Photovoltaics Geographical Information System: Status Report 2024
The JRC’s Photovoltaic Geographical Information System (PVGIS) has been supporting the uptake of photovoltaics for more than 20 years. Today this public service is even more relevant in view of a) the revised EU’s binding renewable energy target to a minimum of 42.5% for 2030; b) the EU’s commitment to a 55% greenhouse gas reduction by 2030 and; c) the commitments in the EU Solar Energy Strategy 2022, for the European Solar Rooftops Initiative, and for the EU building Renovation Wave. In 2024 the use of PVGIS continued at the record levels seen in the previous years, with more than 7.4 million users and over 800 million hits. This year, the PVGIS team released PVGIS 5.3, which includes SARAH3 and ERA5 data up to 2023 and coverage of water areas near the coasts. Development projects in progress include a) the completion of PVGIS 6.0, designated to facilitate maintenance and allow for open source version of PVGIS in the future; b) the incorporation of buildings and other objects in the default horizon profiles and c) downscaling of the temperature values based on the terrain altitude
TAYLOR Nigel;
MARTINEZ Ana;
ALEXANDRIS Nikos;
GOUNARI Olympia;
SZABO Sandor;
CHATZIPANAGI Anatoli;
MERCADO Luis;
FALANGAS Alexandros;
2025-02-24
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC141263
978-92-68-24573-6 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 40228,
OP KJ-01-25-094-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC141263,
10.2760/2979595 (online),
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