Geospatial Energy Map of India: UPSC Daily Important Topic| 23 March 2022

March 23, 2022

Geospatial Energy Map of India

✅NITI Aayog launched a comprehensive Geographic Information System (GIS)-based Geospatial Energy Map of India.

✅Earlier in July 2021, the Association of Geospatial Industries released a report titled “Potential of Geospatial Technologies for the Water Sector in India”.

✅It is developed by the NITI Aayog in collaboration with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) with the support of Energy Ministries.

✅It provides a holistic picture of all energy resources of the country.

✅It enables visualisation of energy installations such as conventional power plants, oil and gas wells, petroleum refineries, coal fields and coal blocks, district-wise data on renewable energy power plants and renewable energy resource potential through 27 thematic layers.