Google’s artificial intelligence could be the one to decide which companies should bet on photovoltaic energy on their rooftops. The firm has expanded its Sunroof project to companies and will reach 40 countries, including Spain.
Google Cloud Next presents three new products for the platform of Google Maps that help combat climate change. All of them incorporate AI and machine learning, combined with aerial imagery and environmental data, to provide up-to-date information on solar power generation potential, air quality and pollen counts. This technology is available to developers, companies and organizations to create tools that characterize and mitigate the climate impact on the environment.
With these three new API From the Google Maps platform, companies have complete and updated environmental information at their disposal, with which they can develop more sustainable products and help the population adapt to the effects of climate change, according to the search engine.
After having launched in 2015 the tool Sunroof With the aim of promoting the use of solar technologies and helping the public explore the potential for solar energy generation in their area, and the consequent economic savings, Google is expanding to companies.
The new platform, Solar APIuses cartographic and computer resources, and offers detailed data on the solar generation potential on the roofs of more than 320 million buildings in 40 countries, including Spain, the United States, France and Japan.