the wind cluster, m²</li> <li><strong>total_area_m2</strong>: total area of the wind cluster, m²</li> <li><strong>wind_cluster_type</strong>: type of the wind cluster based on its prevailing land-use and land cover class i.e., <ul> <li><em>AnthLd</em> wind cluster has anthropogenic land as its prevailing land-use and land cover class</li> <li><em>Coast</em> wind cluster has coastal sand as its prevailing land-use and land cover class</li> <li><em>NatVeg</em> wind cluster has native vegetation as its prevailing land-use and land cover class</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>The land-use and land cover for wind park clusters is derived from annual land-use and land cover maps for Brazil with the spatial resolution of 30 x 30 m by MapBiomas project [1]. The wind park locations and their commissioning dates are derived from the data set by Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency [2].</p>