Llevo unos días dándole vueltas a una idea que, en el fondo, es bastante sencilla: si tenemos la huella de cada edificio, su altura y un modelo digital de superficies de alta resolución, ¿por qué seguimos viendo estudios de potencial solar que tratan los tejados como manchas homogéneas sobre un mapa? De esa pregunta, y de unas cuantas sesiones intensas de R, ha salido SolarScope, una aplicación Shiny que estoy desarrollando para hacer scoring de potencial fotovoltaico tejado a tejado, con datos abiertos y un flujo que se puede reproducir tanto en España como en Estados Unidos.
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The Remarkable Visibility of Almeria’s Greenhouses from Space
In the sphere of Earth observation and remote sensing, the Almeria greenhouses stand out as an astonishing spectacle visible even from the edge of space, defined by the Kármán line at approximately 100 kilometers in altitude. This unique visibility is not only a testament to the vast scale of human agricultural activity but also a captivating example of the power of satellite-based remote sensing technologies.
Taxing the sun?. Yes, in Spain this seems to be possible.
Absolutely ashamed by my government’s insane policies on this regards, Spain is now (…) attempting to scale back the use of solar panels – the use of which they have encouraged and subsidized over the last decade – by imposing a tax on those who use the panels. The intention is clearly to scare taxpayersContinue reading “Taxing the sun?. Yes, in Spain this seems to be possible.”
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