Featured in Step on the gas – 12-2012

Solar resource mapping in Africa

Solar maps: The continuing evolution of the global mapping of solar resources is helping policymakers and solar industry players to plan projects across the African continent. Slovakia-based GeoModel Solar’s Managing Director Marcel Suri explains the role such maps play.
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Solar resources are the fuel for solar energy technologies. Information on solar resources, combined with information on energy prices as well as investment costs, forms the basis of the economic viability of any solar energy project. For solar prospection and pre-feasibility studies, information in the form of maps is used. Maps play a significant role …

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