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title: Power Plants Overlay
description: Learn about the Power Plants Overlay, including the definition, benefits, tips, coverage and update frequency.
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# Power Plants Overlay

## Learn about the Power Plants Overlay, including the definition, benefits, tips, coverage and update frequency.

Available with any of the following [subscriptions](https://id.land/pricing): 

- All plans

#### Definition

Our Power Plant overlay represents existing industrial-scale electrical generation facilities as points. Energy sources include fossil fuels like coal, natural gas and oil, as well as nuclear, geothermal and hydropower. Wind and solar facilities exist as separate overlays in Land id. 

![Power plant on map](https://support.id.land/hs-fs/hubfs/Opera-Landid-NewMapEdit-Opera-6April20242-ezgif-com-video-to-gif-converter-gif.gif?width=670&height=500&name=Opera-Landid-NewMapEdit-Opera-6April20242-ezgif-com-video-to-gif-converter-gif.gif)

#### Key Benefits

- Can be a useful tool for renewable energy developers to assess local markets
- Helpful to commercial and industrial builders who are interested in developing in areas with abundant energy resources

**Tip:**  Click on a power plant icon to see a pop-up with information on the number of generating units, operator name, fuel type and operational status.

**Limitation:**  This layer should be used for reference only. Users should be cautious of potential temporal lags in updates, omissions and positional precision errors.

#### Coverage

United States of America

#### Update Frequency

As updates are available

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