GOMap: a Python-developed GIS opportunity mapping tool for renewable energy technologies

Raheal McGhee

doi:10.1016/j.softx.2023.101511

GOMap: a Python-developed GIS opportunity mapping tool for renewable energy technologies

Raheal McGhee

Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering

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A Geospatial Opportunity Mapping (GOMap) tool was developed to identify land that is unconstrained both within policy regulations and technical feasibility for the deployment of renewable energy technologies (RET). Typically, current opportunity mapping tools are populated with only technical information with few tools containing additional policy-related information. GOMap combines both highly detailed policy and technical spatial information and generates high-resolution opportunity maps highlighting areas suitable for RET project development. Weightings can be applied to policy and technical information depending on its significance in conjunction with built-in energy models to quantify annual energy generation as a function of different parameters based on the selected RET.

Original language	English
Article number	101511
Number of pages	8
Journal	SoftwareX
Volume	23
Early online date	1 Sept 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2023.101511
Publication status	Published - 7 Sept 2023

Keywords

opportunity mapping
GIS
renewable energy technologies
policy/technical rating

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Development and application of an urban solar photovoltaic opportunity mapping tool
McGhee, R., Clarke, J. A. & Svehla, K., 15 Jun 2024, In: Heliyon. 10, 11, 16 p., e32123.
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GOMap: a Python-developed GIS opportunity mapping tool for renewable energy technologies

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