Mariya Gabriel – Photo © European Union 2021
(BRUSSELS) – The EU Commission unveiled its Energy and Industry Geography Lab Wednesday, a user-friendly online tool providing geospatial information for companies and energy infrastructure planners.
This map-based interface enables online data management, visualisation and analysis of data related to energy and industry, helping policymakers to plan the key changes needed to decarbonise the economy.
The Energy and Industry Geography Lab shows where to find clean energy, if the necessary infrastructure is in place, or whether there is land available for the installation of renewable energies. It also hosts socio-economic information, and offers forward-looking capabilities, as it includes geospatial data from scenario work by the Commission and third parties.
Rersearch Commissioner Mariya Gabriel said: “Science and technology will help us to tackle concretely the ongoing global threats and challenges, such as the green and digital transitions. For the first time, data on energy and industrial infrastructure have been brought together in a single map and for free, to better plan the decarbonisation we all need to achieve the European Green Deal.”
The Energy and Industry Geography Lab was announced in the Industrial Strategy Update published last May. The Lab was developed by the Commission’s Joint Research Centre in collaboration with relevant industry. It will support the development of the transition pathway and Common Industrial Technology Roadmap for the energy-intensive industries ecosystem.
Access to the Energy and Industry Geography Lab is available free.
