the global atlas for renewable energy the case for wind power on islands henning wuester, director...
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The Global Atlas for Renewable Energy
The case for wind power on islands
Henning Wuester,Director – Knowledge, Policy and Finance Centre
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“The entry ticket to deploy renewable energy technologies is out of reach for most developing countries.
Governments cannot afford multi-million measurement campaigns, and the international community is not in the position to cater for all requests.
Publicly accessible information, embedded expertise, free software and tools can help countries seek for solutions, and find answers.
The Global Atlas is a large concentration of scattered public knowledge to provide an essential service: a means to accelerate the global energy transition”
Vision statement
Solar, wind, bioenergy and geothermal
datasets Uniform coverage with a detail level of 3 km
for solar and 5 km for wind 1 interface to access and use 1,100 datasets
on 11 Geo-servers for free 2-days training module for 35 policy makers
in 25 countries 6 online analysis tools
67 countries, of which 47 contributed to the
project 90, 000 unique users since Jan. 2013 1,000 registered users created 1,400 maps
stored in the system 150 daily visitors with peaks of 1,000+
visitors International press coverage with regular
news releases
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Current status
Products
Spatial planning module
Large network of resource mapping experts
Vast dissemination channels
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Renewable energy prospectors
Geographic Information platform
Mobile App
Education & targeted assistance
Value proposition for wind
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Raise profile of wind energy
Highlight opportunitiesPropose a platform to
initiate dialog Handover to private sector
How?Compile the most accurate
wind modelling information for each island
Compile infrastructures (roads, grids) and protected areas
Population density (km)TopographyExisting measurement
points (beta)
Example on Sri Lanka. Wind map at 80m, grids, protected areas. Average time to develop and save such map: 30 mns.
Why was not it done before?
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Some of the opportunities for islands
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Global Atlas - Go Live!
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1.Approach IRENA
2.State your contribution – sign a Data Sharing Agreement
3.Share your data through Geoserver or IRENA can host them for you
4.Check your data and your brand are properly referenced and authorize the publication
