Energy Access Outlook 2017 - From poverty to prosperity
Status: Completed
Partner: IEA
Partner: IEA
Around 1.1 billion people globally lack access to electricity. With the pace and scale of effort showing a steep increasing curve over the past years, it seems that energy access is at a global turning point. In order to raise the profile of energy access in national and international policy circles and provide the data necessary to inform good decision-making and energy policies, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has launched this year a special report “Energy Access Outlook 2017: From poverty to prosperity” as part of the organizations flagship World Energy Outlook (WEO) series.
OnSSET, the OpeN Source Spatial Electrification Tool developed by KTH dESA has been a key modelling tool supporting this effort. OnSSET was used in a number of scenarios assessing how to achieve access to modern energy for all by 2030 and how energy access can unleash productive economic activity and accelerate economic growth in Africa.
Find the publication here.
OnSSET, the OpeN Source Spatial Electrification Tool developed by KTH dESA has been a key modelling tool supporting this effort. OnSSET was used in a number of scenarios assessing how to achieve access to modern energy for all by 2030 and how energy access can unleash productive economic activity and accelerate economic growth in Africa.
Find the publication here.
Energydata.info
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Status: Ongoing
Partner: World Bank |
KTH Division of Energy Systems Analysis contributes with relevant datasets for electrification planning and applications to the development of an open database for energy related information, Energydata.info is an open data platform providing access to datasets and data analytics that are relevant to the energy sector. Energydata.info has been developed as a public good available to governments, development organizations, non-governmental organizations, academia, civil society and individuals to share data and analytics that can help achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 7 of ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
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Open Geospatial Data for Energy Access
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Status: Completed
Partner: World Bank |
Geographic information systems (GIS) are increasingly being used in energy planning and by private sector practitioners. Through qualitative interviews with 49 leading practitioners in the public and private sector, data of most importance and current open access data sources for energy access could be established along with the identification of information currently lacking from open data sources. In order to provide insights in adopting GIS techniques into electricity access analysis, this project will:
• Highlight the importance of open geospatial data in supporting the energy access agenda. • Evaluate the availability, quality and utilization of such data in current electrification practices. • Perform a gap analysis that will initiate a dialog towards future development in this field. |
What mix of technologies can achieve universal electricity access in India?
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Status: Completed
Partners: IEA |
Based on the anticipated expansion of the main transmission lines in India over the next ten years, a detailed spatial analysis has been undertaken to illustrate the optimal technology split to achieve universal access. For the 240 million people without access today, around 25% gain access via the grid, 35% via mini-grid systems and 40% via off-grid systems. Although mini- and off-grid solutions play an important role in bringing power to the rural population of India, on-grid connections remain the dominant overall type of electricity connection in 2025.
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With grid or without? The varied dynamics of expanding electricity access in Nigeria and Ethiopia
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Status: Completed
Partner: IEA, SIDA |
The most cost-effective way to expand electrification varies widely between and within countries in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as changing over time as incomes and consumption patterns change. A detailed spatial analysis for Nigeria and Ethiopia, undertaken for this report, illustrates how a range of factors – including population density, tariffs for grid-based electricity, technology costs for mini-grid and off-grid systems and the final cost of diesel at the point of consumption – affect the optimal mix of grid-connected, mini-grid and off-grid generation options
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UN Sustainable development goals from a Climate Land Energy and Water perspective for Kenya
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Status: Completed
Partner: UN |
In Kenya only 23% of the population have electricity access and in the rural areas 93% lack access to electricity and the improved water availability only reaches 59% of the population. In Kenya 72% of the agricultural land is rain fed which makes the food availability sensitive to droughts, which happened in 2009, and in 2012-2014 22% of the population was undernourished. The main objective for this master thesis is to analyse how to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals aforementioned for Kenya with an integrated resources planning following the CLEWs framework. The toolset used for this analysis is ONSSET, OSeMOSYS and WEAP which, where possible, are interlinked to see how the resources in Kenya can be allocated to reach the SDG.
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