Project description
Powering Africa’s sustainable energy systems
New models are needed to ensure the sustainability, security and competitiveness of Africa’s energy systems. With this in mind, the EU-funded OpenMod4Africa project will develop an open toolbox that incorporates advanced models for the analysis of Africa’s energy systems, with a focus on sustainability and competitiveness. This initiative will build upon existing EU projects as a foundation and customise the models to address the specific requirements of Africa. Four African universities will be responsible for adapting energy models and conducting regional case studies in both western and eastern Africa. The open toolbox is aimed at training the next generation of energy modelling experts for Africa’s energy industries, with active involvement from industries and universities in 25 African countries.
Objective
OpenMod4Africa aims to develop an open Toolbox populated with state-of-the-art models for analysing long-term pathways to sustainable, secure and competitive energy systems in Africa. The Toolbox will build on EU projects like Open ENTRANCE, Plan4RES and FocusAfrica, and will adapt and further develop open models in accordance with the African context and needs. The models are scalable, and can be applied to cities, industries and countries. Furthermore, a main objective for OpenMod4Africa is capacity building among energy models in academia. Four African universities will be actively involved in adapting models and conducting two regional case studies. The additional capacity and the open Toolbox will enable the universities to train new generations of energy modelling experts for the energy industries in Africa. Three decision-makers will also be engaged, together with a network of energy industries and universities in 25 African countries. These players will be invited to use the Toolbox, and to be involved in training activities. They will also be invited to a permanent network of expertise, which will be developed for further capacity building and collaboration beyond the project. Two case studies will develop energy pathways for rural areas, cities, countries and large regions of countries in Western and Eastern Africa. The replication strategies will pave the way for further analyses beyond the project. Finally, OpenMod4Africa aims to collaborate with other ongoing initiatives to maximize the impacts of the project and create synergies. The consortium consists of 15 partners and 2 associated partners. Eight partners are African. Important long-term impacts from the three-year project include enabling academia and decision-makers in Africa to conduct their own analyses for the optimal development of their energy system, supplying energy to a much larger share of the population, and establishing a system based upon the abundant share of renewables on the continent.
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