Publication: Assessing and Mapping Renewable Energy Resources
Date
2016-04
ISSN
Published
2016-04
Author(s)
Knight, Oliver
Abstract
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.
Citation
“Knight, Oliver. 2016. Assessing and Mapping Renewable Energy Resources; Assessing and Mapping Renewable Energy Resources. ESMAP Knowledge Series;025/16. © http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/24913 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”