Presentation by Dr. Dimitris Mentis, World Resources Institute | Many existing tools for advancing #energyaccess and #electrification planning have drawbacks that limit their effectiveness and practicality. This talk describes work by the World Resources Institute to develop a multi-dimensional energy access platform that adequately addresses both #energydemand and supply; reduces reliance on GIS and programming expertise; and deploys #opensource web infrastructure and a #GIS #data repository to store and administer data and functions.

Specifically, the talk focuses on the online mapping platform Energy Access Explorer, which is designed to enable strategic #energyplanning, expansion of energy access markets, prioritization of energy access investments, and estimation of energy needs for #development services.
https://www.energyaccessexplorer.org/

0:00 - 21:34 - Presentation
21:34 - Audience Q&A

About the Presenter: Dr. Dimitris Mentis leads WRI’s energy access mapping efforts to prioritize areas where access to energy should be expanded while ensuring socio-economic development. He also founded and led the development of the Open Source Spatial Electrification Toolkit (OnSSET) in collaboration with multiple intergovernmental organizations, mapped the technical potential of renewable energy resources nationally and regionally through complex GIS assessments and focused on assessing the water energy nexus at different scales. Dr. Mentis has a Ph.D. in Energy and Environmental Systems from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. 

This presentation was a part of the Energy Data Analytics Symposium hosted by Duke University on December 8-9, 2020. The Symposium’s theme was “Transforming Energy Systems with Data Science Techniques.”

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