{"id":583572,"date":"2023-04-04T05:31:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T12:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=wherenext&p=583572"},"modified":"2025-12-12T11:09:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:09:33","slug":"nexttech-solar-assessments","status":"publish","type":"wherenext","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/publications\/wherenext\/nexttech-solar-assessments","title":{"rendered":"NextTech: Seeing a Company\u2019s Solar Potential"},"author":501,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21622,471021,483792,469281,163392],"department":[488822],"wherenext-category":[],"industry":[],"class_list":["post-583572","wherenext","type-wherenext","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-digital-twin","tag-net-zero","tag-nexttech","tag-renewable-energy","tag-solar","department-sustainability-risk"],"acf":{"short_description":"Chief sustainability officers might want to borrow a planning technique from the city of Koprivnica, Croatia.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Chief sustainability officers had a busy 2022, and there\u2019s no sign of a slowdown. Developments at both the global and US level\u2014from oil price hikes sparked by the war in Ukraine<\/a> to renewable energy tax credits in President Biden\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act<\/a>\u2014are motivating companies to embrace green power sources like wind and solar."},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","layout":"standard","image_reference":null,"image_reference_figure":"","spotlight_image":null,"section_title":"","spotlight_name":"","position":"Left","content":"Article snapshot:<\/strong> An app that estimates the ROI and net-zero contributions of solar panels on city buildings paves a path for CXOs to follow as they assess the solar potential of their own portfolios.","snippet":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Cost savings, a quest for resilience, and net-zero commitments have spurred business leaders to invest in solar systems. Through the first half of 2022, almost 19 gigawatts of commercial solar<\/a> was installed in the US, according to SEIA, the national trade association for the solar energy industry. That\u2019s roughly 14 percent of total solar capacity in the country.\r\n\r\nGeographic information system (GIS) technology has long guided business and infrastructure planning<\/a> for companies that install solar and wind energy projects. GIS dashboards give company leaders a single operational view of energy demand, development plans, construction, and ongoing operations.\r\n\r\nThis geographic approach can be just as powerful in assessing the solar potential of a corporate campus, airport, retail center, manufacturing plant, or undeveloped piece of land. Now, business planners can take inspiration from the Croatian city of Koprivnica. Developers there created a GIS app that estimates the ROI and net-zero contributions of solar panels<\/a> on buildings throughout the city."},{"acf_fc_layout":"quote","image":583562,"text":"GIS software uses science to analyze sun angles, cloud cover, roof positions, and other factors, revealing where solar panels will have the biggest impact on net-zero goals and energy costs.","author_name":"","author_profession_organization":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"