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Next generation interactive tool as a backbone for universal access to electricity

M. Moner-Girona,D. Puig,Y. Mulugetta,I. Kougias,Jafaru Abdulrahman,S. Szabó

Published 2018 in WIREs Energy and Environment

ABSTRACT

Energy planning in rural areas and in developing countries most often relies on the outputs of specialized analytical tools, of which only a handful have been developed. Over the years these tools have been upgraded, and the newest among them take into consideration, to a greater or lesser extent, all key determinants of energy generation and distribution. This article focuses on a “pool” of web‐based geo‐referencing open‐source tools and highlights the extent to which each analytical tool reflects the particularities of the various determinants of energy generation and distribution. In doing so, the present work identifies aspects of the tools that need to be strengthened. Building on this information, the article further maps the suitability of each tool with regard to calculating (at a local level) the six Sustainable Development Goal indicators that are closely related to energy. This makes it possible to draw conclusions about monitoring needs in study‐areas. Bringing together these two sets of findings, the article concludes with a research agenda for analytical tool development in the area of energy planning, which spills over developmental agendas.

PUBLICATION RECORD

  • Publication year

    2018

  • Venue

    WIREs Energy and Environment

  • Publication date

    2018-06-07

  • Fields of study

    Business, Engineering, Environmental Science

  • Identifiers
    DOI 10.1002/wene.305
  • External record

    Open on Semantic Scholar

  • Source metadata

    Semantic Scholar

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