Newsletters
Week 131:
(1) Zambia CCG Network Workshop
(2) End of the ICTP Joint Summer School 2023
(3) Two Job Opportunities with CCG
Week 130:
(1) Update from the ICTP Joint Summer School 2023 on Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development
(2) Launch of the Viet Nam CCG Network
(3) No Transition Without Transmission – the case for grids and interconnection
Week 129:
(1) 60 Transport Starter Data Kits now live!
(2) Exploring Frameworks for the Aggregation of Subnational Energy Plans in Kenya
(3) Start of the ICTP Joint Summer School 2023 on Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development
(4) Research Assistant/Associate Job Opportunity
Announcing the Viet Nam CCG Network:
CCG’s National Partnerships team has recently partnered with the National Economics University (NEU) in Hanoi.
Week 123:
Premiere of ‘Smoke Jumpers’
Week 121:
(1) IAEA and CCG Create World First in Open-Source Training
(2) A new era of self-reliance for African energy policy creators as students become teachers for the first time with CCG.
Week 119:
(1) ICTP Joint Summer School on Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development
(2) Sub-Sahara Africa’s Transition to Net-Zero: Electricity Sector Investment Insights and Opportunities
(3) Alternative Energy for Cooking in Zambia: Towards a Sustainable Energy Transition
Week 115:
(1) Net Zero Portfolio Targets for Development Finance Institutions: Challenges and Solutions
(2) Zambia CCG Network: CCG Zambia Workshop & Energy Sector Devolution in Zambia Workshop
(3) CCG General Meeting
Week 112:
(1) Green Hydrogen workshop with the British Deputy High Commission Chandigarh, India
(2) Policy change and business model innovation: The case of off-grid energy for sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa
(3) Effects of switching from biomass stoves to electric and subsequent reduction in emissions in the Kenyan energy sector
Week 113:
(1) Data-to-Deal: Developing an ecosystem to accelerate sustainable releases of international funding
(2) Workshop: Towards a Transport Data Commons – Making High Quality Data Accessible
(3) Applications for Energy Modelling Platform for Africa 2023
(4) Job Opportunity: Research Assistant at CCG with the University of Oxford
Week 111:
(1) TransitionZero partners with CCG and Green Grids Initiative to accelerate low-carbon development
(2) TRAnsition pathways project launches in Zambia
(3) CCG Research supports Green Grids Initiative in South Africa
Week 110:
(1) Second-life battery systems for affordable energy access in Kenyan primary schools
(2) Techno-economic data and assumptions for long-term energy systems modelling in Viet Nam
(3) Energy and Decarbonization Starter-Kit for Uganda
Week 109:
(1) Reminder: Energy Modelling Platform for Africa
(2) Africa needs country-specific narratives for a clean energy future
(3) CCG Impact in Zambia and Kenya
Week 108:
(1) Announcing the Energy Modelling Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean (EMP-LAC) Linkedin Community
(2) Job Opportunity: Short-term Research Consultant to conduct scoping work for CCG in India
(3) Energy and Decarbonization Starter-Kit for Peru
Week 107:
(1) Science policy frameworks for a post-pandemic green economic recovery
(2) Energy Modelling Platform for Africa 2023 (EMP-A)
(3) Job Opportunity: Research Consultant to conduct scoping work for CCG in Ghana
(4) Reimagining Motion: Series 2 High Volume Transport Applied Research Programme podcast
Week 106:
(1) IRENA General Assembly: Africa’s Continental Master Plan
(2) Material requirements for future low-carbon electricity projections in Africa
(3) Impact from the 2022 ICTP Joint Summer School on Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development, supported by CCG
National Partnership Newsletter Week 106:
Visits to CCG Partner Countries in November 2022
(1) Vientiane, Laos
(2) Hanoi, Vietnam
(3) Accra, Ghana
Week 105:
(1) Putting the foot down: Accelerating EV uptake in Kyrgyzstan
(2) Resource efficiency in Lao PDR industry: guidelines for a sustainable industrial development
(3) Energy and Decarbonization Starter-Kit for Rwanda
Week 104:
(1) Happy New Year from CCG – a brief reflection on some of the highlights from 2022
(2) Energy Modelling Platform for Africa (EMP-A) Announcement – Sign ups now open [please note, the dates have now been confirmed. See here for up-to-date info.
(3) Starter Data Kit for Uruguay
Week 101:
(1) MUSE: An open-source agent-based integrated assessment modelling framework
(2) Building models to assess the flexibility of the power grid in Kenya: Capacity building activities
(3) Resource efficiency in Lao PDR industry: Report
(4) Energy Modelling Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean: EMP-LAC
Week 100:
(1) Announcing the Zambia CCG Network
(2) Roundtable Initiative on Strategic Energy Planning
(3) Workshop: The economic, finance and policy implications of CCG in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)
(4) Energy and Decarbonization Starter-Kit for Niger
Week 99:
(1) CCG & World Bank Workshop: The economic, finance and policy implications of CCG in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) economy, finance, policy.
(2) Energy Modelling Platform for Africa (EMP-A) LinkedIn Community
(3) Spatial Data Starter Kit for OnSSET Energy Planning in Kitui County, Kenya
(4) Deadline reminders for Flexible Research Fund & EMP-LAC
Week 98: E-Mobility and Renewable Energy Integration; Free courses on simple toolkits for energy modelling; COP27 Policy Brief for Egypt; and the Flexible Research Fund and EMP-LAC announcements
Week 97: CCG’s Flexible Research Fund: First Call; Applications open for the EMP-LAC 2023; and mobilising climate finance for grids
Week 95: CCG COP27 Side Events; Two new SuM4All publications on E-mobility; Two COP27 Policy Briefs on Sierra Leone and Indonesia; and a Job Opportunity
Week 94: CCG COP27 Side Events; Africa needs context-relevant evidence to shape its clean energy future {Nature Energy}; Announcing CCG’s UK PACT project; and Three COP27 Policy Briefs
Week 93: Knowledge and tools for low-carbon investment and finance; Three COP27 Policy Briefs; OSeMOSYS Global; and Two Job Opportunities
Week 92: Three COP27 Policy Briefs; Job Opportunity: Strategic Communications Lead; a Starter-Kit for Rwanda; and a HVT Research Knowledge Exchange Webinar
Week 91: Africa’s road to COP27; The effects of climate change mitigation strategies on the energy system of Africa and its associated water footprint; Job Opportunity: STEER Project Manager (CCG); and the new podcast series from HVT
Week 90: Green Grids Initiative Ecosystem: New Website; Mat-dp paper; a COP27 Policy Brief; and Loughborough University Vice-Chancellor Awards
Week 89: Two COP27 Policy Briefs; Job Opportunity- STEER Project Manager (CCG); and a Starter Data Kit for Papua New Guinea
Week 88: Announcing Climate Compatible Growth’s COP27 Side Events; Publication of CCG COP27 Policy Briefs; High Volume Transport Workshops; and the EMP-LAC virtual event
Week 87: The First Energy Modelling Platform (LAC) meeting; Climate, Land, Energy and Water systems interactions; and Data Data Data- Catchup Video
Week 86: Behavioural factors that drive stacking with traditional cooking fuels; Job Opportunity: Research Fellow in Policies for Climate Compatible Development at UCL; and a Starter Kit for South Sudan
Week 85: Enabling Environments for E-Mobility and Renewable Energy Integration in Southeast Asia; a Job Opportunity; and “What is the role of Universities”: Catchup Video
Week 84: Supporting a self-sustained energy planning ecosystem; a Job Opportunity; EMP-LAC Introduction Week [online]; a Starter-Kit for Uruguay; and a Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions Webinar
Week 83: Energy Modelling Platform; OSeMOSYS Community; Watch Session 5 from the ICTP Joint Summer School; and a Job Opportunities with Modern Energy and Cooking Services
Week 82: Rural Home Annotation Dataset Mapped by Citizen Scientists in Satellite Imagery; Job Opportunity- Postdoctoral Research Assistant; and Starter-Kits for Mozambique
Week 81: Applying citizen science and computer vision to home mapping for rural energy access; Watch Session 4 from the ICTP Joint Summer School; and Starter-Kits for South Korea
Week 79: Increasing spatial and temporal resolution in an energy system optimization model; ICTP Summer School High-Level Meeting – Session 3; and a Starter-Kit for Mali
Week 78: OSeMOSYS Global Interactive Platform; COP27 Policy Brief Update; and a Starter-Kit for Paraguay
Week 77: Stats from the 2022 ICTP Joint Summer School on Modelling Tools for Sustainable Development; Learn about CCG’s involvement with the UK’s Energy Transition Council; and a Starter-Kit for Taiwan
Week 76: OSeMOSYS Global; National Case Studies for a sustainable energy transition; and a Starter-Kit for Colombia
Week 75: A high-level meeting to end the ICTP Joint Summer School; COP26 Catchup Video – Climate Finance for Grid investments; and a Starter-Kit for Burundi
Week 74: CCG Lao PDR Network Workshop; The Green Grids Initiative Catchup Video; and a Starter-Kit for Thailand
Week 73: CCG Transport Data for Starter Data Kits; Integrated Climate Resilience: Catchup Video; and a Starter-Kit for Bolivia
Week 72: UN ESCAP Seventy-eighth session of the Commission; Transport-Energy Database: Kenya; COP26 Catchup Video; and a Starter-Kit for Malaysia
Week 71: The Resource Curse in Renewable Energy; Launch of the Strategic Energy Planning Principles: Catchup Video; and a Starter-Kit for Guinea
Week 70: Green Hydrogen for Development; Call for Papers on Energy Systems Modelling; and a Starter-Kit for Chile
Week 69: Potential Implications of High Fossil Fuel Prices; IPCC findings on Energy Demand Reductions; and Green Grids and the case for cross-border trade of renewable energy
Week 68: Call For Evidence; Transport-Energy Database: Laos; Accelerated low carbon COVID Recovery: Catchup Video; and a Starter-Kit for Ethiopia
Week 66: Zambia CCG Network Inception Workshop; the methodology for creating Starter Data Kits; and a Starter Data Kit for Chad
Week 65: A COP26 Policy Brief for Indonesia; Session 4 Catch Up Video from COP26; and a Starter Data Kit for Zimbabwe
Week 64: CCG Kenya Network Annual Workshop 2022, How climate policies can translate to tangible change, a Job Opportunity: Programme Manager Climate Compatible Growth Programme, and a Survey
Week 63: COP26 Policy Brief for Central Java; SuM4All: Rebalancing the electromobility – Video of Session 3 from COP26 Side Events, and an Energy and Decarbonization Starter-Kit for Benin
Week 62: Job Opportunity; a COP26 Policy Brief on the iron and steel industry in India, and an Energy and Decarbonization Starter-Kit for Argentina
Week 61: Looking beyond the (EV) horizon; Video of Launch of the HDMM under a new Multi-donor Trust Fund, and an Energy and Decarbonization Starter-Kit for Argentina
Week 60: clicSAND for OSeMOSYS: a user-friendly interface for energy system modelling analysis; Call for Papers on Energy Systems Modelling for Planning in Africa and Small Island Countries, and a Starter Kit for Libya
Week 59: Pre-print on ‘Starter Data Kits’; Bank climate actions and their implications for the coal power sector; the Session 2 recording from COP26, and the Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarship
Week 58: Job Opportunity: Short-term Communications Consultant for CCG; COP26 Policy Brief for Indonesia, and an Energy and Decarbonization Starter-Kit for Senegal
Week 57: COP26 Policy brief: micro-hydro and public engagement in Indonesia; Ecosystem for Change – catch up on YouTube; and a starter data kit for the Philippines
Week 56: Announcing the Lao PDR CCG Network; a COP26 Policy brief on India; and a starter data kit for Myanmar
Week 55: Gender-inclusivity in energy service design; a job opportunity for a short-term research consultant (Vietnam); and a starter data kit for Venezuela
Week 54: Job Opportunity: Short-term Researcher, Making E-Mobility and Renewable Integration Work in Asia and the Pacific, a COP26 Policy Brief for Bangladesh, and a Starter data kit for Indonesia
Week 53: Seven reasons global transport is so hard to decarbonise, and a COP26 Policy Brief and Starter data kit for Nigeria
Happy New Year!
Week 50: New CCG Youtube Channel! Energy Modelling Platform for Africa (EMP-A) High-level Meeting, and a CO2P6 Policy Brief for Brazil
Week 49: Two CCG Policy Briefs, and an Energy and Decarbonization Starter-Kit for Vietnam
Week 48: Announcing the Kenya CCG Network, SuM4All Discussion Paper, and a COP26 Policy Brief: A holistic framework for reshaping urban energy infrastructure, Case Study of Cairo, Egypt
Week 47: Energy Modelling Platform for Africa (EMP-A), COP26 Policy Brief Regarding Risk in Investment Strategies, and a COP26 Policy Brief Concerning Electric Mobility in Developing Economies
Week 46: Potential Climate Risks for Meeting Zimbabwe’s NDC Goals, a COP26 Policy Brief regarding Bioethanol Impact on resources in the Philippines, and a COP26 Policy Brief on COVID-19 Recovery in Zambia
Week 45: COP26 Policy Briefs for Morocco and Africa, and a Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Geospatial Energy System modelling
Week 43: Climate Finance For Grid Investments In Emerging And Developing Economies (EMDEs), and Climate Compatible Growth: 12 COP26 Side Events
Week 42: Climate Compatible Growth: 12 COP26 Side Events, and two COP26 Policy Briefs for Morocco
Week 41: 12 COP26 Side Events, Energy Modelling Platform for Africa, and COP26 Policy Brief: Trade-offs between Mitigation and Development Objectives for South Africa
Week 40: Can electric vehicles be good for Sub-Saharan Africa? Second United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference, and a COP26 Policy Brief
Week 39: Green Grids Initiative – One Sun One World One Grid, COP26 Policy Brief, and CCG Kick-off at Loughborough University
Week 38: Infrastructure and Climate Resilience Course, a Scenario Discovery Approach to Least-cost Electrification Modelling, and a COP26 Energy Policy Brief
Week 37: New Starter Data Kits Available for South America, COP26 Energy Policy Briefing, and a Job Opportunity: Seeking a Research Associate in Climate Compatible Growth
Week 36: COP26 Energy Policy Briefings for South Africa, and an Energy and Decarbonization Starter-Kit for South Africa
Week 35: COP26 Energy Policy Briefings: Rapid electrification and Mini-grids in Keyna, and an Energy and Decarbonization Starter-Kit for Kenya
Week 34: COP26 Energy Policy Briefings for Indonesia, and an Energy and Decarbonization Starter-Kit for Indonesia
Week 33: COP26 Energy Policy Briefings, and an Energy and Decarbonization Starter-Kit for Cameroon
Week 32: COP26 Energy Policy Brief: Coal Phase Out, Starter Data kit for Laos, and an Electrification Investment Outlook for Gabon
Week 31: COP26 Energy Policy Briefings, Starter Data kit for Ghana, and an Electrification Investment Outlook for Liberia
Week 30: New Starter Data Kits for South-East/East Asia, Follow #CCGResearch on Social Media, and an Electrification Investment Outlook for Chad
Week 29: Energy Transition Council Meeting, Green Grids Initiative (GGI), and an Electrification Investment Outlook for Mali
Week 28: COP26 Policy Briefings, Video from SuM4All Consortium, and Starter Data Kits for Botswana
Week 27: Gulf-India Undersea Connector, GLUCOSE: New, simple, open global integrated assessment model, and a Starter-Kit for Egypt
Week 26: High-Level Dialogue of the SDSummerSchool 2021, The Road to Electric Transport, and a Starter-Kit for Angola
Week 25: UN High-level Energy Dialogue, Ofgem Road to Electric Transport, and a CCG job opportunity with Imperial College
Week 24: Sum4All Consortium meeting, New CCG course: Introduction to CLEWs, and Starter-Kit for Namibia
Week 23: New software ClicSAND, Starter Data Kits for Algeria, and Electrify Honduras
Week 22: Post-pandemic scenarios for Tunisia, Starter data kits for Morocco, and Electrify Papua New Guinea
Week 21: Build a community of practice, Starter data kits for Ghana, and Electrify Uganda
Week 20: Joint Summer School on Modelling Tools, Starter data kits for Zambia, and CCG on South Africa FM
Week 19: Joint Summer School on Modelling Tools, FINPLAN for Financial modelling, and Electrification of South Africa
Week 18: Energy flexibility assessments with FlexTool, Global coal phase out, and Electrification of Ethiopia
Week 17: Lao dialogue at the Energy Transition Council, Electrification of Burundi, and open source energy modelling system OSeMOSYS
Week 15: Job creation in Tunisia (pt. 2), a Model for the analysis of Energy Demand (MAED), and Electrification of Burkina Faso
Week 14: Electrification of Benin, Build an Energy Balance with EBS, and a Tunisian Input-output energy model (pt. 1)
Week 12: Electrification of Nigeria, CCG’s virtual Design Studio with Kenya, and Discussions with the Ministry of Energy, Ghana
Week 11: Electrification of Kenya, Data to assess investment models, and Planning for Post-Pandemic Rebound
Week 10: Increasing Hydro Trade in Latin America, Electrification in Ethiopia, and Good Governance
Week 6: Electrification of Cambodia, UN’s dialogue on Energy, and Climate Compatible Growth
Week 5: Accelerated COVID recovery, an info note, and an electrification investment outlook for Pakistan.