3TIER Releases First Seamless Solar Map of Western Hemisphere
On October 13, 2008, 3TIER, one of the world's largest independent providers of assessment and forecasting of renewable energy, released the first comprehensive, contiguous and high-resolution solar map for the entire Western Hemisphere.
To produce this map, 3TIER developed a dataset that is approximately three times the resolution of existing industry solar datasets for the United States. This is the first and only dataset that covers all of North, Central, and South America.
Similar to 3TIER's high-resolution wind maps, a clickable solar map is available online for free through the FirstLook Prospecting™ tool at firstlook.3tiergroup.com/solar. This map will allow policy-makers, developers and financiers to quickly identify potential sites and begin assessing their renewable energy potential.
