4. What is the Global Atlas?
A freeopen standards Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
• A global ‘public library’ of renewable resource maps – 300 + datasets
• 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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5. Global Atlas Institutional Structure
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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
2012
6. 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 kept 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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Albania, Australia, Belgium,
Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia,
France, Gambia, Germany,
Grenada, Honduras, India, Iraq,
Israel, Kuwait, Lithuania, Mali,
Mexico, Mongolia, Nicaragua,
Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Peru,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,
Seychelles, South Africa, Spain,
Swaziland, Switzerland, Tunisia,
UAE, Uganda, UK, Uruguay, USA,
Yemen.
Global Atlas Signatories
9. WHAT IS THE GLOBAL
ATLAS?
Part I - Data Infrastructure and Sharing
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10. Three main systems for the Global Atlas Data Infrastructure
1) Geoserver is operated by data provider
2) Catalog – references the information hosted by the
geoservers. Catalog is interoperable with other initiaitves.
3) Interface can search into the catalog
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15. Consequence 3: Links can be used by third parties,
other projects and initiatives with desktop GIS
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16. 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 16
17. WHAT IS THE GLOBAL
ATLAS?
Part II - Data visualization and analysis
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22. First thematic maps are available
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Australia http://irena.masdar.ac.ae/?map=406
Cuba http://irena.masdar.ac.ae/?map=404
Ethiopia http://irena.masdar.ac.ae/?map=312
MERRA dataset http://irena.masdar.ac.ae/?map=399
Mongolia http://irena.masdar.ac.ae/?map=318
Papua New Guinea http://irena.masdar.ac.ae/?map=324
Serbia http://irena.masdar.ac.ae/?map=317
Somalia http://irena.masdar.ac.ae/?map=301
South African Wind Atlas http://irena.masdar.ac.ae/?map=405
Sudan http://irena.masdar.ac.ae/?map=321
Swaziland http://irena.masdar.ac.ae/?map=299
Uganda http://irena.masdar.ac.ae/?map=315
Yemen http://irena.masdar.ac.ae/?map=382
Zambia http://irena.masdar.ac.ae/?map=338
23. Example 4: 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/?m
ap=299&mode=static"></iframe>
Or <iframe style="border: none;"
width="512" height="256"
src="http://irena.masdar.ac.ae/ifra
me.html?map=299&mode=static"
></iframe>
24. Ongoing work and next steps
Integration of Countries’ solar and wind data – display, point
data
Additional datasets coming online:
CENER – wind energy, global, 10 km
Private companies – solar, wind, global, 5km
DTU – wind energy, global, 3/5 km
NASA – solar, global, 10 km
Significant improvements to the Atlas GIS, data display and
analysis tools
Expansion ongoing to other renewable energy sources
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The IRENA global atlas is a large international initiative, putting you a click away from major data sources to estimate your solar and wind potentials. This is an example on the region, showing the average winds calculated over 30 years, all protected areas, and population density every 1km. Zoom in, and start looking into areas of interest. You can even add your own data to improve the analysis.
The Atlas does not replace a ground measurement campaigns, but it can help you explore for suitable sites at which ground measurements can be done. Some tools are under development to help you assess resource potentials in particular areas. This is an example of an existing tool which gives you access to historic values of the resource for every location. Some more advanced features allow you to perform site ranking, or highlight opportunity areas, for further investigation.The interface is very flexible, and even lets you create your own project, pulling data from a catalog of 300 wind and solar resource maps.