Renewables.ninja is a web tool developed by
Imperial College London
Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a ...
and
ETH Zürich
(colloquially)
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, type = Public
, budget = CHF 1.896 billion (2021)
, rector = Günther Dissertori
, president = Joël Mesot
, ac ...
that shows the estimated amount of energy that could be generated by wind or solar farms at any location. The model has been tested by Iain Staffell who is the codeveloper of renewables.ninja, from the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London, and Stefan Pfenninger from ETH Zürich to estimate the productivity of all wind farms planned or under construction in Europe for the next 20 years. German electrical supplier
RWE are using it to test their own models of output.
References
Sustainable energy
Web software
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