Environmental and industrial measurement company Vaisala is partnering with the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) to provide access to its global renewable energy data.
Vaisala is making its average annual solar irradiation and wind speed maps available for free download via Irena’s Global Atlas for Renewable Energy.
The download will allow users to integrate Vaisala’s wind and solar datasets for the first time into their own software and modelling programs, the partners said.
“This will enable developers to conduct offline analysis to inform prospecting efforts in new territories and ultimately influence critical investment decisions,” Vaisala and Irena said.
Irena senior programme officer Nicolas Fichaux said: “Our common goal is to accelerate the growth of renewables worldwide.
“To do this we need to increase the confidence of governments, investors, and the supply chain in new and emerging renewable energy markets – and for this, we need maps to show us where the resources are.”
“By pushing the boundaries of publicly available resource data, Irena and Vaisala are helping the sector to move faster by lowering the complexity of entry into new renewable energy markets.”
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