Global Renewable Energy Atlas

Atlas renewable energy emerges from the motivation of an experienced team with a well known and successful track record in renewable energies and the support of the actis group investor and worldwide leader in the industry responsible for the generation of over 14 5 gw in numerous projects throughout the globe.

Global renewable energy atlas.

Energy consumption represents the sum of electricity transport and heating. The world bank group has selected solargis as its global provider of solar data and related solar energy assessment services. The global atlas for renewable energy is a web platform that allows its users to find maps of renewable energy resources for locations across the world. In 2019 around 11 of global primary energy came from renewable technologies.

Ises is a technical partner of the global atlas for renewable energy. Citation needed methods and data. University of toronto engineering 35 st. For commercial enquiries please contact solargis directly.

Note that this is based on renewable energy s share in the energy mix. Today pv is one of the fastest growing renewable energy technologies and is ready to play a major role in the future global electricity generation mix. The global wind atlas is the parallel activity with comparable services for the wind power sector. We look at the electricity mix later in this article.

This global solar atlas has been prepared by solargis under a contract to the world bank based on a solar resource database that they own and maintain. The aim of the both platforms is to support the scale up of renewable energy sources in the global energy mix as mandated under sustainable development goal 7. George street toronto ontario m5s 1a4 2020 faculty of applied science engineering. The initiative coordinated by irena is aimed at closing the gap between countries that have access to the necessary data and expertise to evaluate the potential for renewable energy deployment.

Global atlas gallery 3 0. Solar pv installations can be combined to provide electricity on a commercial scale or arranged in smaller configurations for mini grids or personal use.