Energy calculations

GRASS and energy calculations

Documents in English:

• GRASS4LEED: Building geospatial support for Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design. (http://www.foss4g2006.org/contributionDisplay.py?contribId=188&sessionId=40&confId=1)
• Photovoltaic Geographical Information System (PVGIS, based on r.sun) (http://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pvgis/)
• Solar Lab tutorial http://istgeo.ist.supsi.ch/site/?q=node/3
• Hofierka, J & Šúri, M, 2002: The solar radiation model for Open source GIS: implementation and applications, Proceedings of the Open source GIS - GRASS users conference 2002 - Trento, Italy, 11-13 September 2002, PDF
• Huld, T. A., Šúri, M., Dunlop, E. D., 2003: GIS-based Estimation of Solar Radiation and PV Generation in Central and Eastern Europe on the Web. 9th EC-GI&GIS Workshop, A Coruña (Spain), 25-27 June, PDF
• Šúri, M., Huld, T. A., Dunlop, E. D., Hofierka, J. (2007): Solar resource modelling for energy applications. In: Peckham R.J., Jordan G. (eds.) Digital Terrain Modelling, Development and Applications in a Policy Support Environment, Series: Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, Springer, pp. 259-273, ISBN: 978-3-540-36730-7
• Hofirka, J. Solar radiation in the Slovak republic, PDF
• Hofierka, J., Kaňuk, J. (2009): Assessment of Photovoltaic Potential in Urban Areas Using Open-Source Solar Radiation Tools. Renewable Energy. In Press.
• Search for GRASS GIS energy in Google Scholar

Documents in Italian:

• Mondogis N. 61 (luglio/agosto 2007): Il portale energetico sulle energie rinnovabili per la città di Laives PDF (GRASS, PostGIS)
• Paolo Zatelli. Valutazione di radiazione solare diretta su falde di tetti inclinati con GRASS. IX Meeting degli Utenti Italiani di GRASS GIS-GFOSS. (http://www.grassmeeting2008.unipg.it/?q=node/9)

Software:

• GRASS module r.horizon and r.sun