A good visualisation can make all the difference. They can help us to understand complex things where words fail and enable us to communicate a situation or idea to others. In fact, I’ve recently been getting my water colours out and making some myself (to be scanned in and published soon!).
The latest in wonderful tools that is helping us understand a complex set of data comes from the Open Knowledge Foundation, who have developed a mini-project called Europe’s Energy. This tool helps to put European energy policy into context and allows you to quickly compare how different countries are performing in terms of energy consumption and renewable generation. Which is AMAZING. Because it can be hard to find that data from my experience.
So go check it out; here is the magic link: http://energy.publicdata.eu/ee/
And if you want to learn more about the project, check out Open Knowledge Foundation’s blog on it. Sam
