Of approximately 300 ground-mounted solar farms (field(s) full of solar panels generating >=1MW) in the UK we have around 12 remaining to locate....which, quite frankly, is astounding. I am getting ready to run around my study shouting, "100%, 100%!!!" as soon as I get a few more hours to complete the list. Most are a simple boundary outline. It is common to have a 'deer fence' around the installation and this makes for a nice boundary, some are detailed with individual banks of panels. I favour progressive enhancement of sites over time. Thank you to everyone involved.
There are approximately 740 roof-mounted solar farms. I have not made any attempt yet to collate or locate them. My limited experience is that these are harder to armchair-map. On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 12:07 PM Gregory Williams < greg...@gregorywilliams.me.uk> wrote: > On Tue, 2020-05-12 at 11:08 +0100, SK53 wrote: > > Just would like to point out that we passed the 150,000 mark of solar > > panels mapped in the UK. Dan & Jez are best informed about solar > > farms, so the rest of this update is on small domestic rooftop > > installations. > > > > A number of us continue to spend time mapping rooftop panels, and, > > although progress is not at the heady rate of last Summer, this has > > resulted in improved coverage of a number of local authorities. These > > are the activities of which I'm aware, there are no doubt others I've > > missed: > > I mainly aim to push reasonably well-mapped LAs over various > > thresholds (50%, 60% & 80% are the ones I find most useful), and to > > try & create a contiguous band of well-mapped (>50%) across England & > > Wales. Recently I've worked on Flintshire, Hinckley & Bosworth and > > Vale Royal. > > gurglypipe continues to spread out beyond Lancaster into South Lakes > > to the N & Ribbledale and to the S > > brianboru continues to pick up a significant number of installations > > across Herefordshire & the Welsh Valleys as part of general mapping > > work > > Gregory Williams continues to focus on hotspot unmapped LSOAs > > MapRoulette users make a steady contribution by converting panels > > mapped as nodes to areas > > Gregory has recently updated the FIT data to March which added > > perhaps 20,000 additional installations. To deal with these he had to > > change the LA boundaries used to incorporate unitary authorities > > (affecting Cheshire, Cornwall, Wiltshire, Shropshire, Northumberland > > & perhaps others). One consequence is that some well-mapped districts > > dropped below thresholds, so I've been working over the last few days > > to restore them if possible (Ashford, Hart & Rugby still to be hauled > > back over 50%). Very kindly, he agreed to retain the original > > district boundaries on a distinct web page, because I found working > > with the old districts of large rural counties more useful than the > > new boundaries. > > The distinct web page is at: > http://osm.gregorywilliams.me.uk/solar_2001/ > > I also hope to soon have LSOA-level detail on the Scottish pages, which > should help with locating PV installations from aerial imagery more > easily -- I'm conscious that it's a bit difficult at the moment, with > the areas being so physically large. > > > > > As well as adding new panels here's still plenty to do with the ones > > already mapped: adding buildings under mapped panels, adjusting > > position, adding number of panels and orientation. > > > > Thanks to all who have contributed. > > > > Regards, > > > > Jerry > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-GB mailing list > > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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