Global Atlas: Status and

Perspectives

N. Fichaux, IRENA

ABOUT IRENA

GLOBAL ATLAS: CONTEXT

WHAT IS THE GLOBAL ATLAS?2

ABOUT IRENA

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Membership

IRENA Innovation and Technology Centre (IITC), Bonn, Germany

Status of Permanent Observer to the United Nations in New York

Headquarters in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

45 Signatories/ States in Accession

115 Member States + European Union

as of Juney 2013

Established in 2011 Approaching universal membership

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China to join IRENA Decision announced at

3rd Assembly, 13 Jan 2013

Mission, Vision and Mandate

Mission: Promote the widespread and sustainable useof renewable energy worldwide

How: Serve as centre of excellence, advisory resource, and network hub for renewable energy

Scope: All renewable energy sources

Bioenergy Geothermal Hydropower Ocean Solar Wind Energy Energy Energy Energy

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IRENA 3rd Assembly

Around 1000 registered participants

137 countries represented

Over 80 Heads of State/Government

or Ministers

Adopted 2013 Work Programme and

Medium-Term Strategy

Coincided with Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week13-14 January 2013, Abu Dhabi, UAE

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Medium-Term Strategy

CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE

HUB

Advocacy and information dissemination

Global, universal, unbiased Outreach and

awareness raising

Costing Alliance Global Atlas GREIN Regional approaches

Renewables Readiness Assessment

Capacity building IRELP Policies and Measures

Database

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Global Voicefor RenewableEnergy

RESOURCE

2013 and Beyond

IRENA Structure and Work Programme 2013

Country Support and Partnerships

Knowledge, Policy and Finance Centre

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Input, Tools, Support Feedback

Roadmaps ,Technology Solutions, Scenarios and Strategies, Cost and Performance, Facilitation of Markets, RE Standardisation, Innovation/IP/R&D

Data Collection and Analysis, Indicators, Global Atlas and Resource Assessment, Institutional Publication, Policy Development, RE Finance, Socio-Economic Value, Financing, Environmental Impact, Stakeholder Engagement

RRA, National Strategies, Regional Collaboration, Partnerships and Technical Cooperation, Capacity Needs Assessment, Regional Capacity Building, Country-Based Collaboration,Global Education and Training Database

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GLOBAL ATLAS: CONTEXT

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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.

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Global Atlas

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What share of my energy mix canbe supplied by renewable energy?

Where are the resources located?

What is the most cost-effective combination of technologies?

What amount of investments does it represent? How many jobs ?

Is there a large enough market for sustaining a supply chain?

Bridge the gap between nations having access to the

necessary funding, technologies, and expertise to evaluate

their national potentials, and those deprived of those

elements.

Access to data and methods

Access to training materials and courses

Access to finance

Access to a network of experts13

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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 Group2013

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 keep 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

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WHAT IS THE GLOBAL ATLAS?

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Bridge the gap between nations having access to the

necessary funding, technologies, and expertise to evaluate

their national potentials, and those deprived of those

elements.

Access to data and methods

Access to training materials and courses

Access to finance

Access to a network of experts18

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Part I - Data Infrastructure and Sharing

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WHAT IS THE GLOBAL ATLAS?

Existing application – maps.nrel.gov/SWERA

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FAO BEFS for Tanzania

Example of data integration from data to the Atlas

Existing application – http://www.solar-med-atlas.org/

Mali solar and wind

Step1: registering the data on a geoserver

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Step 2: Remote registration to the catalog

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Full description, ownership and references are preserved

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Consequence 1: Data appear in Atlas interface library

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Consequence 2: larger data dissemination

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Consequence 3: WMS can be used by third parties, other projects and initiatives

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FAO Geocatalogue(simulation)

GeoSur (simulation)

Consequence 4:

linking data networks

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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 data

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Part II - Data visualization and analysis

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WHAT IS THE GLOBAL ATLAS?

January 2013

Vocabulary

33Map = sum of activated layers

User interface

Layer

Legend and tools

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Wind speed, population density, protected areas

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Detailed site information

Consequence 1: Data appear in Atlas interface library

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Create your own project

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Country map example – can be project based

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Using the interface in your own website

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Data are promoted in an interactivemanner without having to developan 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>

What is the Global Atlas?• A free, open source, open standards Global Spatial Data Infrastructure

A global public library of renewable resource maps – 300 + datasets included

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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Ongoing work and next steps

• Integration of Countries’ solar and wind data – display, point

data

• Additional datasets coming online – DTU, CENER, NASA, others

• Significant improvements to the Atlas GIS

• Capacity Building for the Atlas

• Roadmap for Geothermal energy

• Roadmap for Bioenergy

• Hydropower?

• Technical Assistance

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