A presentation by Nicolas Fichaux at the IRENA GCC workshop. The workshop took place in June, 2013 and was hosted by the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research.
12. Global Atlas
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What share of my energy mix can
be supplied by renewable energy?
Where are the resources located?
What is the most cost-effective
combination of technologies?
What amount of investments does it
represent? How many jobs ?
Is there a large enough market for
sustaining a supply chain?
13. Bridge the gap between nations having access to the
necessary funding, technologies, and expertise to evaluate
their national potentials, and those deprived of those
elements.
Access to data and methods
Access to training materials and courses
Access to finance
Access to a network of experts
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Global Renewable Energy Atlas
Steering Committee
Secretariat and coordination
IRENA
Solar and Wind Technical Group
CEM, 2010
Bioenergy Technical Group
GBEP, 2013
Geothermal Technical Group
2013
Hydropower Technical Group
2013
Marine Energies Technical Group
2014
End-user network
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16. How is the work organized?
• The Steering Committee meets during the IRENA Assembly. Intermediate meetings
are organized at IRENA Councils and other ministerial events – CEM, GBEP.
• The Secretariat is made of a team of 3 persons in IRENA Abu Dhabi.
• The working groups meet twice a year, during expert meetings or workshops . Experts
are designated by the participating countries, and invited by the Secretariat.
• The end-user group is constantly keep informed of the developments – newsletter,
website, and can contact the Secretariat at any time. The end-user network meets
once a year in Abu Dhabi WFES.
• Additional ad hoc task forces are created for a temporary issue – ex data quality for
solar and wind, capacity building for solar and wind.
• Participation is voluntary. Financing is shared between country contributions and
IRENA’s core budget.
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18. Bridge the gap between nations having access to the
necessary funding, technologies, and expertise to evaluate
their national potentials, and those deprived of those
elements.
Access to data and methods
Access to training materials and courses
Access to finance
Access to a network of experts
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20. Part I - Data Infrastructure and Sharing
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WHAT IS THE GLOBAL ATLAS?
21. Existing application – maps.nrel.gov/SWERA
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FAO BEFS for Tanzania
Example of data integration from data to the Atlas
Existing application – http://www.solar-med-
atlas.org/
Mali solar and wind
30. Intellectual property?
• If the data has IP restrictions – signature of a data
sharing agreement with IRENA
• IP remains with the data owner
• Data sharing and download can be limited on demand
• Service can be modified or stopped from data owner’s
end
• The catalog can handle private and public data
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31. Part II - Data visualization and analysis
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WHAT IS THE GLOBAL ATLAS?
39. Using the interface in your own website
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Data are promoted in an interactive
manner without having to develop
an online GIS.
Just add 1 line:
<iframe style="border: none;"
width="512" height="256"
src="http://irena.masdar.ac.ae/?ma
p=299&mode=static"></iframe>
Or <iframe style="border: none;"
width="512" height="256"
src="http://irena.masdar.ac.ae/ifram
e.html?map=299&mode=static"></if
rame>
40. What is the Global Atlas?
• A free, open source, open standards Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
A global public library of renewable resource maps – 300 + datasets included
The information is not copied or duplicated, and existing services are integrated
Data owners use freely the platform to disseminate and reference their own datasets
Depending on the IP restrictions, the links can be used by the Atlas online GIS, the
data owners and their project partners, and the general public
• The GIS interface is online and freely accessible. Basic users can access information and
perform basic analyses.
• ‘Advanced’ users can create their own online project maps, embed those in their
webportal, and use the online tools on their own datasets.
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41. Ongoing work and next steps
• Integration of Countries’ solar and wind data – display, point
data
• Additional datasets coming online – DTU, CENER, NASA, others
• Significant improvements to the Atlas GIS
• Capacity Building for the Atlas
• Roadmap for Geothermal energy
• Roadmap for Bioenergy
• Hydropower?
• Technical Assistance
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