Geospatial Analytics & Land Suitability Assessment Archives

Site Suitability Assessment for Closed-Loop Pumped Storage Hydropower, Kalvarayan Hills, Tamil Nadu

A site suitability assessment for developing off-river pumped storage hydropower for Kalvarayan Hills in Tamil Nadu.

Unused lands are analysed for their suitability to grow forests and green cover through plantation and reforestation drives.

Unused lands are analyzed for their suitability to harvest stormwater through surface waterbodies and ground water recharge.

Data driven decision making that informs the judicial use of land resources and promotes climate mitigation and adaptation.

The suitability of unused lands for solar is analyzed for Villupuram Dist. Using such lands avoids the use of productive agricultural lands.

Guidelines to address the solar energy-land nexus are needed to ensure the judicious use of land while meeting solar energy needs.