Integrated: Geospatial Toolkit GIS data for Bhutan from NREL

The Geospatial Toolkit (GsT) is a map viewer developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The toolkit helps energy planners, project developers, researchers and others identify areas of a country that show good potential for renewable energy projects. The toolkit displays renewable energy data along with information about the geography, location of population centers, borders, and transportation and power infrastructure.



The toolkit is integrated with HOMER, a power system simulation and optimization model, originally developed at NREL and currently owned by HOMER Energy LLC. HOMER integration with the toolkit makes it possible to automatically populate HOMER inputs using weather data from the toolkit to help you get started with your HOMER analysis. The toolkit also displays preliminary HOMER results that you can see without running the model.



NREL works with different funding partners to develop toolkits for different countries. Institutions in each country provide data for the toolkit, which NREL analyzes and prepares to meet the toolkit specifications. Geographic data for each country comes from different sources, including NREL's renewable resource database, resource assessment programs in each country, and government ministries and research institutions responsible for maintaining geographic datasets for the country.



For a list of available Geospatial toolkits and more information about NREL's partners in developing the toolkits, see NREL's Geospatial Toolkits website: http://www.nrel.gov/international/geospatial_toolkits.html



Data:

Bhutan Geospatial Toolkit