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Love the maps. Where is the author getting them from? Are they available for other parts of the world? And a little more on topic: when travelling through the
by pmjordan 18y ago
Love the maps. Where is the author getting them from? Are they available for other parts of the world?
And a little more on topic: when travelling through the south of Germany, you'll find about 50% of larger buildings in the countryside have solar panels on the roof. With the right incentives, you can spread this sort of thing pretty quickly. (as far as I know, they get to feed unused electricity back into the grid at the same price at which they draw from the grid; I suspect the initial investment might be subsidised, too) Cross the border to Austria and you see nothing of the sort.
- pasbesoin 18y agoHave a look at the legends on the map images. E.g. http://www.nrel.gov/gis/il_csp.html http://www.nrel.gov/gis/il_csp.html isn't found anymore, but this appears to be a current index for items from the same source http://www.nrel.gov/gis/maps.html http://www.nrel.gov/gis/maps.html NREL == National Renewable Energy Laboratory "The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is the nation's primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development (R&D). "NREL's mission and strategy are focused on advancing the U.S. Department of Energy's and our nation's energy goals. The laboratory's scientists and researchers support critical market objectives to accelerate research from scientific innovations to market-viable alternative energy solutions..."