Satellite Data Applications for Sustainable Energy Transitions

Morgan R. Edwards; Tracey Holloway; R. Bradley Pierce; Lew Blank; Madison Broddle; Eric Choi; Bryan N. Duncan; Ángel Esparza; Giacomo Falchetta; Meredith Fritz; Holly K. Gibbs; Henry Hundt; Tyler Lark; Amy Leibrand; Fei Liu; Becca Madsen; Tanya Maslak; Bhartendu Pandey; Karen C. Seto; Paul W. Stackhouse

doi:10.3389/frsus.2022.910924

Satellite Data Applications for Sustainable Energy Transitions

Morgan R. Edwards, Tracey Holloway, R. Bradley Pierce, Lew Blank, Madison Broddle, Eric Choi, Bryan N. Duncan, Ángel Esparza, Giacomo Falchetta, Meredith Fritz, Holly K. Gibbs, Henry Hundt, Tyler Lark, Amy Leibrand, Fei Liu, Becca Madsen, Tanya Maslak, Bhartendu Pandey, Karen C. Seto, Paul W. Stackhouse

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Abstract

Transitioning to a sustainable energy system poses a massive challenge to communities, nations, and the global economy in the next decade and beyond. A growing portfolio of satellite data products is available to support this transition. Satellite data complement other information sources to provide a more complete picture of the global energy system, often with continuous spatial coverage over targeted areas or even the entire Earth. We find that satellite data are already being applied to a wide range of energy issues with varying information needs, from planning and operation of renewable energy projects, to tracking changing patterns in energy access and use, to monitoring environmental impacts and verifying the effectiveness of emissions reduction efforts. While satellite data could play a larger role throughout the policy and planning lifecycle, there are technical, social, and structural barriers to their increased use. We conclude with a discussion of opportunities for satellite data applications to energy and recommendations for research to maximize the value of satellite data for sustainable energy transitions.

Original language	English
Article number	910924
Journal	Frontiers in Sustainability
Volume	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/frsus.2022.910924
State	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes

Funding

TH acknowledges support from NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team Grant Number 80NSSC21K0427. HG and TL acknowledge support from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research under Award Number DE-SC0018409. KS acknowledges support from NASA Grant Number 80NSSC19K0638. Battelle expresses its gratitude for the support from Richard Eckman, Paul Stackhouse, and Brock Blevins of NASA, Craig Zamuda of U.S. DOE and DOE Partnership for Energy Sector Resilience members, Technical Advisory Group members, Chris Johnson of Battelle, Bradley Macpherson of Booz Allen Hamilton, the GEO community, and NASA Grant Number 80NSSC18K0325. This research was partially financially supported by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of Sustainability.

Funders	Funder number
NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team	80NSSC21K0427
U.S. Department of Energy	80NSSC18K0325
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	80NSSC19K0638
Office of Science
Biological and Environmental Research	DE-SC0018409
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

Keywords

data
decision-making
energy
satellite
sustainability

UN SDGs

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Edwards, M. R., Holloway, T., Pierce, R. B., Blank, L., Broddle, M., Choi, E., Duncan, B. N., Esparza, Á., Falchetta, G., Fritz, M., Gibbs, H. K., Hundt, H., Lark, T., Leibrand, A., Liu, F., Madsen, B., Maslak, T., Pandey, B., Seto, K. C., & Stackhouse, P. W. (2022). Satellite Data Applications for Sustainable Energy Transitions. Frontiers in Sustainability, 3, Article 910924. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsus.2022.910924

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