About the Renewable Energy Map
Project lists: Wind Farms | Hydro Schemes | Biomass | Waste | CHP | Wave & Tidal | Solar

The renewable energy map has been developed to fill what seems to be a gap in information about the major renewable energy schemes in the UK.

Though there are a number of lists and project details available, these are often developed to indicate a point in time or a specific technology. The BWEA is an example of the latter, an excellent resource but specifically focused on wind.

The data that has been gathered for the renewables map has invariably come from a wide range of web resources, in all cases these will be referenced, usually by a link to that information. Locations are either taken from existing data, usually from planning applications, or by painstakingly identifying the location on the ground using online maps. There are of course errors (such as landfill's at sea), though these are corrected as soon as they are identified.

Increasingly data is coming from web site visitors, this is really appreciated and helps to make the map ever more accurate. The donated information is taken very seriously and in some cases update on to the map while the user is still continuing to browse!

Over the last year, the work has been carried out by Simon Mallett who's own website can be seen at www.solarkent.co.uk. Thanks to True Energy for providing web hosting.

The map is subject to constant development, both with the volume of data displayed, the efficiency and speed of display and other ways of using the data.

If you have any views, information or ideas, please tell me. Also, please feel free to link to the map!

Copying the data: Please don't try to copy this wholesale in order to make a competing map - really, is there any point? Should you wish to have access to the data for a particular project, please feel free to ask, I am very approachable.

Simon

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