FollowNew York City seems seriously intent on going solar. One of the possibilities to generate solar power in New York is using the city’s rooftops.
In order to gauge how much space there is, a website called NY Solar Map has been designed to estimate rooftop solar potential using a computer model that calculates the incoming direct and diffuse solar radiation for every square meter of the City of New York.
According to information on the website, the model is based on the position of the sun, overall atmospheric conditions, latitude and shading, which it says is the most important element in the analysis.
