On the drawing board: tools concepts for the Global Atlas. A presentation by Daniel Getman (NREL), during the Global Atlas side event which held at the World Future Energy Summit in 2014

1. Universal data reader for wind
and solar information
Side event of the World Future Energy Summit (WFES)
January 20th, 2014
Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC), Abu Dhabi.
Jacinto Estima
Xabier Nicuesa

2. Outline:
• Motivation
• Universal reader:
• Tool: what the user can expect
• Concept:
• Behind the tool
• Challenges/issues
• Proposed structure

3. Motivation:
•
•
Show more useful information on the Global Atlas GIS
Interface
Information needs to be presented in specific formats
according to different technologies/interests

4. Wind
Tool: what the
user can expect
(ideas so far)

5. Solar
Tool: what the
user can expect
(ideas so far)

6. UNIVERSAL READER: What does it mean, Is it Possible?
getCapabilities
getFeatureInfo
getMap
WEB
SERVICE
SPATIAL DATA
STORAGE

7. DNI
Month
AVG
Year
AVG

8. SCALABLE I: New formats will be welcome
Actual
Datasets
New coming
Datasets
First
Scalable
Reader

9. SCALABLE II: New technologies will be welcome
First Reader
New technologies
joining Global Atlas
“UNIVERSAL” READER

10. Proposed structure
Data
Solar datasets
Wind datasets
New Tech
datasets
Data Reader
Component
Visualization
Component
Solar reader
Solar information
viewer
Wind reader
Wind information
viewer
New Tech reader
New Tech
information viewer

11. Thank you
Jacinto Estima
Xabier Nicuesa