With over 29,000,000 individual building entries, each featuring more than 35 unique solar-centric attributes, this new release significantly enhances the ability of local authorities and commercial companies to achieve their sustainability objectives.
The 2024 release introduces enhanced parameters and criteria, leveraging the latest technological intelligence to update module power outputs, physical dimensions, and system efficiency. Additionally, a detailed review of economic and climatic factors influencing solar has enabled re-calculation of formulas used to determine the financial and environmental benefits of deploying rooftop solar, providing users with more accurate and actionable insights.
The LOCATE SOLAR platform has been instrumental in enabling users to swiftly assess city-scale areas, understand asset potential, and expedite project deployment as part of their broader decarbonisation strategies. Local authorities currently benefiting from LOCATE SOLAR include numerous progressive councils actively working towards their sustainability goals.
Geospatial Insight is committed to supporting stakeholders across various sectors in assessing a multi-technology approach to decarbonisation. This includes collaborations with solar developers, battery storage developers, and property stakeholders such as social housing associations.
“Our latest release makes LOCATE SOLAR an incredibly adaptable platform, simplifying the process of identifying and accelerating installation opportunities in rooftop solar,” said Dave Fox, CEO of Geospatial Insight. “Users can now gain a clearer understanding of the financial benefits and climate impact of their projects, facilitating more informed decision-making and faster implementation.”
Alex Templeton, Director & Innovation Lead at Community Works CIC, remarked, “Geospatial Insight’s rooftop solar suitability data has become a core component in our work with the South East New Energy (SENE) project. SENE’s aim is to break down barriers to decarbonisation, and the rooftop solar suitability data has been invaluable for rapidly identifying projects that can help communities and businesses generate their own energy, reduce emissions, and deliver long-term revenue streams.
Additionally, via Geospatial Insight’s LOCATE platform, we can better engage stakeholders by allowing them to visualise and contextualise the data in an intuitive map-based web app, and rank and prioritise project activities based on both financial and environmental returns on investment.”
The Geospatial Insight team continues to lead in geospatial intelligence, providing essential tools and data to drive sustainable energy solutions and support the transition to a low-carbon future.
For more information, please visit https://geospatial-insight.com/solutions/rooftop-solar-suitability-database/
