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  • Energy access
    Power system and utilities
    Transmission and distribution

    Medium-Voltage Distribution (Predictive) Popular

    Last Updated:
    February 7, 2019
    Countries:
    Côte d'Ivoire, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda + 1
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    2346
    Facebook has produced a model to help map global medium voltage (MV) grid infrastructure, i.e. the distribution lines which connect high-voltage transmission infrastructure to consumer-serving low-voltage distribution. The data found...
  • Climate
    Environment

    Global - Annual Average Methane Concentration Popular

    Last Updated:
    October 16, 2025
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    436
    This raster maps average atmospheric methane concentrations in 2016. The data used to create it is from the NASA Aqua satellite (specifically the AIRS instrument) that records monthly average atmospheric methane concentrations. AIRS...
  • Demographics

    Kenya - High Resolution Settlement Layer Popular

    Last Updated:
    March 23, 2018
    Countries:
    Kenya
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    626
    The High Resolution Settlement Layer (HRSL) provides estimates of human population distribution at a resolution of 1 arc-second (approximately 30m) for the year 2015. The population estimates are based on recent census data and...
  • Renewable energy
    Resource assessments
    Wind

    World - Wind Speed and Power Density GIS Data Popular

    Last Updated:
    March 20, 2020
    Countries:
    Bermuda, Canada, United States
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    1959
    GeoTIFF raster data with worldwide wind speed and wind power density potential. The GIS data stems from the Global Wind Atlas (http://globalwindatlas.info/). This link provides access to the following layers: (1) Wind speed (WS): at 3...
  • Renewable energy
    Wind

    Benin - Annual Wind Speed Popular

    Last Updated:
    October 7, 2024
    Countries:
    Benin
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    443
    Annual average wind speed (m/s) with 1km x 1km resolution. The dataset was obtained from IRENA Global Atlas for Renewable Energy (https://globalatlas.irena.org), which collects the data from the Global Wind Atlas 2.0, a free, web-based...
  • Renewable energy
    Wind

    Madagascar - Wind Capacity Factor Popular

    Last Updated:
    November 27, 2023
    Countries:
    Madagascar
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    469
    The dataset contains average wind power plant capacity factors in Madagascar, produced by KTH-dESA. The dataset has a 1km x 1km resolution. The capacity factors have been calculated from annual average wind speeds retrieved from IRENA...
  • Renewable energy
    Wind

    Madagascar - Annual Wind Speed Popular

    Last Updated:
    November 27, 2023
    Countries:
    Madagascar
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    642
    Annual average wind speed (m/s) with 1km x 1km resolution. The dataset was obtained from IRENA Global Atlas for Renewable Energy (https://irena.masdar.ac.ae/gallery/#gallery), which collects the data from the Global Wind Atlas 2.0, a...
  • Solar

    Madagascar - Solar Global Horizontal Irradiance Popular

    Last Updated:
    November 30, 2017
    Countries:
    Madagascar
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    454
    Annual global horizontal irradiation (kWh/m2). 1 square kilometer resolution. Solar resource data obtained from the Global Solar Atlas, owned by the World Bank Group and provided by Solargis.
  • Demographics

    Mozambique - High Resolution Settlement Layer Popular

    Last Updated:
    March 23, 2018
    Countries:
    Mozambique
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    379
    The High Resolution Settlement Layer (HRSL) provides estimates of human population distribution at a resolution of 1 arc-second (approximately 30m) for the year 2015. The population estimates are based on recent census data and...
  • Demographics
    Energy access

    Madagascar - Settlement Patterns Popular

    Last Updated:
    March 23, 2018
    Countries:
    Madagascar
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    683
    This dataset was developed by KTH-dESA and describes settlement patterns relating to electrification in Madagascar. Using the Open Source Spatial Electrification Tool three attributes have been assigned to the settlements retrieved from...
  • Demographics

    Uganda - High Resolution Settlement Layer Popular

    Last Updated:
    March 23, 2018
    Countries:
    Uganda
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    386
    The High Resolution Settlement Layer (HRSL) provides estimates of human population distribution at a resolution of 1 arc-second (approximately 30m) for the year 2015. The population estimates are based on recent census data and...
  • Demographics

    Burkina Faso - High Resolution Settlement Layer Popular

    Last Updated:
    April 19, 2017
    Countries:
    Burkina Faso
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    330
    The High Resolution Settlement Layer (HRSL) provides estimates of human population distribution at a resolution of 1 arc-second (approximately 30m) for the year 2015. The population estimates are based on recent census data and...
  • Demographics

    Ivory Coast - High Resolution Settlement Layer Popular

    Last Updated:
    March 29, 2017
    Countries:
    Côte d'Ivoire
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    290
    The High Resolution Settlement Layer (HRSL) provides estimates of human population distribution at a resolution of 1 arc-second (approximately 30m) for the year 2015. The population estimates are based on recent census data and...
  • Demographics

    Tanzania - High Resolution Settlement Layer Popular

    Last Updated:
    March 23, 2018
    Countries:
    Tanzania, United Republic of
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    463
    The High Resolution Settlement Layer (HRSL) provides estimates of human population distribution at a resolution of 1 arc-second (approximately 30m) for the year 2015. The population estimates are based on recent census data and...
  • Demographics

    Madagascar - High Resolution Settlement Layer Popular

    Last Updated:
    March 29, 2017
    Countries:
    Madagascar
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    458
    The High Resolution Settlement Layer (HRSL) provides estimates of human population distribution at a resolution of 1 arc-second (approximately 30m) for the year 2015. The population estimates are based on recent census data and...
  • Renewable energy
    Solar

    Benin - Solar Global Horizontal Irradiance Popular

    Last Updated:
    November 27, 2023
    Countries:
    Benin
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    497
    Annual global horizontal irradiation (kWh/m2). 1 square kilometer resolution. Solar resource data obtained from the Global Solar Atlas, owned by the World Bank Group and provided by Solargis.
  • Demographics

    Rwanda - High Resolution Settlement Layer Popular

    Last Updated:
    March 23, 2018
    Countries:
    Rwanda
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    354
    The High Resolution Settlement Layer (HRSL) provides estimates of human population distribution at a resolution of 1 arc-second (approximately 30m) for the year 2015. The population estimates are based on recent census data and...
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