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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Main Author: Energy Sector Management Assistance Program
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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
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spelling okr-10986-367992022-09-15T15:55:00Z Assessing and Mapping Renewable Energy Resources, Second Edition Energy Sector Management Assistance Program BIOMASS ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY GEOTHERMAL POWER HYDROPOWER SOLAR ENERGY WIND POWER PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER POTENTIAL GEOSPATIAL PLANNING 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. 2022-01-06T14:50:47Z 2022-01-06T14:50:47Z 2021-12 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/317661469501375609/Assessing-and-Mapping-Renewable-Energy-Resources-Second-Edition http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36799 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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topic BIOMASS ENERGY
RENEWABLE ENERGY
GEOTHERMAL POWER
HYDROPOWER
SOLAR ENERGY
WIND POWER
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER POTENTIAL
GEOSPATIAL PLANNING
spellingShingle BIOMASS ENERGY
RENEWABLE ENERGY
GEOTHERMAL POWER
HYDROPOWER
SOLAR ENERGY
WIND POWER
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER POTENTIAL
GEOSPATIAL PLANNING
Energy Sector Management Assistance Program
Assessing and Mapping Renewable Energy Resources, Second Edition
description 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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title Assessing and Mapping Renewable Energy Resources, Second Edition
title_short Assessing and Mapping Renewable Energy Resources, Second Edition
title_full Assessing and Mapping Renewable Energy Resources, Second Edition
title_fullStr Assessing and Mapping Renewable Energy Resources, Second Edition
title_full_unstemmed Assessing and Mapping Renewable Energy Resources, Second Edition
title_sort assessing and mapping renewable energy resources, second edition
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2022
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