The Global Electrification Platform (GEP) is a multi-phase project led by the World Bank to standardize and simplify the use of geospatial tools for least-cost electrification planning. The GEP provides a high-level overview of the...

Population density per pixel at 100 metre resolution. WorldPop provides estimates of numbers of people residing in each 100x100m grid cell for every low and middle income country. Through ingegrating cencus, survey, satellite and GIS...

Developed by SOLARGIS and provided by the Global Solar Atlas (GSA), this data resource contains direct normal irradiation (DNI) in kWh/m² covering the globe. Data is provided in a geographic spatial reference (EPSG:4326). The resolution...

Developed by SOLARGIS and provided by the Global Solar Atlas (GSA), this data resource contains air temperature at 2m above ground level in °C covering the globe. Data is provided in a geographic spatial reference (EPSG:4326). The...

Overview: Global results from gridfinder model, produced by ESMAP based on joint work with Facebook and others. Uses night-time lights, road networks and existing grid network data to predict the location of transmission and distribution...

This dataset provides Land Use, Land Use Change and Soil Loss (Area: Shire sub basin) at 10m resolution. 1) Land use maps: covers land use for the years 2005 and 2010 and the resulting changes 2) Erosion map of 2010: Relative potential...

This spatial vector dataset shows areas of identified high quality potential for wind development divided into large contiguous areas called "zones." This dataset contains zones for the Southern Africa Power Pool (SAPP). This is one of...

The systematic review of published evidence on drivers of and barriers to transitioning populations to modern energy cooking services (MECS) was conducted under the MECS Program, a five-year initiative funded by UK Aid of the Foreign,...

Developed by SOLARGIS and provided by the Global Solar Atlas (GSA), this data resource contains global irradiation for optimally tilted surfaces (GTI) in kWh/m² covering the globe. Data is provided in a geographic spatial reference...

"This database has been collected by ESMAP as validation exercise for the multi-tier energy access questionnaire in Malawi. The multi-tier definition and measurement of energy access is an innovative approach that goes beyond the...

This spatial vector dataset shows areas of identified high quality potential for Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) development divided into large contiguous areas called "zones." This dataset shows all zones in the Southern Africa Power...

Water quality and temperature for Lake Malawi, Lake Malombe and Lake Chilwa, derived from MERIS FR images for 2010-2011 using the proprietary WISP algorithm. These parameters are: - Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) - Total Suspended Matter (TSM) -...

Combination of the following data sources: 1) data collected and prepared for a project of the World Bank Group in 2003 2) The Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD) study 3) OSM data © OpenStreetMap contributors This data is...

Crowdsourced price data from 15 pilot countries, namely, Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, Colombia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Venezuela and Vietnam; from December 2015 to August...

This dataset contains the GIS data used in the report, "Global Photovoltaic Power Potential by Country" generated by Solargis (https://solargis.com), with funding provided by the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). The...

Facebook has produced a model to help map global medium voltage (MV) grid infrastructure, i.e. the distribution lines which connect high-voltage transmission infrastructure to consumer-serving low-voltage distribution. The data found...

The Global Electrification Platform (GEP) is an open-access, open-resource, online platform that explores options for achieving universal electrification for the countries with greatest electrification deficits globally. Entire dataset,...

Data for power plants in Malawi with total installed generating capacity 10 mw from the Platts World Electric Power Plants Database (WEPP 2006).

Developed by SOLARGIS and provided by the Global Solar Atlas (GSA), this data resource contains global horizontal irradiation (GHI) in kWh/m² covering the globe. Data is provided in a geographic spatial reference (EPSG:4326). The...

Data repository for ground measurements and satellite data from 3 meteorological stations in Malawi. Data contains 1 minute average values for solar radiation levels, air temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, wind speed and...