WMO Publishes Guidance to Help Countries Map Clean Energy Resources
The World Meteorological Organization released guidance to help countries figure out where to build wind farms, solar arrays, and hydropower plants with better accuracy. With this guidance, National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) can now create energy atlases showing renewable resources down to 2.5-mile resolution, enough detail for governments and investors to pick the best spots for new infrastructure. Survey work conducted across 2022 and 2023 uncovered a major obstacle to renewables planning: governments often lack the detailed weather data they need to make smart and informed renewable energy decisions. Secretary-General Celeste Saulo says the new guidance fixes that by…
