This website contains a range of learning resources on Integrated Resource Planning (a methodology for least-cost planning by public utilities), including load forecasting, tariff policies, amd demand side management. It also includes exercises and case studies.
This report explores ways to identify and mitigate energy transition investment risks in the low- and middle-income countries, pointing out 1) that better energy planning can attract greater investment in renewable energy, 2) that sustainable fuels will play an important role in delivering the energy transition, and 3) that the social dimensions of the transition […]
This report highlights the economic, social and environmental benefits that energy and transport sector-coupling and a transition towards EV- and RE-based, efficient systems can create in small island settings, and provides tools for the planning of such a transition.
This report presents the lessons learned from a series of small hydropower projects in Guatemala, implemented by the Fundación Solar.
This article describes the origins and provides examples of community-owned small hydropower projects in Guatemala.
This document conducts an initial assessment of the environmental impacts of hydroelectric projects in ENDE’s portfolio and identifies the need for energy complementarity with other renewable sources.
This article presents the results of a hydrological study to inform the design of small hydropower plants in three municipalities in the La Paz department.
This article explores how system planning, and in particular assessments of system adequacy, will need to innovate and evolve to allow power systems to keep delivering secure and affordable electricity supply during energy transitions.
This report examines the critical role of modeling for transmission planning for energy transitions.
This plan provides a comprehensive, forward-looking least-cost plan for the development of the country’s power sector, including both on-grid and off-grid.