Dive Summary:
- Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory developed a new software tool for mapping geographic areas and predicting ideal places to build grid infrastructure while taking renewables and other resource opportunities into account.
- The Energy Zones (EZ) Mapping Tool will be used by the Eastern Interconnection States' Planning Council as stakeholders plan out where new development takes place.
- 260 data layers, 29 clean energy categories and a database of clean energy policy and incentives will be used with the mapping technology to help inform decisions.
From the article:
"... The mapping tool includes an extensive mapping library of energy resource and related information, interactive models to locate areas with high suitability for clean power generation, a variety of reports that can be run for user-specified regions, and a clean energy policy and incentives database. In all, the mapping tool database includes a total of 29 different clean energy technologies. ..."
