Newsletters

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 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 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 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
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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.