1. Modeling Renewable Energy Potential Using ArcGIS
Elizabeth Graham & Juan Laguna

2. Modeling Renewable Energy Potential Using ArcGIS
Benefits of Renewable Energy
Little to No Global Warming Emissions
Improved Public Health and Environmental Quality
A Vast and Inexhaustible Energy Supply
Jobs and Other Economic Benefits
Stable Energy Prices
A More Reliable and Resilient Energy System
Union of Concerned Scientists:

3. Modeling Renewable Energy Potential Using ArcGIS
Why GIS?
Analysis on a local scale
Fine tuning of methodology
Broader analysis

4. Modeling Renewable Energy Potential Using ArcGIS
Why GIS?
Market
Economic
Technical
Resource
Potential

5. Rooftop Solar

6. Modeling Renewable Energy Potential Using ArcGIS
Solar
Calculate amount of incoming solar radiation (insolation)
Important for determining financial feasibility
Highly variable

7. DEMO: Rooftop Solar

8. Biomass

9. Modeling Renewable Energy Potential Using ArcGIS
Biomass
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Cropland Data Layer Published crop-specific data layer [Online]. Available at (accessed 7/1/2015; verified 7/13/2015). USDA-NASS, Washington, DC.

10. DEMO: Biomass

11. Wave Energy

12. Modeling Renewable Energy Potential Using ArcGIS
Wave Energy
Wave power density
Depth
Rugosity

13. DEMO: Wave Energy

14. Story maps

15. Story maps
Communicating the results of your analysis

16. DEMO: Story map

17. A Changing Planet …
Rooftop solar
Biomass
Wave energy

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