MINES ParisTech has contribute to the AIP-5 by developing local atlases for decision-support in solar energy policy planning and private investment. Targeted users such as policy planners or consulting companies don't know with enough accuracy what is the potential of solar energy in their area of interest. Having access to such potential is important but users also need additional information to support decision-making. This include geographical information e.g., physical and administrative, delivered within a WebGIS application for decision-making or for due diligences for banks. The information is recent, of known quality and uncertainty, spanning over several years and easily accessible. Providing such information support studies for sitting, sizing and estimates return-on-investment on solar plants local policies for energy planning and attraction of investors. The European Commission FP7 funded project ENDORSE (ENergy DOwnstReam SErvices - Providing energy components for GMES; 2011-2013); exploiting the GMES CoreService (MACC, Geoland2) supports this response by providing the necessary layers information for the generation of local atlases. Link to presentation http://www.ogcnetwork.net/pub/ogcnetwork/GEOSS/AIP5/index.html
