North American Renewable Energy Map and CD-Rom 2011 Edition

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Region : Americas

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North American Renewable Energy Wall Map
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This comprehensive view of the renewable energy landscape includes key components like renewable power generators, low voltage transmission system and relevant natural resources in one reference piece. Discover existing and planned generation sites, explore available and planned transmission routes, and view under-utilized resources.

Now available digitally in a CD-ROM version; showing all of the same information as the wall map, the North American Renewable Energy, 2011 edition CD-ROM is specifically designed for the desktop and provides a simple solution for those needing to print map pages, copy sections to insert into emails and presentations, and add mark-ups and comments to individual pages.


Key Features

  • Over 2,600 existing and planned renewable power plants including wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, hydro, and others, with 5MW or greater in generation capacity. Plants are sized by capacity, colored with primary fuel and labeled with name and operator code
  • Existing and planned transmission lines colored by voltage and labeled with owner code (including both low- and high-voltage transmission lines)
  • High resolution wind power data covering the continental United States and Canada representing high-potential wind power classes
  • Geothermal sites
  • Federal lands including national parks, wildlife refuges and other sensitive areas
  • Renewable Portfolio Standards data table providing percentage or MW capacity requirements, requirement date and administering organization
  • Additional informational charts & maps showing ISO/RTO regions, NERC Regions, Solar Resources of the of the US, Renewable Energy Consumption in the United States Energy Supply, Planned Additional Generation by NERC Region, and Planned Additional Generation by Year
  • Tables showing map feature abbreviations including power plant owner abbreviations, transmission line owner abbreviations
  • Major cities, major rivers & water bodies, and state boundaries

Benefits

  • Identify potential generation sites using a combination of resource data (wind, water & geothermal) and planned/existing transmission line corridors.
  • Explore opportunities for new transmission corridors by identifying under-served areas with great energy potential
  • View projects under development by your competitors or potential business partners
  • Take an initial research step when investigating land use and right-of-way possibilities