Maps and Data Sources
Webmapping Tools, Interactive Maps, Visualization and Further Analysis
| Global Atlas for Renewable Energy Global Atlas Gallery 3.0 - IRENA |
http://irena.masdar.ac.ae/ |
| PVGIS - Solar radiation and PV maps, JRC | http://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pvgis/ |
| Renewable Energy for Rural Electrification in Africa - RE2nAF, JRC |
http://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/re2naf.html |
| REN21 Interactive Map | http://www.ren21.net/status-of-renewables/ren21-interactive-map/ |
| OpenStreetMap - Africa | http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Africa |
| AfricaMap - WorldMap - Harvard University | https://worldmap.harvard.edu/africamap/ |
| Global Wind Atlas | http://globalwindatlas.com/map.html |
| Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment (SWERA) - Web Mapping Tool, Data for Solar and Wind Renewable Energy | https://maps.nrel.gov/swera |
Maps and Geodata for Downloading
| Global map of Accessibility - 2000, 2015 | http://forobs.jrc.ec.europa.eu/products/gam/ |
| Global map of Accessibility - Data Sources | http://forobs.jrc.ec.europa.eu/products/gam/sources.php |
| Global map of Accessibility - 2015 | https://roadlessforest.eu/map.html |
| Accessibility to cities - 2015 | https://map.ox.ac.uk/research-project/accessibility_to_cities/ |
| Global population data | http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/gpw |
| WorldPop, AfriPop - Population Data | http://www.worldpop.org.uk/ |
| Global Digital Elevation Model - 90m SRTM | http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org |
| Global Land Cover 2000 |
https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/scientific-tool/global-land-cover |
| Africa - Free Spatial Data Sets |
http://free-gis-data.blogspot.it/2009/01/africa-maps-layers-and-data-totally.html |
| 'Africa Information Highway' Portal |
Static Maps, Visualization and Further Analysis
| African Energy Atlas 2010 | http://www.africa-energy.com/african-energy-atlas (PDF) |
| World Energy Atlas 2009, Energy Map of Africa, 2008 Edition |
http://www.worldenergyatlas.com/Titles/energymapafrica2008.htm |
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The Renewable Energy Policy Network REN21 |
http://www.ren21.net |
| Renewable Energy + Information Services (Login is needed) |
http://www.3tier.com |
| Methodology and Data | Szabo, S., Bodis, K., Huld, T., Moner-Girona, M., 2011, Energy solutions in rural Africa: mapping electrification costs of distributed solar and diesel generation versus grid extension. Environmental Research Letters, Volume 6, Issue 3. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/6/3/034002. |
Last update: 05-02-2018
Contact: Katalin Bódis (JRC C.2)
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