Ukraine's Best Defense

Ukraine's economy as the rest of Europe's is heavily relies on the natural gas supplied from Russia. In addition to that Ukraine is also dependent on the Donbass coal mines. But it doesn't have to be. Ukraine has the higher solar irradiation potential than Germany - the country with the highest density of the solar generated power in the world.

Ukraine could have much bigger energy potential with solar and other alternative technologies properly configured and installed. They could have completely replace the need for natural gas and coal in the country. 

The best defense for Ukraine and the best "weapons" to be sent there would be renewable technology - to make it energy independent of fossil fuels and of Russia's economic pressure. Same is true for the rest of Europe.

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Global Atlas for Renewable Resources

Global Atlas 2.0 
IRENA, CENER (Spain), DLR (Germany), Masdar Institute (UAE), NREL (USA) and MINES ParisTech (France) are very pleased to announce the release of Global Atlas 2.0. This new version features maps for solar, wind, geothermal, biofuel and marine energy, and includes new functions and tools such as:
- Map gallery: Search maps by keyword, location or source
- Infopicker: Access data, tools and country profiles from REsource – IRENA’s Knowledge Gateway
- Catalog search: Search for more data by name, location, keyword or data quality (beta)
- Universal data viewer: Solar and wind graphs and charts in one click. Data can be downloaded
- User feedback: report your user experience to IRENA
- Share: share maps and values with your network
The Global Atlas initiative is coordinated by IRENA with support from 67 countries and an international consortium of data and expertise providers.
All existing user profiles and maps in the current platform will remain active in the new application.

Array of IEM^© Integrated Energy Modules by Ascent Systems Technologies equipped with irradiation and other sensors collecting real-time environment data will provide pinpoint accurate solar, wind and other resource information complementing or directly contributing to the Global Atlas.