One of the problems with setting up
renewable power sources—like solar panels or
wind turbines—is that it can be difficult to
predict just how much power they will
generate once they're built.
Say you're considering installing some solar
panels on the roof of your house, and you
want to know just how many kilowatt-hours
of energy they will generate. A new website
hopes to make that task easier. The website,
renewables.ninja , can calculate the amount of
energy produced by a solar panel or a wind
turbine anywhere in the world.
The website lets you specify your location via
latitude and longitude, or by clicking on an
interactive map. Once it has your location, you
can find how much power a solar panel or a
wind turbine installed there will produce. The
tool even lets you specify the size and
orientation of a solar panel, or the height and
type of wind turbine.
While renewables.ninja can help you predict
your future renewable energy savings, the tool
is primarily intended to be used by by
academics in industries. The researchers who
developed the tool recently published a paper
in the journal Energy where they predicted
the total output of all future wind farms for
the next 20 years.
Even if you're not planning to invest in
renewable energy, you can check the tool to
see how much power a solar panel in your
neighborhood can generate. It might be more
than you think.
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