Zoning Assessment

Zoning Assessment is a GIS-based multicriteria analysis developed, as part of the Global Atlas for Renewable Energy Initiative, to map investment opportunities within a country for developing utility-scale solar PV or wind projects.

The methodology combines high-quality resource data with infrastructure and land features related data, including road and transmission line networks, topography, protected areas, and population density, to:

• identify the zones of high feasibility to develop solar and onshore wind projects.
• calculate the attributes characterising these zones, which include potential installed capacity, hourly energy generation profiles, distances to transmission and road infrastructure, and levelised cost of electricity (LCOE).

This service is conducted in close collaboration with energy planning departments in countries, and it aims to support countries in developing and implementing their national energy generation and transmission master plan.