• 32 participants in attendance from across East Africa.
• Sponsored by: UNECA and MININFRA

Trainers: Taylor Binnington

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Myanmar Engineer Society (MES) hosted a workshop on an introduction to MECON project and LEAP modelling in March 2014. The goals of this training was to build capacity on how to use LEAP to construct household energy demand in order to improve energy efficiency.

• 20 participants in attendance from MES, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Science and Technology, and Yangon University.
• Sponsored by: MES

Trainers: Jirapa Kamsamrong, Pan Piyasil

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The United Nations Development Programme in Albania hosted a one-week LEAP training workshop, in support of the development of their Third National Communication to the UNFCCC. The training focused on the structure of energy demand, particularly in the transportation sector, for Albania's baseline scenario.

• Approximately 20 participants attended from various academic and non-governmental organizations in Albania
• Sponsored by: UNDP Albania

Trainers: Taylor Binnington, Aleksandra Novikova

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The Energy Policy and Development Centre (KEPA) of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) hosted a one-week training activity on climate change policies, including an update on international policy trends, data collection, scenario development and the use of LEAP and multi-criteria climate change policy evaluation.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Popi Konidari

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An in-house training on "Energy System Modeling by LEAP" was held at the Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment (JGSEE), King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi. The training aimed to build modeling capacity of researchers at JGSEE and its research networking from government and private sectors.

• 15 participants in attendance from JGSEE, The Energy Policy and Planning Office (Ministry of Energy), and the Thailand Automotive Institute (Ministry of Industry).
• Sponsored by: JGSEE

Trainers: Jakapong Pongthanaisawan, Jirapa Kamsamrong

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12th Annual Workshop on Energy Planning and LEAP

The 12th annual workshop on energy policy and the use of LEAP, targeted at energy professionals from South and Central America. Funded by the COMMEND community, the workshop was run over two weeks, with the first week devoted to concepts of energy policy analysis and the second week devoted to training on the use of LEAP. The workshop was organized jointly by the Funacion Bariloche and the Stockholm Environment Institute.

32 participants attended the workshop from 9 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, México, Nicaragua, Perú, Venezuela.

Trainers: Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Fran Lallana, Raul Landaveri, roberto Kozulj, Hector Pistonesi

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The second of two workshops to revise and update a LEAP analysis for Mexico's Low Emissions Development Strategy. This workshop focused on training INECC staff in the use of the emissions baseline for Mexico developed by SEI from 2009 to 2030 in LEAP. Emphasis was placed on modeling methodologies, data sources, possibilities for filling gaps in future iterations of the model and how to maintain and update the data in future.

15 participants were in attendance from INECC, and the work was sponsored by WWF and INECC

Trainers: Tory Clark, Fidel Carrasco

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The objective of this 4-day LEAP training was to to apply LEAP as a part of the preparation of the State Energy Climate Plan in Minas Gerais. The training included background information on the LEAP software system as well as hands-on exercises resulting in the ability to apply LEAP in the context of regional climate planning in Brazil.

• 10 participants in attendance
• Sponsored by: The Environment Agency of Minas Gerais State

Trainers: Tory Clark

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This 5-day workshop was conducted for CORPOELEC, a Venezuelan electric utility. This course included theoretical background on mitigation assessments and practical course work on the concepts of energy and environmental planning with a focus on electric sector supply and demand.

• 17 participants in attendance from various offices within CORPOELEC
• Sponsored by: CORPOELEC

Trainers: Tory Clark

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The first of two workshops designed to help revise and update Mexico's Low Emissions Development Strategy. This 5-day LEAP training was conducted in Mexico City to train staff members at the National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (INECC) and other regional government agencies in the use of LEAP for emissions baseline development.

• 40 participants in attendance from INECC and various Mexican State agencies
• Sponsored by: WWF and INECC

Trainers: Tory Clark, Genice Grande

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This technical workshop for the UNDP Low Emission Capacity Building (LECB) Programme was attended by the 25 countries currently participating in the LECB programme as well as staff from UNDP, the EU and other organizations. The objectives were to kick start detailed technical work in reference and baseline scenarios as a basis for shaping NAMAs and LEDS; to facilitate an exchange of learning among LECB countries, and to identify follow-up actions, technical assistance needs and training priorities.  As part of the workshop, SEI demonstrated the first cut reference scenarios it developed for 22 LECB countries.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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UNFCCC/CGE Regional Training Workshop on Mitigation.

This was the third of three, five-day regional training workshop on climate change mitigation that was organized by the UNFCCC Consultative Group of Experts (CGE) This third workshop was organized for African countries. Refer to the Antigua and Barbuda workshop below for more information.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Chelsea Chandler

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A 5-day LEAP training was incorporated into a one month GHG Mitigation Modeling Training Program in Incheon, Korea. The second annual program, targeting developing countries throughout the world, intended to contribute to GHG mitigation actions in non-Annex I parties through educational training and the exchange of information on environmental policies, experiences, methodologies, and technology. The mitigation class included students from Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore.

• 24 participants in attendance from 15 countries
• Sponsored by: GIR and EHRD

Trainers: Tory Clark

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This was the second of three, five-day regional training workshop on climate change mitigation that were organized by the Consultative Group of Experts (CGE) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).  The workshop was based around the set of training materials on climate change mitigation developed for the UNFCCC by SEI and was open to Governments in the Latin American and Caribbean region undertaking National Communications on Climate Change.The workshop will include intensive lectures on the theory of climate change mitigation as well as a range of hands-on exercises including some exercises that introduce the LEAP modeling system.

• 33 participants in attendance from 21 countries in Central and South America
• Funder: UNFCCC

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Chelsea Chandler

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Eleventh Annual Workshop on Energy Planning and LEAP

The eleventh annual workshop on energy policy and the use of LEAP, targeted at energy professionals from South and Central America. Funded by the COMMEND community, the workshop was run over two weeks, with the first week devoted to concepts of energy policy analysis and the second week devoted to training on the use of LEAP. The workshop was organized jointly by the Funacion Bariloche and the Stockholm Environment Institute.

32 participants attended the workshop from 13 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Paraguay, Perú, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Trainers: Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Gustavo Nadal, Fran Lallana, Raul Landaveri, roberto Kozulj, Hector Pistonesi

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This workshop was on the use of LEAP for energy planning with a special focus on electric sector planning.  It was organized  by TNB Integrated Learning Solution (ILSAS) of Malaysia and attended by participants from a variety of Government agencies and national utilities.

• Participants: 20
• Funder: Government of Malaysia

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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This was the first of three, five-day regional training workshop on climate change mitigation that are being organized in 2012 by the Consultative Group of Experts (CGE) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).  The workshop was based around the set of training materials on climate change mitigation developed for the UNFCCC by SEI and was conducted by Dr. Charles Heaps and Chelsea Chandler of SEI.  This workshop was attended by representatives of National Governments from all over Asia and Central Europe who are undertaking National Communications on Climate Change.  58 participants and CGE members attended. The workshop included intensive lectures on the theory of climate change mitigation as well as a range of hands-on exercises including some exercises that introduced the LEAP modeling system. 

• Participants: 58 participants from various countries in Asia and Central Europe including Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Georgia, Israel, Iraq, Kyrgystan, Lao, Lebanon, Malaysia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nauru, Nepal, Palau, Pakistan, Phillipines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen. 
• Funder: UNFCCC
Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Chelsea Chandler

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This 5-day workshop focused on the use of LEAP for GHG mitigation assessment in the context of Kuwait's First National Communication to the UNFCCC. The class focused on using LEAP for climate scenario analysis and mitigation assessment.

• 12 participants from Kuwait in attendance
• Funder: UNEP

Trainers: Tory Clark

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As Jordan embarked on its Third National Communication to the UNFCCC and Iraq started the process for its First National Communication, this 4-day workshop was developed to focus the mitigation efforts of each team. The workshop included background information on approaches and tools for baseline and mitigation scenario creation and hands-on training in the LEAP software system.

• 15 participants from Iraq and Jordan in attendance.
• Funder: UNDP

Trainers: Tory Clark

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In September 2011, Charlie Heaps of SEI visited Vienna, Austria to conduct a training workshop for the EU funded PROMITHEAS-4 project, which is developing climate mitigation and adaptation assessments for Eastern Europe and the Black Sea region. The purpose of the workshop was to provide familiarization with SEI's LEAP software for climate mitigation modeling, to train staff in the development of mitigation scenarios, as well as to begin the process of implementing national data sets for each country.

• Participants attended from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and the Ukraine.
• More information
• More photos here.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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A 4-day LEAP training was incorporated into a one month GHG Mitigation Modeling Training Program in Incheon, Korea. The program, targeting developing countries throughout the world, intended to contribute to GHG mitigation actions in non-Annex I parties through educational training and the exchange of information on environmental policies, experiences, methodologies, and technology. The program was designed to expand expert networks and build a foundation for international cooperation with developing countries for GHG mitigation.

• 30 participants in attendance from 16 countries
• Sponsored by: GIR and EHRD
Trainers: Tory Clark

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Tenth Annual Workshop on Energy Planning and LEAP

The tenth annual workshop on energy policy and the use of LEAP, targeted at energy professionals from South and Central America. Funded by the COMMEND community, the workshop was run over two weeks, with the first week devoted to concepts of energy policy analysis and the second week devoted to training on the use of LEAP. The workshop was organized jointly by the Funacion Bariloche and the Stockholm Environment Institute.

This year, the workshop's normal venue in Bariloche had to be changed at the last minute due to the eruption of the Puyehue volcano in Chile. Thanks to great efforts from the staff of Fundacion Bariloche, a last minute change of venue was organized in Buenos Aires.

28 participants attended the workshop from 11 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Gustavo Nadal, Raul Landaveri, roberto Kozulj, Hector Pistonesi

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SEI worked with the Catholic University of Chile to conduct a short LEAP training workshop followed by a Seminar on Climate Change Mitigation and Energy Planning in Santiago, Chile for participants from various organizations from within Chile. Attendees included staff and students from the Catholic University of Chile, the University of Chile, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America, and the Ministry of Energy of Chile.

• 25 participants in attendance
Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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Training on use of LEAP for a UNEP study on air pollution in China

• Funder: UNEP
• 12 participants from Chinese EPA
Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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This 5-day training workshop was intended to train individuals engaged in the Suriname National Communication process about appropriate methodologies and tools for assessment of energy sector greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation options. The workshop was primarily focused on providing training in the use of LEAP as a tool for greenhouse gas mitigation assessment.

• 25 participants in attendance from various agencies in Suriname including national energy utilities, the National Bureau of Statistics and various consultants
• Organized by: AP&G Consultancy
• Local newspaper story on the event available here.
• Sponsored by: GEF, UNDP

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca

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The objectives of this 3-day workshop were to strengthen Thailand's capacity building related to energy and environmental modeling, analyze specific mitigation options in various sectors and to begin determining appropriate energy and environmental policies.

• 25 participants in attendance
• Sponsored by: National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC), eXcellent Center for Eco Products (XCEP), and National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand

Trainers: Nattapong chayawatto

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This 5-day workshop focused on applying LEAP for GHG mitigation assessment in the context of preparing Mozambique's Second National Communication on Climate Change to the UNFCCC. This course included theoretical background on mitigation assessments and practical course work on the concepts of energy and environmental planning.

• 6 participants in attendance from the national communication team
• Sponsored by: The Ministry for Co-ordination of Environmental Affairs (MICOA)

Trainers: Tory Clark

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This one-day course presented results of the project “A study of data development and modeling for Thailand Emission Inventory: Mitigation Aspects” and trained TGO staff on LEAP. This project was conducted by the joint graduate school of energy and environment at the King Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi.

• 40 participants in attendance
• Sponsored by: Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO)

Trainers: Dr. Sirintornthep Towprayoon

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This course provided both theoretical background and practical course work on applying LEAP for GHG mitigation assessment in the context of preparing National Communications on Climate Change to the UNFCCC. 

• 26 Participants from 11 countries: Angola, Benin, Chad, Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia, Sao Tome and Principe, Swaziland, Sudan, Togo and Uganda.
• Funders: U.N. National Communications Support Programme (NCSP

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Yamil Bonduki, George Manful, Ajay Trikam, Sylvain Akindile (Ministry of Environment, Benin)

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Estonian Environmental Research Center

Staff from a variety of Government agencies in Esonia were trained in the use of LEAP for Greenhouse Gas mitigation analysis.  LEAP will be used by these agencies to help prepare their National Communications on climate mitigation to the European Commission and to the UNFCCC.  The agencies involved included the Estonian Environmental Research Center, the Estonian Environmental Information Center, the Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, the Estonian Climate and Energy Agency, and the Ministry of Agriculture.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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Masters Course: Modeling and Scenarios for Energy Planning Politecnico di Torino, Italy

This course provided both theoretical background and practical course work on the concepts of energy and environmental planning. 

In addition to using LEAP for teaching purposes, for the practical course work several students used LEAP for developing case study scenario analyses at both the regional and national scale.  The case studies developed using LEAP included scenarios of Tasmania, Sicily, South Africa, Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo and Venezuela.

• Organizers:  Politecnico di Torino, Italy
• Professor: Maurizio Gargiulo  
• Course Assistant: Rocco De Miglio

Trainers: Maurizio Gargiulo

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The OLADE Executive Development Program in Energy Planning

The Latin American Energy Agency (OLADE) organized this Executive Development Program in Energy Planning aimed at energy professionals from the Southern Cone of South America.  The program was organized with local support from the Ministry of Mines and Energy of Paraguay, and the Asuncion National University, and supported by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The instructors included leading experts on energy and sustainability from Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay. A total of 36 professionals from Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil participated.  The course covered a variety of topics related to energy and sustainability including the applications of the LEAP modeling system.  The program will be repeated in late August for participants from Central America and Mexico in Guatemala City, in cooperation with the Guatemala Ministry of Mines and Energy and the University Galileo.

• 36 Participants
• Organizers: OLADE
• Funder: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
• Participant Countries: Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil.
• More information...

Trainers: Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca

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Ninth Annual Workshop on Energy Planning and LEAP

The ninth annual workshop on energy policy and the use of LEAP, targeted at energy professionals from South and Central America. Funded by the COMMEND community, the workshop was run over two weeks, with the first week devoted to concepts of energy policy analysis and the second week devoted to training on the use of LEAP. The workshop was organized jointly by the Funacion Bariloche and the Stockholm Environment Institute.

27 participants attended the workshop from 13 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, México, Panamá, Perú, Rep. Dominicana, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela.

Trainers: Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Gustavo Nadal, Fran Lallana, Raul Landaveri, roberto Kozulj, Hector Pistonesi

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One day workshop on Using LEAP for GHG Mitigation Assessment in Korea

• Organized by: The Korean Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Research Center (GGIR)
• 7 staff in attendance from GGIR

This one day workshop was held to follow-up on the The International Conference on Post-Kyoto Climate Change Mitigation Modeling, which was organized in Seoul in June 2010 to provide a forum for climate modeling experts from around the world to discuss greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction analysis. In particular the Conference addressed advancement of GHG reduction analysis modeling in the Post-Kyoto GHG Reduction Regime and facilitated cooperation to improve infrastructure for continued developing country participation in GHG reduction modeling.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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Workshop on Using LEAP for GHG Mitigation Assessment in Cuba as preparation for its Second National Communication

• 18 staff in attendance 
• Funded by: GEF/UNDP
• Organized by: National Climate Change Group, Center for Environmental Studies at the University of La Habana (CEMA)

Trainers: Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Gustavo Nadal, Jose Somoza

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Workshop on Using LEAP for GHG Mitigation Assessment in Mexico

Ten participants from EDF (Electricite' de France), EIFER Institut among others. Organized by: EIFER (European Institute for Energy Research)

Trainers: atom Mirakyan

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Workshop on Using LEAP for GHG Mitigation Assessment in the Bahamas as part of National Communications to the UNFCCC

• Twelve staff from BEST and other governmental organizations participated including the Bahamas Electricity Corporation and the University of the Bahamas.  
• Organized by: Bahamas Environment Science and Technology Commission (BEST)
• Trainer: Charlie Heaps

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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Advanced Training Course on Integrated Energy Planning and LEAP

• 21 participants from Indonesia were in attendance. 
• This training workshop was conducted as a part of the CASINDO collaboration, which aims to establish a self-sustaining and self-developing structure that will enable sound policies for renewable energy and energy efficiency in Indonesia. It is coordinated by the Dutch foundation ECN and the Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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Second Workshop on Using LEAP in Mozambique

• Eight participants from the Ministry of Energy, the Mozambican Electricity Company, and the Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric Company were in attendance. 
• In addition to the training exercises, the participants worked with several versions of the Mozambican LEAP model.
• Organized by: Ministry of Energy

Trainers: Peter Mulder

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Workshop on Using LEAP for GHG Mitigation Assessment in Chile as part of National Communications to the UNFCCC

• Twenty four participants from various academic and Governmental organizations in Chile. 
• Organized by CONAMA (National Comission of Environment of Chile) .
• Trainers: Nicolas di Sbroiavacca, Gustavo Nadal,

Trainers: Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Raúl Landaveri, Raul Landaveri, Gustavo Nadal

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Regional Workshop on Using LEAP for GHG Mitigation Assessment as part of National Communications to the UNFCCC

• Seven participants from Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Lebanon
• Funder: UNDP

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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Seminar on Application of LEAP to Countries of Latin America the Caribbean as part of the Project "Energy Forecast in Latin America and the Caribbean - to 2032"

• Fourteen participants from Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Republica Dominicana, Uruguay, OLADE and the World Bank.
• Funder: OLADE and the World Bank

The objective of this workshop was to disseminate knowledge of the technical outlook on the training of staff members of ministers and government entities who are responsible for activities related to strategic planning and formulation of energy policies.  The seminar is aimed at using LEAP for merging  energy balances, models from OLADE and forecast models as a tool for evaluating alternative energy supply and consumption in the long term.

Trainers: Anibal Dobrusin

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Eighth Annual Workshop on Energy Planning and LEAP

The eighth annual workshop on energy policy and the use of LEAP, targeted at energy professionals from South and Central America. Funded by the COMMEND community, the workshop was run over two weeks, with the first week devoted to concepts of energy policy analysis and the second week devoted to training on the use of LEAP. The workshop was organized jointly by the Funacion Bariloche and the Stockholm Environment Institute.

20 participants attended the workshop from 8 countries: Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Paraguay, Perú, Venezuela.

Trainers: Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Charlie Heaps, Fran Lallana, Gustavo Nadal, Raul Landaveri, roberto Kozulj, Hector Pistonesi

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Workshop on GHG Mitigation Assessment using LEAP

• 25 participants from Bahrain including members of the National Communications team, staff and students from the University of Bahrain, staff of UNDP and various Bahrain Government representatives.
• Funder: Bahrain General Directorate of Environment

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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Seventh Annual Workshop on Energy Planning and LEAP

The seventh annual workshop on energy policy and the use of LEAP, targeted at energy professionals from South and Central America. Funded by the COMMEND community, the workshop was run over two weeks, with the first week devoted to concepts of energy policy analysis and the second week devoted to training on the use of LEAP. The workshop was organized jointly by the Funacion Bariloche and the Stockholm Environment Institute.

24 participants attended the workshop from 11 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú, Rep.Dominicana, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Trainers: Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Charlie Heaps, Gustavo Nadal, Raul Landaveri, roberto Kozulj, Hector Pistonesi

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LEAP Training Workshop for the Thailand Energy Planning and Policy Office (EPPO)

• Organized by the Thailand Joint Graduate School on Energy and Environment (JGSEE)
• Apx 25 participants from EPPO, EGAT, JGSEE and other Thai organizations.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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LEAP Training Workshop for Various Government Agencies.

• Funded by SEI
• 9 participants

Trainers: Robert Gillett

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LEAP Training Workshop for staff of SEI-Tallinn. Funded by SEI. 10 participants

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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Second LEAP Training Workshop for three Government Agencies in Brazil: Empresa de Pesquisa Energética (EPE), Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis (ANP) and Ministério de Minas e Energia (MME). Attended by 14 participants. Funded by EPE.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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Sixth Annual Workshop on Energy Planning and LEAP

The sixth annual workshop on energy policy and the use of LEAP, targeted at energy professionals from South and Central America. Funded by the COMMEND community, the workshop was run over two weeks, with the first week devoted to concepts of energy policy analysis and the second week devoted to training on the use of LEAP. The workshop was organized jointly by the Funacion Bariloche and the Stockholm Environment Institute.

29 participants attended the workshop from 6 countries: Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay, Perú, Rep. Dominicana, Venezuela

Trainers: Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Charlie Heaps, Gustavo Nadal, Raul Landaveri, roberto Kozulj, Hector Pistonesi

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Second U.N. National Communications Support Programme Workshop on Use of LEAP for GHG Mitigation Assessment.

Funders: U.N. National Communications Support Programme (NCSP)

27 Participants from 18 countries: Armenia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Djibouti, Ghana, Indonesia, Iran, Lao, Lesotho, Libya, Malaysia, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Yamil Bonduki, George Manful

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LEAP Training Workshop

33 Participants from nine different organizations in Mozambique.

Trainers: Flavio Pinheiro, Peter Mulder

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LEAP Training as part of Energy and Environment Masters Course: Royal Technical University, Stockholm,

• Funder: KTH
• 130 Students , 80 local, 50 around the world via Internet-based distance learning.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Alaa Kullab

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• Funder: COMMEND
• 24 Participants
• Participant Countries: Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Ajay Trikam

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Asian Energy Security Workshop

• Funders: COMMEND
• 20 Participants
• Participant Countries: Australia, Canada, China, DPRK, Japan, Mongolia, ROK, Russia, USA

Trainers: David Von Hippel, Peter Hayes, Bruce Scott (Nautilus Institute)

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Fifth Annual Workshop on Energy Planning and LEAP

The fifth annual workshop on energy policy and the use of LEAP, targeted at energy professionals from South and Central America. Funded by the COMMEND community, the workshop was run over two weeks, with the first week devoted to concepts of energy policy analysis and the second week devoted to training on the use of LEAP. The workshop was organized jointly by the Funacion Bariloche and the Stockholm Environment Institute.

14 participants attended the workshop from 11 countries: Argentina, Brasil, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, México, Perú, Rep. Dominicana, Uruguay

Trainers: Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Gustavo Nadal, Raul Landaveri, roberto Kozulj, Hector Pistonesi

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First U.N. National Communications Support Programme Workshop on Use of LEAP for GHG Mitigation Assessment

• Funders: U.N. National Communications Support Programme (NCSP)
• 33 Participants from apx. 20 countries.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Audace Ndayizeye, Martha Perdomo

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Fourth Annual Workshop on Energy Planning and LEAP

The fourth annual workshop on energy policy and the use of LEAP, targeted at energy professionals from South and Central America. Funded by the COMMEND community, the workshop was run over two weeks, with the first week devoted to concepts of energy policy analysis and the second week devoted to training on the use of LEAP. The workshop was organized jointly by the Funacion Bariloche and the Stockholm Environment Institute.

14 participants attended the workshop from 10 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, México, Rep. Dominicana, Uruguay, Venezuela

Fourth Annual Workshop on Energy Planning and LEAP

The fourth annual workshop on energy policy and the use of LEAP, targeted at energy professionals from South and Central America. Funded by the COMMEND community, the workshop was run over two weeks, with the first week devoted to concepts of energy policy analysis and the second week devoted to training on the use of LEAP. The workshop was organized jointly by the Funacion Bariloche and the Stockholm Environment Institute.

14 participants attended the workshop from 10 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, México, Rep. Dominicana, Uruguay, Venezuela

Trainers: Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Raul Landaveri, roberto Kozulj, Hector Pistonesi

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LEAP Training workshop

• 20 students from South Africa and various SADC countries
• Funder: COMMEND

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Mark Howells

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LEAP Training workshop for staff of the Ministry of Energy and Mines

10 participants from Ministry of Energy in Ethiopia

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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Second Annual Workshop on Energy Planning and LEAP

The second annual workshop on energy policy and the use of LEAP, targeted at energy professionals from South and Central America. The workshop was run over two weeks, with the first week devoted to concepts of energy policy analysis and the second week devoted to training on the use of LEAP. The workshop was organized jointly by the Funacion Bariloche and the Stockholm Environment Institute.

Sixteen participants attended the workshop from 8 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, México, Panamá

Trainers: Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Charlie Heaps, Raul Landaveri, Hector Pistonesi, Victor Bravo

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LEAP Training Workshop for Albanian Ministry of Energy

• 13 participants from Albanian Ministry of Energy.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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First Annual Workshop on Energy Planning and LEAP

With funding from the Government of the Netherlands (DGIS) as part of the COMMEND project, this was the first annual workshop on energy policy and the use of LEAP, targeted at energy professionals from South and Central America. The workshop was run over two weeks, with the first week devoted to concepts of energy policy analysis and the second week devoted to training on the use of LEAP. The workshop was organized jointly by the Funacion Bariloche and the Stockholm Environment Institute.

Eight participants attended the workshop from five countries: Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, El Salvador, Ecuador

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Raul Landaveri, Gustavo Nadal, Carlos Suarez

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First training workshop for LEAP for Windows

• Funder: Government of the Netherlands (DGIS).
• 20 participants from Southern Africa, Ethiopia, and Iran.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Gordon Mackenzie, Yaw Afrane-Okese

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32 Participants, from all regions of Aceh Province in Indonesia.

Trainers: Agung Feinnudin, Feri Kurniawan

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Fourth in a series of workshops for the ECRAN Network with teams from al over the Balkans region: (Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey). In this workshop, teams worked hard to create a Low Emission Development Strategy for a fictitious country called "ECRANISTAN".

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Imre Csikos, Agnes Kelemen, Jozsef Feiler, Aleksandra Novikova, Eleni danai Mavraki, Laszlo Szabo, Anna Flessa

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Workshop with the Philippine Department of Energy on LEAP modeling of mitigation options in support of the country's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) on Climate Change.

Trainers: Jason Veysey

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Workshop in Accra, Ghana organized by the Ghana Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), the US EPA and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC).

The workshop was part of the CCAC's SNAP Initiative (Supporting National Action Planning) for action on SLCPs (Short-Lived Climate Pollutants), intended to build capacity within Ghana and other African countries to develop SLCP mitigation strategies at a national scale.

Participants are working with the US EPA's BENMAP tool as well as the new LEAP-Integrated Benefits Calculator (LEAP-IBC) tool developed by SEI.

Joining the participants from Ghana were experts on air pollution from Ethiopia, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Togo and South Africa as well as from the UNEP Regional Office for Africa in Nairobi. The workshop was led by trainers from the US EPA and from SEI (Harry Vallack and Chris Malley) assisted by staff from Industrial Economics (IEc).

More info on SNAP here

Info on BENMAP here

Trainers: Harry Vallack, Chris Malley

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15th Annual Workshop on Energy Planning and LEAP

The 15th annual workshop on energy policy and the use of LEAP, targeted at energy professionals from South and Central America. Funded by the COMMEND community, the workshop was run over two weeks, with the first week devoted to concepts of energy policy analysis and the second week devoted to training on the use of LEAP. The workshop was organized jointly by the Funacion Bariloche and the Stockholm Environment Institute.

16 participants attended the workshop from 10 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Perú, Uruguay.

Trainers: Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Fran Lallana, Raul Landaveri, Gustavo Nadal, roberto Kozulj, Hector Pistonesi

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Organized by the Ministry of Energy of the United Arab Emirates this LEAP training involved staff from the key energy sector institutions in Abu Dhabi and Dubai and from other Gulf countries like Bahrain and Qatar.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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Workshop in Tallinn, Estonia for the EU-funded HERON project with participants from Estonia, Germany, Serbia, and the U.K. The SEI funded workshop covered the modeling of building and transport energy efficiency.

HERON Project web site here.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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Workshop on using LEAP for integrated resource planning in Jaipur, Rajastahn at Vidyut Bhavan (the electricity ministry) . Funded by WRI's Electricity Governance Initiative (EGI).

The workshop explored use of energy planning tools like LEAP for state-scale electric planning, with an emphasis on ensuring growing household access to electricity.

Following this workshop, SEI and WRI worked to develop prototype LEAP models for Rajastahn, that will handed over to planners in Jaipur at a follow-up workshop in 2016

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Amala Devi, Anjana Agarwal, Bharath Jairaj

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The final LEAP Training workshop of the current phase of ECRAN (Environment and Climate Regional Accession Network) held in Podgorica, Montenegro on July 5th and 6th, 2016.

ECRAN is financed by the EU and managed by the European Commission. It assists beneficiary countries in the exchange of information and experience related to preparation for accession to the European Union.

ECRAN is strengthening regional cooperation between the EU candidate countries and potential candidates in the fields of environment and climate action and assisting their progress in the transposition and implementation of the EU environmental and climate agenda.

This is the final LEAP workshop in a series, in which ECRAN has been building capacity among Government agencies and other institutions in the Balkan accession countries to apply LEAP for energy planning and climate change mitigation assessment. ECRAN has benefited eight countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia (now an EU member), the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, and Turkey.

This final workshop is for 13 participants from Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and will be an opprtunity for those countries to continue refining the LEAP analyses they started developing earlier. In particular, participants from the two countries will be working on building their baseline scenarios, and then developing mitigation scenarios that approach carbon neutrality and “net zero total emissions” over the next few decades.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Imre Csikos, Agnes Kelemen, Jozsef Feiler, Aleksandra Novikova, Eleni danai Mavraki

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Workshop on using LEAP for integrated resource planning in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India . Funded by WRI's Electricity Governance Initiative (EGI). The workshop was held at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Chennai) in partnership with the IGCS, the Indo-German Centre for Sustainability The workshop was attended by planners and other practitioners working on electric planning in Tamil Nadu including officers of the State Planning Commission

The workshop explored use of energy planning tools like LEAP for state-scale electric planning, with an emphasis on ensuring growing household access to electricity.

Following this workshop, SEI and WRI worked to develop prototype LEAP models for Tamil Nadu, that will handed over to planners in Chennai at a follow-up workshop in 2016

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Amala Devi, Anjana Agarwal, Bharath Jairaj

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LEAP Training in Bari, Italy to help countries evaluate modeling tools that can assist in the preparation of their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) on climate change. Organized jointly by the EU-funded ClimaSouth and ClimaEast projects for participants from Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Moldova, Morocco, Palestine and Ukraine.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Annie Roncerell, Zsolt Lengyel, Nino Dubla

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Conducted as part of the long-term cooperative arrangement between the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and SEI, this project promioted sustainable and self-reliant energy and environmental planning in Southern African countries. It focused on four target areas: Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and the Technical and Administrative Unit (TAU) of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Programme activities included training workshops and collaborative studies in Zambia and Zimbabwe. SEI provided training in the use of LEAP and assistance with the formulation of national energy policies and master plans in both Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe from 1992-1993.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Evan Hansen, Neil Talbot

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In a project funded by the World Bank, SEI linked the old DOS version of LEAP to a standard air quality dispersion modeling tool (ISC) and to a GIS tool for display of results. The project also produced a Chinese language version of LEAP for use in the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau (BMEPB) and elsewhere in China and also involved the integration of LEAP with SEI's other tools for water planning and solid waste management planning.

As part of the project, SEI staff travelled to Beijing where they conducted a series of training workshops with staff of the eijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau (BMEPB)

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Jack Sieber

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A series of two LEAP trainings for staff of the Eritrean Ministry of Mining and Energy and the Ministry of the Environment.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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As part of a wider project to help develop an energy strategy for Ethiopia, SEI staff spent a month in Ethiopia working with the Ethiopian Ministry of Energy to develop a LEAP model for the country, and also conducted a LEAP training workshop.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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As part of a long-standing cooperation between SEI and the China Energy Group of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) in Berkeley, California, SEI staff have conducted many training workshops both at LBNL and in China, that benefited the staff of LBNL and their partners in various Chinese research and planning agencies such as the Chinese Energy Research Institute (ERI) and the Beijing Energy Efficiency Center (BECON).

These workshops have built capacity for energy and climate mitigation modeling and have assisted Chinese institution in analyzing the role of energy efficiency as part of their five-year planning processes.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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In 1992, SEI staff contributed to the World Bank's Pakistan Household Energy Strategy Study (HESS): a comprehensive assessment of energy consumption and production in Pakistan built upon detailed surveys of end-users and biomass resources.

SEI staff spent a month in Pakistan collating and analyzing energy demand data, which was also used as the basis for a LEAP energy model. During this period, SEI also provided training to staff from various Pakistani agencies.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Azedine Ouerghi, Richard Hosier

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In March 2015, SEI traveled to Paris to deliver a workshop for staff of CITEPA, the Interprofessional Technical Centre for Studies on Air Pollution. CITEPA is a not-for-profit organisation, State operator of the French Environment Ministry (MEDDE) for conducting emission inventories of atmospheric pollutants and greenhouse gases.

CITEPA works on climate-related emissions issues including inventories, MRV (monitoring, reporting and verification) and emissions projections. It produces various decision-making tools, and produces and disseminates data and projections on atmospheric pollution and greenhouse gases and works to build the capacities of administrations and private organisations in France and abroad.

This workshop was intended to build capacity among CITEPA staff to use LEAP.

During the visit, SEI staff also spoke at CITEPA's annual meeting, which dealt with the issue of Mitigating climate change: how scenarios, modelling and strategies can contribute.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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A LEAP training for participants from various Francophone countries in West Africa. The workshop was conducted jointly by staff of SEI and ENDA-TM, as part of the COMMEND project funded by the Government of the Netherlands (DGIS) and was intended to build capacity among energy planners from various ECOWAS countries.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Pham Phuongnhung

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A LEAP training for staff and students of the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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A LEAP training for staff of the Ministry of Energy of Mongolia

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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Third Annual Workshop on Energy Planning and LEAP

The third annual workshop on energy policy and the use of LEAP, targeted at energy professionals from South and Central America. The workshop was run over two weeks, with the first week devoted to concepts of energy policy analysis and the second week devoted to training on the use of LEAP. The workshop was organized jointly by the Funacion Bariloche and the Stockholm Environment Institute.

Eight participants attended the workshop from 6 countries: Brasil, Costa Rica, México, Panamá, Rep. Dominicana, Uruguay

Trainers: Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Charlie Heaps, Raul Landaveri, roberto Kozulj, Hector Pistonesi

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14th Annual Workshop on Energy Planning and LEAP

The 14th annual workshop on energy policy and the use of LEAP, targeted at energy professionals from South and Central America. Funded by the COMMEND community, the workshop was run over two weeks, with the first week devoted to concepts of energy policy analysis and the second week devoted to training on the use of LEAP. The workshop was organized jointly by the Funacion Bariloche and the Stockholm Environment Institute.

24 participants attended the workshop from 10 countries: Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Rep. Dominicana, Russia, Uruguay.

Trainers: Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Fran Lallana, Raul Landaveri, Gustavo Nadal, roberto Kozulj, Hector Pistonesi

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13th Annual Workshop on Energy Planning and LEAP

The 13th annual workshop on energy policy and the use of LEAP, targeted at energy professionals from South and Central America. Funded by the COMMEND community, the workshop was run over two weeks, with the first week devoted to concepts of energy policy analysis and the second week devoted to training on the use of LEAP. The workshop was organized jointly by the Funacion Bariloche and the Stockholm Environment Institute.

29 participants attended the workshop from 12 countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, Frances, Guatemala, México, Paraguay, Perú, Rep. Dominicana, Uruguay.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Fran Lallana, Gustavo Nadal, Raul Landaveri, roberto Kozulj, Hector Pistonesi

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Second in a series of workshops for the ECRAN Network with teams from al over the Balkans region: (Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey). In this workshop, teams learnt the basic skills required to apply LEAP for energy and GHG mitigation assessment.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Imre Csikos, Agnes Kelemen, Jozsef Feiler, Aleksandra Novikova, Eleni danai Mavraki, Laszlo Szabo, Anna Flessa

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First in a series of workshops for the ECRAN Network with teams from al over the Balkans region: (Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey). In this workshop, teams learnt the basic skills required to apply LEAP for energy and GHG mitigation assessment.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Imre Csikos, Agnes Kelemen, Jozsef Feiler, Aleksandra Novikova, Eleni danai Mavraki, Laszlo Szabo, Anna Flessa

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Third in a series of workshops for the ECRAN Network with teams from al over the Balkans region: (Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey). In this workshop, teams learnt advanced LEAP skills for energy and GHG mitigation assessment.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Imre Csikos, Agnes Kelemen, Jozsef Feiler, Aleksandra Novikova, Eleni danai Mavraki, Laszlo Szabo, Anna Flessa

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SEI's US Center hosted a training for 7 people from Colombia and Mexico on the topic of using LEAP for assessing Short Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs). The training was run by Charlie Heaps from SEI-US and Harry Vallack from SEI-York.

The trainees worked with the new SLCP toolkit being developed in LEAP and a new benefits calculator that SEI-York is developing.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Harry Vallack

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Training on using LEAP for mitigation assessment for National Communications.

This workshop which was attended by approximately 20 people from < a href="http://caribbean.intasave.org/" target="_blank">CARIBSAVE, the Division of Energy and Telecommunications of Barbados and academics from the < a href="http://www.uwi.edu/" target="_blank">University of West Indies, introduced participants to how to use LEAP for GHG mitigation assessment. Following the workshop, SEI assisted Barbados to use LEAP for their national communication on climate change to the UNFCCCC.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Taylor Binnington

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LEAP Training for staff of the Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment of Morocco

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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LEAP training for various agencies in Malaysia as part of an effort funded by the Danish Aid Agency (DANIDA) in support of the development of an energy strategy for Malaysia. The effort was led by the consulting company Ramboll.

Participants came from various Malaysian agencies including the Energy Commission (Suruhanjaya Tenaga) and the Ministry of Energy.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Morten Blarke, Jørgen Hvid

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Technical Training Workshop on Using LEAP for Climate Change Mitigation Assessments in the Energy and Transportation Sectors in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.

This was the first technical training workshop for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) project "Economics of Climate Change in Central and West Asia"

The workshop was designed to support the climate change mitigation component of the project, whichfocused on assessing the costs of mitigation measures and clean energy technologies, and demonstrate how LEAP can be applied to the economic analysis of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation options in the energy and transportation sectors. The workshop built capacity of government decision makers in economic analysis of low-carbon growth measures and in assessing policies to strengthen the consideration of costs and benefits in national climate change reports and national communications.

Thirty technical representatives from governments, academic institutions, and energy and transportation agencies in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan attended.

The workshop generated shared information and practical knowledge on using LEAP for economic analysis of mitigation options and a general understanding on data needs and gaps in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.

The workshop was organized by Abt Associates and conducted by Abt and staff of the Stockholm Environment Institute.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Jette Findsen

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First LEAP Training Workshop for three Government Agencies in Brazil: Empresa de Pesquisa Energética (EPE), Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis (ANP) and Ministério de Minas e Energia (MME)

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Flavio Pinheiro

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LEAP Training for participants from various Latin American countries, hosted and funded by OLADE, the Latin American Energy Agency (Organizacion Latinoamericana de Energia) and led by staff of the Stockholm Environment Institute.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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One in a series of six regional workshops for the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL) delivered in 2011 by staff of the Fundacion Bariloche

The Division of Natural Resources and Infrastructure of the ECLAC/CEPAL organized large capacity building efforts in conjunction with local partners in support of energy planning in the Latin American and Caribbean Region. The courses covered a variety of topics related to the energy sector and sustainability including applications of LEAP. The workshops were funded by the UNDP Project "Strengthening National Capacities to Design and Implement Sustainable Energy Policies for the Production and Use of Bio-fuels in Latin America and the Caribbean".

Trainers: Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Fran Lallana, Francisco Figueroa, Gustavo Nadal

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One in a series of six regional workshops for the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL) delivered in 2011 by staff of the Fundacion Bariloche

The Division of Natural Resources and Infrastructure of the ECLAC/CEPAL organized large capacity building efforts in conjunction with local partners in support of energy planning in the Latin American and Caribbean Region. The courses covered a variety of topics related to the energy sector and sustainability including applications of LEAP. The workshops were funded by the UNDP Project "Strengthening National Capacities to Design and Implement Sustainable Energy Policies for the Production and Use of Bio-fuels in Latin America and the Caribbean".

Trainers: Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Fran Lallana, Francisco Figueroa, Gustavo Nadal

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One in a series of six regional workshops for the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL) delivered in 2011 by staff of the Fundacion Bariloche

The Division of Natural Resources and Infrastructure of the ECLAC/CEPAL organized large capacity building efforts in conjunction with local partners in support of energy planning in the Latin American and Caribbean Region. The courses covered a variety of topics related to the energy sector and sustainability including applications of LEAP. The workshops were funded by the UNDP Project "Strengthening National Capacities to Design and Implement Sustainable Energy Policies for the Production and Use of Bio-fuels in Latin America and the Caribbean".

Trainers: Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Fran Lallana, Francisco Figueroa, Gustavo Nadal

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One in a series of six regional workshops for the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL) delivered in 2011 by staff of the Fundacion Bariloche

The Division of Natural Resources and Infrastructure of the ECLAC/CEPAL organized large capacity building efforts in conjunction with local partners in support of energy planning in the Latin American and Caribbean Region. The courses covered a variety of topics related to the energy sector and sustainability including applications of LEAP. The workshops were funded by the UNDP Project "Strengthening National Capacities to Design and Implement Sustainable Energy Policies for the Production and Use of Bio-fuels in Latin America and the Caribbean".

Trainers: Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Fran Lallana, Francisco Figueroa, Gustavo Nadal

Link to this workshop.

One in a series of six regional workshops for the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL) delivered in 2011 by staff of the Fundacion Bariloche

The Division of Natural Resources and Infrastructure of the ECLAC/CEPAL organized large capacity building efforts in conjunction with local partners in support of energy planning in the Latin American and Caribbean Region. The courses covered a variety of topics related to the energy sector and sustainability including applications of LEAP. The workshops were funded by the UNDP Project "Strengthening National Capacities to Design and Implement Sustainable Energy Policies for the Production and Use of Bio-fuels in Latin America and the Caribbean".

Trainers: Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Fran Lallana, Francisco Figueroa, Gustavo Nadal

Link to this workshop.

One in a series of six regional workshops for the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL) delivered in 2011 by staff of the Fundacion Bariloche

The Division of Natural Resources and Infrastructure of the ECLAC/CEPAL organized large capacity building efforts in conjunction with local partners in support of energy planning in the Latin American and Caribbean Region. The courses covered a variety of topics related to the energy sector and sustainability including applications of LEAP. The workshops were funded by the UNDP Project "Strengthening National Capacities to Design and Implement Sustainable Energy Policies for the Production and Use of Bio-fuels in Latin America and the Caribbean".

Trainers: Nicolas Di Sbroiavacca, Fran Lallana, Francisco Figueroa, Gustavo Nadal

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A workshop was held at the Stockholm Environment Institute, York, with the aim of advancing national planning on short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) in west Africa. The workshop was funded by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), and was attended by Dr Daniel Tutu Benefoh (Ghana EPA), and Dr Bala Bappa (Nigeria Ministry of Environment), as well as 3 SEI PhD students (Andriannah Mbandi, Ruchirek Ratchaburi, and Olajide Olawoyin).

The focus of the workshop was to derive the first SLCP focussed emission inventory using the LEAP-IBC tool for Nigeria, and to update the existing inventory which has been developed for Ghana. These emission inventories will be used to determine the key source sectors, and benefits that could result from SLCP mitigation in Nigeria and Ghana. The PhD students were trained in the use of LEAP-IBC to understand how it could further their research on transport emissions in Kenya and Thailand, and air pollution in west Africa.

Trainers: Chris Malley, Harry Vallack

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Staff from the US and UK centers of SEI travelled to Lima, Peru to conduct a workshop for 25 participants from various agencies in Peru including the Ministry of Environment (MINAM), The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM), the Peruvian National Meterological and Hydrological Service (SENAMHI), The Geophysical Institution of Peru (IGP), GESTAs (The Peruvian Air Pollution Management Networks) from three cities: Ica, Pucallpa, Huancayo, and COSUDE (Swiss Development Cooperation), and the U.S. Embassy.

The workshop, which was funded by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) and organized by Patricia Tord of the national SLCP unit of UNEP/MINAM, was to build capacity within Peru to apply the LEAP-Integrated Benefits Calculator (LEAP-IBC) to develop short-lived climate pollutant (SLCP) mitigation strategies at a national scale. Participants learnt how to design and analyze SLCP strategies within LEAP-IBC to assess the health, crop yield and climate benefits that could result from their implementation.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Chris Malley, Harry Vallack, Patricia Tord

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Staff from the US and UK centers of SEI travelled to Tallinn, Estonia for a workshop at SEI-Tallinn that tested out the new LEAP toolkit for assessing Short Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs).

Teams came from SEI-Tallinn, the Estonian Environmental Research Center and the Estonian Ministry of Environment. The new toolkit joins LEAP with a separate model developed at SEI-York and based on the GeosChem-Adjoint model. It calculates the avoided deaths, crop losses, radiative forcing and regional temperature change that would result from undertaking policies to mitigate short-lived climate pollutants in any particular country. The new tool is intended for members of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) and for anyone else interested in SLCPs.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Harry Vallack

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Second of two workshops in Latin America funded by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) intended to build capacity to apply the new LEAP-Integrated Benefits Calculator (LEAP-IBC) to develop short-lived climate pollutant (SLCP) mitigation strategies at a national scale. Participants learnt how to design and analyze SLCP strategies within LEAP-IBC to assess the health, crop yield and climate benefits that could result from their implementation.

The workshop has been attended by 17 participants from the Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development), the Bogota Secretaria Distrital de Ambiente, the Departamento Nacional de Planeación (DNP) as well as academics from various Colombian Universities and other organizations. Organizers were Claudia Cuentas Morales of UNEP and the Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible and Luisa Castro of the Universidad de la Salle.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Chris Malley, Claudia Cuentas

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Synchronization of Electricity and Energy Planning in Indonesia

Following the finalization of Indonesia's National Energy Plan, there is a mandate that the 34 provinces of Indonesia should have their Regional Energy Planning completed within a one year timeframe. While waiting for the National Policy issuance, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia (MEMR) initiated a three and a half day LEAP introductory training for the representatives of 34 provinces across Indonesia. The workshop was attended by approxmiately 60 particpants from 34 provinces, while the instructors came from the National Energy Council, Planning Bureau of MEMR, Data and Information Center of MEMR, Training Center of MEMR and the Indonesian Institute of Energy Economics (IIEE).

The objective of the training was to introduce LEAP as a planning tool for the sub-national government and as the basis of their RUED documents, and to list the potential provincial modelers to be assigned as the LEAP modelers for RUED in the next LEAP trainings.

The workshop was funded by the Directorate General of Electricity, in cooperation with the Planning Bureau of Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) in Indonesia.

Trainers: Saifuddin Suaib, Ervan Mohi, Erick Hutrindo, Agung Feinnudin, Hakimul Batih, Nataliawati Siahaan, MAHDI YUDA ANINDITA, Sadmoko Pambudi

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Summer School on Energy Planning in Dubrovnik

The Summer School on Energy Planning of 100% Renewable Energy Systems was organized in Dubrovnik, Croatia by the University of Zagreb. As in previous years, one day was designated for learning about LEAP.

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Training of Trainers Workshop: Using LEAP for Climate Change Mitigation Planning in the Bahamas.

A Training of Trainers workshop to build The Bahamas capacity to use LEAP for climate change mitigation transparency as input to the UNFCCC's Biennial Transparency Reporting process (BTRs). The workshop was organized by the Department of Environmental Planning and Protection (DEPP) of the Government of the Bahamas and hosted by the University of the Bahamas. Co-led by Charlie Heaps of SEI and Benise Joseph from the Caribbean Cooperative MRV Hub.

The workshop was part of the Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) and, apart from the sessions on mitigation and NDC tracking led by Benise and myself, also included sessions covering inventories and adaptation. Our sessions incorporated both theoretical and hands-on activities, with participants drawn from a variety of institutions in the Bahamas.

Trainers: Benise Joseph, Charlie Heaps

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SLCP Abatement Training in Uganda

Staff from government ministries in Uganda completed a training workshop that aimed to build institutional capacity for assessing impacts and planning abatement actions on short-lived climate pollutants. Participants learnt how to use SEI's LEAP software for this purpose, explored and evaluated a preliminary dataset for Uganda prepared by SEI, and considered a case study of the benefits of improved inspection and enforcement of heavy duty vehicle emissions.

Participants included representatives from the Ministry of Works and Transport, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, the National Environment Management Authority, the Ministry of Water and Environment, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, and Makerere University.

The workshop was led by staff from SEI's Nairobi (Kenya) and York (UK) offices as well as staff from the Environmental Compliance Institute (ECI) in Kenya. The workshop was supported by the CCAC: The Climate and Clean Air Coalition

Photo credit: Paul Kaberere of ECI.

Trainers: Connie O%27Neill, Caroline SAWE, Wandji Danube Kirt Ngongang, Ogeya Mbeo

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Training on use of LEAP for Transparency

The Ministry of Spatial Planning and the Environment (ROM) organized a training on the use of LEAP from 9 to 11 July 2024. The training was organized in collaboration with the Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to strengthen the capacity of experts in the energy sector in Suriname to calculate greenhouse gas emissions as well as identify appropriate measures to reduce emissions.

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National Expert SDG Tool for Energy Planning (NEXSTEP) Training

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) completed trainings on energy and emissions modelling using LEAP as part of its NEXSTEP project, which aims to enhance the capacity of policymakers and energy planners for planning energy transitions in the context of SDG7 and the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

The project has had great success in developing SDG 7 Road Maps, with more than 20 completed already, and requests from new countries still coming in. These Road Maps have led to the initiation of many diverse projects in ESCAP member countries and are also driving on-the-ground policy change. LEAP has played a significant role in this success.

In Thailand, UN ESCAP conducted a two-day training in Bangkok, Thailand on 12-13 December 2023 in collaboration with the Ministry of Energy. Twenty-eight participants from different agencies, including the Ministry of Energy, Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO), the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), the Department of Energy Business, PTT Public Company Limited, the Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency, the National Statistics Office and the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning attended the training.

Participants had the opportunity to work with LEAP on a short case for energy and emissions modelling

More on NEXSTEP here.

Trainers: Anis Zaman

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National Expert SDG Tool for Energy Planning (NEXSTEP) Training

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) completed trainings on energy and emissions modelling using LEAP as part of its NEXSTEP project, which aims to enhance the capacity of policymakers and energy planners for planning energy transitions in the context of SDG7 and the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

The project has had great success in developing SDG 7 Road Maps, with more than 20 completed already, and requests from new countries still coming in. These Road Maps have led to the initiation of many diverse projects in ESCAP member countries and are also driving on-the-ground policy change. LEAP has played a significant role in this success.

In Nepal, UN ESCAP conducted a two-day training on energy and emissions modelling using LEAP in Kathmandu, Nepal on 23-24 November 2023 in collaboration with the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC), and the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation. Thirty participants from different ministries, agencies, departments, NGOs and academic institutes attended the training. The participants expressed their highest level of appreciation to UN ESCAP and to the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) for the excellent support offered to build their capacity in energy modelling.

Participants had the opportunity to work with LEAP on a short case for energy and emissions modelling

More on NEXSTEP here.

Trainers: Anis Zaman

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Using LEAP and NEMO for Integrated Resource and Resilience Planning (IRRP)

As part of and Australia's Mekong Safeguards Program, SEI recently facilitated an Integrated Resource and Resilience Planning (IRRP) stakeholder workshop in Bangkok, which will inform the analyses for Thailand’s Power Sector Carbon Neutral Planning.

Participants were introduced to IRRP concepts, and provided inputs on planning objectives, metrics, critical uncertainties, planning options and planning cases, that will shape subsequent activities, including a large scenario ensemble analysis using LEAP and NEMO. The workshop was followed by a three-and-a-half day training, where technical staff from the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) and the Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO) were introduced to LEAP, NEMO, and the model of Thailand developed by SEI for the purposes of the IRRP analysis.

More info on Mekong Safeguards

Photo credits: USAID and Australia’s Mekong Safeguards Program.

Trainers: Taylor Binnington

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Using LEAP for Modeling European Low Carbon Climate Pathways

A training in Budapest with teams from Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Czechia, Hungary, Romania, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia who are using LEAP to develop advanced low carbon pathways for each country as part of the European Climate Foundation's "Project Mirror".

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Agnes Kelemen

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Capacity Building on Optimization for Energy Modelling using LEAP and NEMO

The ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), supported by the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), held the Capacity Building on Optimization for Energy Modelling on 27th February 2025 at Jakarta, Indonesia. The event was attended by energy modelers and policymakers in the energy sector from various ASEAN Member States (AMS) and aimed to enhance the region’s utilization of optimization-based energy modelling method for energy policymaking.

The event began with opening remarks from Kentaro Noma, Programme Manager on Energy, ERIA who welcomed participants with a reminder of the pivotal role of energy modelling in ASEAN’s dynamic energy landscape, especially in decision-making for energy transition policy. While he noted that energy modelling using simulation method has been helpful in capturing real-world dispatch conditions, the optimization approach offers the advantage of integrating and responding to evolving cost trends in energy systems. The statement was then reaffirmed by Dr Zulfikar Yurnaidi, Head of Energy Modelling and Policy Planning (MPP) Department at ACE, who highlighted the potential of optimization-based method that can better assess different energy pathways while ensuring cost-effectiveness and feasibility, as already implemented in ACE’s flagship publication the 8th ASEAN Energy Outlook (AEO8).

The next session was aimed to provide context and base knowledge through Scene Setting: AEO8 Introduction and Findings. It was presented by Michael Petalio, Energy Modeler at MPP and the AEO8 (ACE). Michael’s presentation highlights the development process of the AEO8, focusing on the modelling methodology, scenario development, and key implications for ASEAN Member States (AMS). The AEO8 was developed using Low Emission Analysis Platform (LEAP), a software tool used to build energy models developed by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) to support energy policy analysis and climate mitigation assessment. To incorporate optimization capabilities, the Next Modelling System for Optimization (NEMO) was integrated, enabling the application of least cost optimization in power sector for two of the four scenarios, namely the Regional Aspiration Scenario (RAS) and the Carbon Neutrality Scenario (CNS). The continuous advancement of optimization approach in the workshop presents an opportunity to further enhance future editions of AEO, enabling more robust and insightful analysis for ASEAN’s energy planning.

Following the presentation, participants entered the training session to gain deeper understanding of the LEAP systems and the NEMO software. The training was divided into four session and led by Jason Veysey, Energy Modelling Program Director and Senior Scientist at Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) US. It was started with Energy Modelling and LEAP Introduction, presenting the basic knowledge to the participants to ensure equal starting point. Then, Jason continued it with a session on Modelling Energy Demand and Supply.

After the participants were familiarized with the foundational concept, Jason moved on to Optimization in Energy Modelling using LEAP. He highlighted the latest version of LEAP, launched in July 2024, which expands optimization beyond a single sector within an energy system. LEAP 2024 now enables full energy systems optimization, allowing users to optimize selected demand end uses, model pipeline and transmission networks, and optimize all components of Transformation. Additionally, the updated system allows for specifying overall constraints on greenhouse gases (GHGs) and other pollutant emissions, enabling the calculation of the least-cost energy system configuration that meets those constraints. The participants were given presentation and invited to engage in a hands-on session, starting from technical aspects of software installation, followed by developing a least-cost scenario using optimization, applying emission constraint and incorporating storage and capacity constraints to enhance energy system planning.

To wrap-up the event, Muhammad Rizki Kresnawan, Senior Energy Modeler at MPP (ACE) gave a speech to summarize the capacity building. In addition to expressing appreciation to the supporting organizations and active participants, he emphasized the crucial role of energy modelling in advancing ASEAN’s energy transition and resilience.

ACE reaffirmed its commitment to enhancing energy modelling capacity for both energy modelers and policymakers across AMS. This capacity-building initiative was designed to promote data-driven and innovative policy formulation throughout the region. It also served as an encouragement for participants to apply energy modelling in their respective energy policy development, aligning with ASEAN’s vision of achieving energy security, affordability, and sustainability for all.

Trainers: Jason Veysey, Muhammad Rizki Kresnawan, Michael Petalio, Kentaro Noma

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Joint LEAP/MoFuss workshop on Charcoal and Fuelwood Planning in Haiti

While recent research has questioned their impact on forest loss, charcoal and woodfuel consumption are still likely to contribute to environmental degradation and deforestation in Haiti, especially if demand for these fuels continues to grow in the future. Cleaner fuels and technologies can reduce these impacts, but may involve trade-offs. Understanding how wood, charcoal, and other energy sources affect land use, health, and climate change is therefore essential for designing effective policy responses.

In a four-day workshop held in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, staff from SEI and UNAM (the National Autonomous University of Mexico) led a training workshop for government officials from Haiti that showed how two tools can be used to help consider some of these questions. The first few days focused on how LEAP can be used for examining wood and charcoal consumption and production. Next, participants learned how to use the MoFuSS (Modeling Fuelwood Savings Scenarios) tool to assess fuelwood degradation in Haiti.

The trainings were led by Charlie Heaps and Rob Bailis from SEI and by Adrian Ghilardi from UNAM. Adrian is the lead developer of MoFuSS.

Congratulations to all the participants for their hard work and enthusiasm in completing such an intensive workshop. Special thanks to Soukaina Martin for her amazing work translating four whole days of the workshop, and to Andye Sanon and colleagues from the Clean Cooking Alliance for organizing and funding the event.

Related Links

• Clean Cooking Alliance
• MoFuSS

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Rob Bailis

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Using LEAP for Energy Planning in Pakistan

In Pakistan, electricity demand far outpaces its supply, resulting in daily blackouts for hours. Energy prices are increasing for residents and the government struggles to secure an adequate supply of imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) while its domestic reserves are rapidly depleting.

It all stunts the country's growth and commercial activity and falls short of meeting its socioeconomic needs. Yet energy demand is only increasing. According to Pakistan's Integrated Energy Planning for Sustainable Development agency (IEP), accounting for all energy sources, the country’s energy consumption increased from 12 million tons of oil equivalent (Mtoe) to more than 52 Mtoe in 2020 – and that’s projected to jump to 99.2 Mtoe by 2030.

In response, the Government of Pakistan (GoP) established an Energy Planning and Resource Centre (EPRC) to develop an Integrated Energy Planning system with the goal of providing sustainable, reliable and cost-effective energy.

To help decision-makers develop informed policy, the EPRC, with support from USAID, invited SEI researchers to train 20 government employees from a diverse set of public agencies – and one USAID contractor – on how to use LEAP.

SEI scientists Silvia Ulloa and Jessica Slater conducted the five-day training at the beginning of August in the Pakistan Planning and Management Institute in Islamabad. They taught the participants how to model energy demand, energy supply, emissions and scenarios in LEAP, as well as perform cost-benefit analysis and optimization modelling using the complementary energy modelling software, NEMO. Trainees practiced inputting various policies into a LEAP model and analyzed their impacts and costs.

"The info provided here has really (piqued) my interest in working on demand and supply forecasting and integrating energy and environment together to make a model for IEP," one participant wrote. "It is a great value addition in my profile and I am looking forward to working on it in detail in the future."

Pakistan's Minister for Planning, Development and Special initiatives Ahsan Iqbal, Deputy Mission Director of USAID-Pakistan David Young, and a member of Pakistan's Energy Planning Commission, Waqas Bin Najib, attended a closing ceremony for the training.

In comments to the attendees, Iqbal spoke to the importance of data-driven energy policy to foster development and the need to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources.

Participants foresee applying their new knowledge for developing detailed bottom-up projections of energy demand, integrated energy planning using cost-optimization, and conducting an integrated evaluation of policy scenarios and new technologies, assessing their impacts on costs and GHG emissions.

Trainers: Silvia Ulloa, Jessica Slater

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Final Handover Workshop for Mexico Climate Planning Project

This was the final workshop of the project to support Mexican agencies (SEMARNAT, INECC Instituto Nacional de Ecología y Cambio Climático, Conuee) by developing an integrated framework to estimate the mitigation potential and health co-benefits of climate policy measures, with a focus on energy efficiency and renewable energy. As part of the project, SEI - Stockholm Environment Institute and its partners Fundación Bariloche and Carbon Trust developed a comprehensive model of Mexico's GHG, SLCP and local air pollutants within LEAP.

The project was conceived and supported by GIZ, German International Cooperation and SEMARNAT as part of the broader CONECC program (Enhancing the coherence of climate and energy policies in Mexico).

As far as possible, the model was based on official and publicly accessible sources of data. It builds on past modeling efforts for the transport, industry and power generation sectors developed by INECC, CONUEE and other Mexican agencies and is calibrated to closely match the latest official energy balances, GHG inventories and power sector development plans for the country.

The resulting LEAP model will be made available to a wide range of stakeholders in Mexico to help promote transparency, inter-agency collaboration and more holistic and ambitious climate pathways planning.

Related Links:

• CONECC

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Silvia Ulloa, Fran Lallana, Jorge Gutierrez, Pedro Hernandez (GIZ), Ivan Islas (Carbon Trust)

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Integrated Area-Based Planning for Rural Wood Energy Development

This was a training conducted all the way back in 1992 when LEAP was being used by RWEDP: the Rural Wood Energy Development Programme of the FAO: the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization.

One of the trainers, Conrado Heruela described it as a "pioneering effort to computerize renewable energy planning for rural development".

Trainers: David Von Hippel, Conrado Heruela

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Capacity Enhancement for Planning and Decision-Support Within the Energy Sector in CARICOM Countries

This virtual training course, which was run over two months, built capacity in the CARICOM region to use LEAP for integrated sustainable energy and climate mitigation planning. The course was being led by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute (GHGMI) and supported by the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE) and GIZ,German International Cooperation.

The workshop had record-breaking participation. 123 participants from 14 of the 15 CARICOM countries completed the course. We were inspired by the hard work, passion and commitment of the trainees (especially given the intensive schedule and grueling homework assignments, coming right at the peak of the COVID pandemic).

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Silvia Ulloa, Benise Joseph, Donnie Boodlal

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Kuwait Energy Outlook (KEO)

A series of trainings and modeling workshops for staff of the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), with support from UNDP Kuwait, the International Energy Agency (IEA) and SEI, culminated in the first edition of the Kuwait Energy Outlook (KEO): an economy-wide analysis of energy consumption and production in the country. Based on a LEAP scenario analysis developed jointly by KISR and SEI, the KEO makes the case for a new energy strategy for the country: one that fosters economic diversification and reduced fossil fuel dependency, and which promotes energy efficiency and renewable energy.

The KEO includes detailed analyses of the residential, transportation, desalination and electric generation sectors, and highlights how a transition to a more diversified, energy efficient and renewables-based system can help Kuwait reduce its per capita GHG emissions, which are currently among the highest in the world (21 tonnes per person). Any such transition will require careful reform of energy prices. These are currently highly subsidized and so act as a huge barrier to economically rational energy efficiency and conservation.

The study also highlights the urgent need to improve data collection and sharing in the country and to scale up the institutional capacity for data collection, planning and analysis. The current paucity of energy statistics was challenging for the production of the outlook and prevented detailed analysis of key sectors (industry and services).KISR intends to make the KEO an annual flagship report. As data improves, it expects to deepen the analysis of energy policies in future editions, for example with more precise and detailed analysis of key sectors and the development of a cost-benefit analysis of policy options as the basis for setting energy strategy priorities.

Related Links

• KEO Executive Summary (English)
• KEO Executive Summary (Arabic)
• KEO Full Report (English)
• KEO Full Report (Arabic)
• KEO Video
• KEO PowerPoint

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Trainers: Charlie Heaps

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Using LEAP to Develop Energy Balances for Comoros

A one week training in Moroni, Comoros for participamts from Grande Comore, Anjouan and Moheli on developing the country's first energy balance, and integrating LEAP into national energy planning.

Trainers: Taylor Binnington, Ogeya Mbeo

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Integrated Resource and Resilience Planning in Lao PDR

A workshop in Lao PDR on sustainable electricity planning. Electricity supply and demand are growing in Lao PDR at impressive rates, and national planners face challenging questions about how to ensure sustainability and reliability at reasonable cost. A key issue is how to how to maximize benefits from hydropower while negotiating connectivity and environmental constraints.

Jason Veysey of SEI presented on Integrated Resource and Resilience Planning, and sessions also explored complementarities between hydro and solar PV. The workshop was conducted by the USAID Clean Power Asia program, which worked across the Lower Mekong region to enable renewable power deployment and support sustainable electricity systems. The USAID project wasimplemented by Abt Associates.

Trainers: Jason Veysey

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Climate and Air Pollution Modeling for Chile

A seminar and workshop organized by the Climate Change Division of the Ministry of Environment (Ministerio del Medio Ambiente de Chile - MMA) and attended by many other groups including the Division of Air Pollution and the Ministry of Energy.

The week was the starting point in developing a LEAP-IBC-based model used to assess the climate and air pollution implications of the country’s energy, climate change, and air pollution policies. The work will build on many existing LEAP-based modeling efforts including the work done during the MAPS programme, and the existing energy model maintained by the Ministry of Energy. Chris Malley and Charlie Heaps from SEI worked with a team led by Carmen Gloria Contreras Fierro, Priscilla Andrea Ulloa Menares, and Sebastián Tolvett. The event was supported by the Climate & Clean Air Coalition.

During the initial seminar, it was great to see so much other exciting work being conducted in Chile using LEAP, including the data management and results visualization techniques being developed by Bruno Campos and his team at E2BIZ, the Energy Sector Scenarios developed at the Ministry of Energy, and a major new study on "Scenarios for the Future of Electricity" in Chile, to be published soon by the industry association Generadoras de Chile.

Related Links:

• Chilean Ministry of Environment
• Ministry of Energy
• CCAC: The Climate and Clean Air Coalition
• E2BIZ
• Generadoras de Chile

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Chris Malley

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Strengthening Capacity for Improved Transparency of Climate Change Action

This 5-day training strengthened capacity for improved transparency of climate Change mitigation and adaptation actions in the Maldives in line with Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) of the Paris Agreement (PA), with a particular focus on training staff of the Government of Maldives represented by the Ministry of Climate Change, Environment and Energy (MCCEE) in using LEAP.

The training was led by Charlotte Wagner of SEI and Benise Joseph of the MRV Hub and organized by Mohamed Inaz, Technical Coordinator for the Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) Project ion the Maldives. CBIT-Maldives is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by MCCEE with assistance from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The ultimate goal was to inform the national decision making process as well as regularly report to the UNFCCC process.

The hands-on training focuses on familiarizing participants with LEAP’s user interface and terminology while enhancing skills in modeling energy demand and supply, energy-related emissions, and analyzing the costs and benefits of energy systems.

Trainers: Charlotte Wagner, Benise Joseph

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Authors Meeting to Review LEAP Africa Modeling for the Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate Change in Africa.

Here's an image from one of the authors' meetings of the Integrated Assessment of Air Pollution and Climate Change in Africa. For this project, we built an Africa-wide LEAP model with national-scale detail. The model and final report were used to examine how Africa can meet the development goals laid out in the African Union's Agenda 2063 with a special focus on combatting air pollution and climate change.

These meetings were used to make sure the Assessment authors thoroughly understood and approved of the methods used in the model including detailed review of the parameters used to represent the dozens of policy measures assessed in the modeling.

The assessment itself was organized by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) and the Africa Union (AU) and implemented by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI).

More on the assessment including reports, brochures, etc. available here.

Trainers: Charlie Heaps, Johan Kuylenstierna, Silvia Ulloa, Chris Malley

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