Renewable Energies

Find a Solution We understand your challenges. Browse our business partners.

GIS supports green energy and green economies. Visualize data about biomass, geothermal, hydroelectric, solar, and wind resources and better understand how to harness this energy.

• Forecast resource potential.
• Identify land ownership.
• Consider existing and required infrastructure.
• Perform environmental assessment.
• Develop detailed site plan.
• Apply to construction and engineering duties.

Learn more about GIS for renewable energy. [PDF]

Success Stories

See how GIS is used for alternative energy.

• Tidal Stream Power Assessed
• The Big Sky State Taps Wind Resources
• Minimizing Avian Mortality in Siting Wind Turbines
• U.S. DOE's Renewable Energy Lab Maps Wind Resources with GIS
• Renewable Energy—No Longer the Impossible Dream!
• New Mexico Renewable Energy Resource Potential Map
• Is Renewable Doable?

Live applications

• Solar Boston
• Vermont Renewable Energy Atlas

Take a look at other case studies, podcasts, and books and literature.