Background
OnSSET is a bottom up optimization energy modelling tool, that estimates, analyzes and visualizes the most cost effective electrification strategy. To do so, OnSSET takes into account spatially explicit characteristics related to energy. Such data include population density and distribution, proximity to transmission and road network, nighttime lights, local renewable energy potential etc. OnSSET focuses on the assessment and deployment of conventional and renewable energy technologies aiming at ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
Motivation
OnSSET is designed to complement existing energy planning models which do not consider geographical characteristics related to energy and aims to provide invaluable support to policy and decision makers on least-cost electrification strategies.
Energy specialists
In the policymaking arena, electrification planning is often captured by private consultants’ analytical infrastructure. The open source nature and the modular structure of the developed tool allow users to build and modify the code according to their requirements and sources and to develop rapid cost effective electrification plans with minimal resource and computational requirements as compared to existing electrification planning tools that are time-, data- and resource- intensive.
Education
OnSSET can be used by graduate students to enhance its functionalities and develop new applications in order to help address energy access issues. Enabling graduate students to build and iteratively develop formal energy planning models will impart this knowledge base to very wide range of energy market roles and positions.
Community
OnSSET community welcomes professionals and experts from different levels: decision makers, policy officers, energy planners, developers of new model functionalities, programmers. All your valuable comments and contributions are welcomed here.
If you are referencing this work, please do cite:
Mentis, D., Howells, M., Rogner, H., Korkovelos, A., Arderne, C., Zepeda, E., Siyal, S.H., Taliotis, C., Bazilian, M., De Roo, A., Tanvez, Y., Oudalov, A., Scholtz, E., 2017. Lighting the World, The first global application of an open source, spatial electrification tool (OnSSET), with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Environmental Research Letters Special Focus on Energy Access for Sustainable Development.
Mentis, D., Howells, M., Rogner, H., Korkovelos, A., Arderne, C., Zepeda, E., Siyal, S.H., Taliotis, C., Bazilian, M., De Roo, A., Tanvez, Y., Oudalov, A., Scholtz, E., 2017. Lighting the World, The first global application of an open source, spatial electrification tool (OnSSET), with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Environmental Research Letters Special Focus on Energy Access for Sustainable Development.
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