Global Atlas:Status and

Perspectives

W.J. Lee, IRENA

GLOBAL ATLAS: CONTEXT

WHAT IS THE GLOBAL ATLAS?

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GLOBAL ATLAS: CONTEXT

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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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Global Atlas Institutional Structure

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Global Renewable Energy AtlasSteering Committee

Secretariat and coordinationIRENA

Solar and Wind Technical GroupCEM, 2010

Bioenergy Technical GroupGBEP, 2013

Geothermal Technical Group2013

Hydropower Technical Group 2013

Marine Energies Technical Group2014

End-user network2012

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.6

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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

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Technical Partners and Data Providers

Partner Projects and Multilateral Initiatives

WHAT IS THE GLOBAL ATLAS?

Part I - Data Infrastructure and Sharing

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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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Step1: Registering the Data on a Geoserver (open source)

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Step 2: Remote Registration to the Catalog

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Full description, ownership and references are preserved

Consequence 1: Data appear in Atlas interface library

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Consequence 2: larger data dissemination

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Consequence 3: Links can be used by third parties, other projects and initiatives with desktop GIS

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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 data16

WHAT IS THE GLOBAL ATLAS?

Part II - Data visualization and analysis

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Create your own project

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Example 1: Wind speed, population density, protected areas

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Example 2: Detailed site information

Example 3: Country map based on the project

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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

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/?map=299&mode=static"></iframe>

Or <iframe style="border: none;" width="512" height="256" src="http://irena.masdar.ac.ae/iframe.html?map=299&mode=static"></iframe>

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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