Solar Power Map Australia

This project has been funded by the australian renewable energy agency.

Solar power map australia.

The maps and data for australia have been released in parallel with global solar atlas which is published by the world bank group funded by esmap and prepared by solargis all maps on this page are licensed by the world bank under the creative commons attribution license with the mandatory and binding addition presented in global solar atlas terms. Solar power in australia is a fast growing industry. Pertinent news considering the upcoming australian election the guardian uk has created an interactive map of solar power in australia by federal electorate. Solar pv generated 3 1 per cent of australia s electricity in 2016 17 the majority of which came from small scale rooftop pv more than two million or 21 percent of australian households now have rooftop solar pv with a combined capacity exceeding 10 gw visit the australian pv institute s live map for live solar pv data.

Solar power in australia. The pv forecast data is contributed by solar power forecasting and irradiance data company solcast the solcast state total performance forecasts shown here are calculated and updated every 10 minutes using 1km resolution satellite data numerical weather prediction models and modelling the fleet behavior of installed rooftop pv at thousands of locations australia wide. The australian pv institute also has a great live solar map released earlier this year. Just a matter of when.

Although it s not designed for sizing it is a powerful tool that shows the real time contribution of solar energy in australia based on a huge data base of real solar data and the findings are quite incredible. The global solar atlas provides a summary of solar power potential and solar resources globally. As of june 2020 australia s over 2 4 million solar pv installations had a combined capacity of 18 583 mw photovoltaic pv solar power of which 3 290 mw were installed in the preceding 12 months. It is provided by the world bank group as a free service to governments developers and the general public and allows users to quickly obtain data and carry out a simple electricity output calculation for any location covered by the solar resource database.

If data or information from the apvi arena solar map are quoted or otherwise used the source should be cited as. To make the above maps the multiyear solar irradiance was calculated from the nsrdb. In 2019 59 solar pv projects with a combined capacity of 2 881 mw were either under construction constructed or due to start construction. To view and use these data sets you need appropriate geographic information system software.

The map is based on data from australia s solar industry consultancy sunwiz and not for profit renewable energy campaigners 100 renewable energy.