World - Solar irradiation and PV power potential map

Map with worldwide Global Horizontal Irradiation (GHI), Direct Normal Irradiation (DNI) and PV power potential. The GIS data stems from the Global Solar Atlas (http://globalsolaratlas.info). Data is available as GEOTIF, AAIGRID or KML/KMZ file for GoogleEarth. The link also provides a poster size (.tif) and midsize map (.png).

Data and Resources

Field Value
Groups
  • Affordable and Clean Energy
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • Global Provider
  • Sustainable Development Goals
Tags
  • AmeriGEO
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • Energy
  • GEO
  • GEOSS
  • Global
  • SDG
  • SDG7
  • World Bank
author Albertine Potter van Loon
author_email vpottervanloon@worldbank.org
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license_id CC-BY-4.0
license_title CC-BY-4.0
metadata_created 2025-09-18T20:31:08.784076
metadata_modified 2025-11-28T18:23:56.417111
notes Map with worldwide Global Horizontal Irradiation (GHI), Direct Normal Irradiation (DNI) and PV power potential. The GIS data stems from the Global Solar Atlas (http://globalsolaratlas.info). Data is available as GEOTIF, AAIGRID or KML/KMZ file for GoogleEarth. The link also provides a poster size (.tif) and midsize map (.png).
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title World - Solar irradiation and PV power potential map
url http://globalsolaratlas.info/downloads/world