Energy and Natural Resources
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The European Union has made action on energy a clear priority and has committed to ensuring that renewable sources make up 20% of total EU energy consumption by 2020, and 27% by 2030.
Wind, a proven source of clean, affordable energy, will play a key role in reaching this binding target. The sun is an amazing source of sustainable renewable energy too: Deserts get more energy from the sun in one day than mankind consumes in one year.
Hydro and biomass renewable energy sources are also part of the main renewable energy sources.
The data provided by Copernicus can support applications such as solar and wind energy production forecasting, renewable energy site selection, biomass monitoring or water level monitoring. It therefore has the capacity to support the efficient exploitation of renewable energies, which will help to meet the growing global energy demands without increasing CO2 emissions.
Thanks to the large panel of data and information it provides (e.g. coastal environment, pollution at sea, forecast of currents and drifts, infrastructure monitoring), Copernicus can also support applications in the sector of non-renewable energies, like the oil & gas industry for instance.
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Annual sum of Global horizontal irradiation |
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