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June 13, 2025
Energy Modelling Platform for Asia and the Pacific (EMP-APAC) 2025
This is the first ever Energy Modelling Platform for Asia and the Pacific (EMP-APAC) following on from twelve rounds of …
Overview
The Energy Modelling Platforms (EMP) are fundamental elements of the CCG Programme. Through them, and the training they provide to professionals in the Global South, those countries can empower themselves to collect relevant data, undertake their own analysis, and produce credible investment proposals for their clean energy infrastructure projects. EMP’s role in what we call ‘capacity building’ is crucial.
This page outlines upcoming events, provides links for further details, and gives some details about the overall Energy Modelling Platform.
EMP-A, Ghana, May 2024
EMP-LAC, Brazil, January 2024
EMP-Global, Trieste, July 2023
Please note, applications for EMP Africa 2025 are now closed and applications for Energy Modelling Platform – Global (details) and the first Energy Modelling Platform for Asia and the Pacific (details) are now open!
Co-Fund the EMP
The EMPs, since their inception by the OpTIMUS community (pre-dating CCG), have always been co-funded events, with some events receiving up to more then 70% co-funding. If you would like to support the EMP initative and co-fund the EMP events, please contact Rudolf Yeganyan (r.yeganyan1@lboro.ac.uk).
The EMP’s can also be co-funded directly via the Catalyst Facility, information about which can be found here.
Structure
Before joining the Energy Modelling Platform, applicants must go through a rigorous application process. As a part of this process, applicants must:
- Complete the Open Unviersity (OU) course of the tool in which they would like to be trained at the EMP and obtain a certificate,
- Complete the ‘Modelling, Policy, and Political Economy’ course and obtain a certificate.
The certificates of both courses that the participants complete must be attached as a part of the application.
The actual EMP event is a three week-long training, composed of one week of online training and two weeks of in person training. The online training aims to build on top of the skills that the participants have obtained in completing the OU course. In the latter two weeks, participants use their knowledge and technical skills of the tool to develop a case study of their country. In doing so, participants must create a presentation and report of their case study, and submit these in order to obtain a certificate of participation.