Who models Africa’s energy future?
An open observatory of energy modelling studies on African countries, the tools they use and the institutions that lead them. It started with a systematic review and is kept up to date by curators and contributors.
Where the authors are based
Author institutions by country, counted once per study. African institutions now lead most of the record, but much of the modelling is still done from Europe, North America and Asia.
Explore the gap analysisExplore the observatory
MapWhere Africa is modelled, country by country, by scope and period.
Gap analysisWhat the models leave out: informal economies, biomass, unreliable supply.
ReadinessWhich countries have the institutions and data to put models to work.
StudiesSearch the inventory and open any study record and its source.
ToolsWhich tools dominate, open or licensed, and how they are used.
RecommenderFind the tool that fits your question, your team and your data.
Modelling activity is accelerating
Studies per publication year since 2001. Whole energy-system studies form the base of each bar, focused studies sit above.
Studies by publication year and model scope
Latest additions
Studies that entered the inventory most recently.
Run by
AISESA Cluster 1
EnerMod Africa carries out Activity 1 of AISESA Cluster 1 (clean energy pathways for sustainable development): mapping the energy modelling tools and analytical capacities that already exist across the continent. The initial review and the first version of the platform were produced at MINES Paris-PSL (The Transition Institute 1.5).
