Assessing and Mapping Renewable Energy Resources, Second Edition
Understanding the location and potential of renewable energy resources is a crucial pre-requisite to their utilization, and to scaling up clean and secure sources of electricity generation such as biomass, small hydropower, solar, and wind. However...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/317661469501375609/Assessing-and-Mapping-Renewable-Energy-Resources-Second-Edition http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36799 |
| Summary: | Understanding the location and
potential of renewable energy resources is a crucial
pre-requisite to their utilization, and to scaling up clean
and secure sources of electricity generation such as
biomass, small hydropower, solar, and wind. However many
countries do not have high quality, publicly available data
on renewable energy resource potential and this limits the
potential for informed policy development, including zoning
guidance, transmission network planning, and price
regulation or incentives. It also narrows the field of
potential commercial developers, and raises the cost of
undertaking preliminary site identification and financial
analyses. This report draws on many years of experience
within the World Bank Group and among other development
partners in carrying out renewable energy resource
assessment and mapping at the country level, in particular
from 12 projects funded by the Energy Sector Management
Assistance Program (ESMAP) under a major global initiative
launched in 2012. The report’s purpose is to explain, for a
wide range of audiences, the importance of resource
assessment and mapping, key steps and good practices,
methodological issues, and potential sources for further
advice and support. |
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