I'm with you on a Solar Quarterly Project, given my work on UK Renewable Energy mapping.
AFAIK the list of large solar farms on the wiki is completely up-to-date. There aren't many linked to sites that have already been mapped yet, but will show the gaps when they are. - Jez On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 5:23 PM Dan S <danstowell+...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd like to propose that for OSM in the UK we have a project to map > solar electricity panels (photovoltaics or "PV"). > > Why? In brief: > > * We can do this! It involves a nice mix of aerial imagery, local > on-the-ground observation, etc; and anyone can do it, in the town and > in the countryside. > > * The tagging is already pretty well-defined. > > * We have auxiliary sources of information (from UK government > departments) to help us know where to look, to help us estimate > completeness, etc. > > * The data will be useful - e.g. to help the National Grid predict how > much solar power they'll receive on any given day (allowing them to > reduce the amount of coal power they burn), or to help select good > locations for new installations. I've been in conversation with people > who would use the data for these things. It's also good mapping in > general - these things are often visible landmarks etc. > > * We can visualise our work delightfully using Russ' OpenInfraMap: > https://twitter.com/openinframap/status/1113362591642992640 > > > There are two parts to this: rooftop solar (there are about 900,000 > installations in GB), and large solar farms (there are about 1,000 in > GB). OSM currently has about 13,000 items in GB tagged as > generator:method=photovoltaic. > > For rooftop solar see info we've compiled here: > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_the_United_Kingdom/Rooftop_Solar_PV > For large solar farms, there's this list (from a while ago but quite > useful): > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_the_United_Kingdom#List_of_under_construction_and_operational_UK_Ground_Mounted_Solar_Farms > > We could focus on just one of these or on both. In each case there's > plenty of mapping to do, as well as a bit of cleanup or augmentation > of existing items. > > In both cases OSM UK people are already having a look into it and > doing useful mapping, so I'm sure there will be some useful advice > from experience. (See e.g. Jerry's blog, linked from the wiki page > above.) > > This could be a quarterly project. Currently it's a request for > comments. What do you think? > > Best > Dan > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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