Upcoming developments: Universal data reader for wind and solar information A presentation by Xabier Nicuesa (CENER) and Jacinto Estima (Masdar Institute) during the Global Atlas side event which held at the World Future Energy Summit in 2014

1. Global Atlas side event
Providing Distributed Analysis Tools to the Global Atlas
US DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory
World Future Energy Summit, Abu Dhabi, Jan. 20th 2013.

2. NREL’s Participation in the Global Atlas for RE
• US Department of Energy’s
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
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Part of the initial design and development team for the
first version of the Global Atlas
Currently providing
– Design and Development support for the current version of the
Global Atlas
– Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Data services – Maps!
– Analysis services and distributed tools that are integrated into
the Global Atlas
 Available Renewable Energy Resources tool is running at NREL
 PVWatts tool is planned for this year
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3. Global Atlas is an Integrated Global Spatial Data
Infrastructure
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4. Global Atlas is an Integrated Global Spatial Data
Infrastructure
• In this Distributed
System limits IRENA’s
need to
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Own the data
Store the data
Serve the data
Be concerned about
Intellectual Property
Worry about updates to
the data
• All of this is also true of
Analysis provided to
the Atlas by outside
partners
Internet
Custom code provided through
data and analysis services
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5. Many Organizations Work in Spatial Analysis
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“Traditional” GIS and Spatial Analysis
using Excel, ArcMap, PostGIS, MatLab,
R, and others
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Solving problems, producing data,
visualizing results
• High End Cartography
Communicating results to others in
graphic form
o Excellent format for expressing
complex ideas and spatial relationships
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• Enterprise Web Based Spatial Analysis
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Web based
Perform dynamic analysis
Communication of results
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6. Path to Participation in the Global Atlas: Phase1
Spatial Data
Resources
Analysis
Software
Models
Complex Queries
Custom Analysis
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7. Path to Participation in the Global Atlas: Phase 2
Data
Services
WMS
Spatial Data
Resources
Analysis
Software
WFS
CSW
Analysis
Services
Models
SOAP
Complex Queries
REST
Custom Analysis
WPS
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8. Path to Participation in the Global Atlas: Phase 2
Internal to the Data and Analysis Provider
Data
Services
External to the Data and Analysis Provider
Data
Security
WMS
Analysis
Software
WFS
CSW
Analysis
Services
Models
REST
Custom Analysis
WPS
Users with Secure
Access
SOAP
Complex Queries
Security Infrastructure
Spatial Data
Resources
Analysis
Security
Additional External Users
WMS Display
WFS Querying
Direct Access to Analysis
Custom Applications
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9. Path to Participation in the Global Atlas: Phase 3
Internal to the Data and Analysis Provider
External to the Data and Analysis Provider
IRENA Global Atlas for
Renewable Energy
Data
Services
Data
Security
WMS Display
WFS Querying
WMS
Analysis
Software
WFS
CSW
Analysis
Services
Models
REST
Custom Analysis
WPS
Webservice-Energy.org
Catalog
Users with Secure
Access
SOAP
Complex Queries
Security Infrastructure
Spatial Data
Resources
Analysis
Security
Additional External Users
WMS Display
WFS Querying
Direct Access to Analysis
Custom Applications
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10. Path to Participation in the Global Atlas: Phase 3
Internal to the Data and Analysis Provider
External to the Data and Analysis Provider
IRENA Global Atlas for
Renewable Energy
Data
Services
Data
Security
WMS
Analysis
Software
WFS Querying
Custom Code to
Access Analysis
WFS
CSW
Analysis
Services
Models
REST
Custom Analysis
WPS
Webservice-Energy.org
Catalog
Users with Secure
Access
SOAP
Complex Queries
Security Infrastructure
Spatial Data
Resources
WMS Display
Analysis
Security
Additional External Users
WMS Display
WFS Querying
Direct Access to Analysis
Custom Applications
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11. Path to Participation in the Global Atlas: Phase 3
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12. www.irena.org/GlobalAtlas
Potentials@irena.org
IRENA Global Atlas
@GlobalREAtlas
GlobalAtlasSolarandWind
Dan Getman
US DOE NREL
dan.getman@nrel.gov
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