Four surprising maps about American renewables

Climate Spectator

• BOBBY MAGILL 
 
• 19 JUN, 10:59 AM 
 

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Algae Biomass Organization Launches First Comprehensive Map of Algae Research, Companies and Commercial Projects

The Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwired - Apr 16, 2013)

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Biomass Magazine's New Online Biomass Power Map

Biomass Magazine
By Kolby Hoagland
February 11, 2013

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Mapping the Changes in Renewable Power Investment

Biomass Magazine
By Luke Geiver
September 13, 2012

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Which States Have The Most Wind, Solar Or Biomass? New Maps Tell All

Forbes
by David Ferris, Contributor
8/27/2012

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National Biomass And Carbon Dataset Map Depicts U.S. Tree Density

Huffington Post
First Posted: 1/14/12 08:37 PM ET Updated: 1/14/12 08:37 PM ET

Where are most of the trees in the U.S.? Concentrations in areas like New York's Adirondack Park or the Cascade Range in the west are predictable, but other areas of dense biomass might surprise you.

A newly released map, shown below, depicts the density of aboveground vegetation across the contiguous United States. Created by NASA Earth Observatory, the map represents years of data compiled by the Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) in Massachusetts.

WHRC's National Biomass and Carbon Dataset (NBCD) project, released in 2011, measured the density of organic carbon in vegetation across the United States.

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NREL releases BioEnergy Atlas – a comprehensive biomass mapping application

Environmental-Expert.com
Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Sep. 28, 2010

BioEnergy Atlas, a Web portal that provides access to two bioenergy analysis and mapping tools, was released today by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The visualization screening tools, BioPower and BioFuels Atlas, allow users to layer related bioenergy data onto a single map to gather information on biomass feedstocks, biopower and biofuels potential, production and distribution. BioEnergy Atlas is an improvement over current tools in that it enables more timely and accurate analysis of the potential of given sites to be successful biomass producers.

BioEnergy Atlas users will include government and state agencies, universities, the petroleum and pipeline industries, research institutions, vehicle manufacturers, investment firms, GIS companies, private citizens, and media. Technology providers and biofuels project developers can easily view areas with the highest concentration of available feedstocks and target those areas for project development. The tool also highlights geographical areas where more infrastructure is needed, which helps federal and state policymakers identify areas for focus. The tool combines the geographic visualization of regional resources and energy usage with high-level yield calculations to provide first-level screening of project feasibility and state bioenergy potential.

The BioEnergy Atlas is accessible at http://maps.nrel.gov/bioenergyatla.

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First Map of Global Forest Heights Created From NASA Data

PRNewswire

WASHINGTON, July 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Scientists have produced a first-of-its kind map of the height of the world's forests by combining data from three NASA satellites. The map will help scientists build an inventory of how much carbon the world's forests store and how fast that carbon cycles through ecosystems and back into the atmosphere.

Maps of local and regional forest canopy have been produced before, but the new map is the first that spans the entire globe using one uniform method. The map was based on data collected by NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites, along with the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite, or ICESat. Michael Lefsky, a remote-sensing specialist from Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, produced the final product. Lefsky describes his results in a journal paper to be published next month in Geophysical Research Letters.

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Renewable Energy Map launches —

January 18, 2010 Jim Lane Comments 0 .

policies, expansion targets, current shares, installed capacity, current production

The Renewable Energy Policy Network (REN21), a global policy network that provides a forum for international leadership on renewable energy, has launched its Renewables Interactive Map.

The Map contains a wealth of information on renewable energy, including support policies, expansion targets, current shares, installed capacity, current production, future scenarios, and policy pledges.

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Where the Cleantech jobs are

Biofuels Digest.com
Jim Lane September 11, 2009

Earth2Tech has published a map that locates more than 101 cleantech startups representing 12 different industries, and Triple Pundit has authored an article to accompany that maps, entitled “Maps Are Worth Ten Thousand Words: Where Cleantech Jobs are in the U.S.”

The article is by Carol McClelland, author of Green Careers for Dummies. The Earth2Tech map was last updated in 2008, and highlights the concentration of cleantech in the Northeast and California.

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Two New Renewable Energy Maps Hit the Web

Clean Edge News
4/28/2009

Two New Renewable Energy Maps Hit the Web

The NRDC recently launched a new mapping tool called “Renewable Energy for America” that features a broad look at both existing and proposed clean energy facilities (wind, ethanol, and biodigester) across the country.

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