The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) uses Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to further the development of wind energy resources in support of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Energy Program and its Wind Powering America Initiative. A GIS consists of computer hardware and software that inputs, stores, maintains, manipulates, analyzes, and outputs geographically referenced data. Some of the elements of NREL's GIS data used in wind energy activities include wind measurement sites, transmission lines, federal facility information, and modeled wind resources. A relatively simple GIS analysis technique involves combining data layers to summarize spatial information. This type of analysis is used to identify areas with strong potential for wind resource development using potential wind resource availability, electricity rate, and federal electricity load information.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR M K Singh
M.K. Singh was born at Daltonganj (Jharkhand) on 2nd August 1963. He did his graduation from Patna University and Post-graduation in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has wide and varied experience of serving in government but his keen interest and involvement in developmental issues and welfare of the common man made him relinquish his job with the government. With a burning desire to get the common people associated wit the cause of development, he initiated raising of welfare issues and mobilization of people to fight against injustices and lapses in government schemes. His focus has been on chronic problems such as Kalazar, malnutrition, drought and hunger deaths and his efforts have borne positive results with great relief to masses. Leakage in public distribution system, providing compulsory education to all, absenteeism of teachers and doctors, migration and displacement miseries, are some of the other issues which he has been canvassing against, and highlighting at various`s social and political platforms. He has been relentlessly interacting with different constitutional bodies and functionaries such as the Planning Commission, Finance Commission, Members of Parliament, the Governor and the President of India in his bid to sensitise them about major socio-economic issues of Jharkhand with specific reference to the tribal community. He has organized various seminars on issues like Tribal Rights (Forest) Bill, to promote the tribal cause. It is his constant endeavour to serve the cause of poor and weaker sections of the society in order to achieve the overall development of Jharkhand which it truly deserves.
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