GEO Work Plan Symposium 2015

Energy: new initiatives

Thierry Ranchin

Preliminary Remarks

• No specific EO system or program dedicated to Energy

Use of EO systems and programs from others SBA

• But EO data or information sets dedicated to Energy

A lot of resources available within GEOSS (from Data Core resources to web services all compliant with the GCI)

GEOSS Energy Community Portal:Webservice-energy.org

Both existing and growing energy sources can be considered when organizing the SBA

New organization

• C7: EO data and mineral resources part of EN-01 ( + SB-05-C2)

• I4: EO data and renewable energies part of EN-01 ( + SB-05-C1)

Tentative targets

• Develop tools and Information for the Resource Assessment, Monitoring and Forecasting of Renewable energy sources (including solar, wind, ocean, hydropower, and biomass, geothermal)

• Develop products and services required to assess countries' potential for energy production. Foster the use of Earth observation and information in energy-policy planning

• Identify user needs for specific renewable energy data sets

Forthcoming activities in I4 (2015 and further)Not limited to the following list…

• ConnectinGEO project (2015-2017) for identification of essential variables for renewable energies, gap analysis and industrial challenges on in-situ measurements

• COPERNICUS MACC service for Solar Radiation • Participation to AIP-8 (2015)• If successful: ERA PLANET• Tentative launch of an industrial professorship

dedicated to GEOSS and renewable energies. (2015-2016)