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This has just had a major update to include other renewables (eg hydro, solar) as well as non-renewable energy sources (gas).

It’s also added grid boundaries and cabling recently - and I think there’s also wind roses planned?

My one UI wish - the energy sources filters are currently displayed as options on the map - rather than controls for the entire UI - which meant I missed them entirely at first. Would be great if they could be given more prominence.

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Definitely wind roses planned, I posted about them on my LinkedIn page if anyone is curious (linked on the main map).

That's a great point about the controls. Originally the map only showed wind farms and as I've expanded the features the control system (and really the entire UX) hasn't kept up. I need to sit down and have a proper think about how best to design the controls and documentation.

FAQ also mentions it's only wind, so took me a while to notice :)

Would be nice to have a definition of 'Turn-up' and 'Curtailment' in that FAQ for us non grid savvy visitors.

Works great though, well done.

Ah yeah the FAQ is very out of date and in need of a full rewrite. I'll get to that eventually. And you're right, I'll make sure to add some sort of glossary and perhaps also explain things better in-situ.

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