The EU's Joint Research Center has created a comprehensive dataset to characterize the solar energy potential in the bloc's 28 member states. The data shows even a 100-fold increase from current solar capacity would require a very limited amount of land - a lot less than wind power.Scientists from the European Union's Joint Research Center (JRC) have created the Enspreso - energy system potentials for renewable energy sources - dataset to evaluate potential land use for renewable energy across 276 regions in the EU's member states and to assess how much generation capacity could be hosted. ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...