A new open source DSS for assessment and planning of renewable energy: r.green

The spatially explicit Decision Support System (DSS) r.green, developed in the frame of the Alpine Space program recharge.green financed by EU, is able to identify the areas suitable for the installation of the main renewable energy systems based on criteria of sustainability and land conservation. The DSS is composed by a set of GRASS GIS modules r.green.wind, r.green.hydro, r.green.solar, r.green.biomassfor that deal with each specific renewable energy and r.green.impact that gives feedback on the impacts. Already available as a GRASS add-on, r.green can be used through Grass console or running the standard GUI within Grass or through QGIS.