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  • Energy efficiency
    Renewable energy

    Addis Ababa - Rooftop Solar Potential Mapping Popular

    Last Updated:
    April 15, 2022
    Countries:
    Ethiopia
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    231
    This dataset contains solar rooftop potential data (suitable rooftop area, installable capacity, estimated yearly electricity generation, and building type ) at individual building structure level for a sample area of interest in Addis...
  • Energy access
    Renewable energy

    SE4ALL Database Popular

    Last Updated:
    March 30, 2017
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    379
    The “Sustainable Energy for all (SE4ALL)” initiative, launched in 2010 by the UN Secretary General, established three global objectives to be accomplished by 2030: to ensure universal access to modern energy services, to double the...
  • Climate

    World - Climate Watch Popular

    Last Updated:
    March 30, 2022
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    211
    Climate Watch is an online platform designed to empower policymakers, researchers, media and other stakeholders with the open climate data, visualizations and resources they need to gather insights on national and global progress on...
  • Renewable energy
    Solar

    Benin - Solar Global Horizontal Irradiance Popular

    Last Updated:
    November 27, 2023
    Countries:
    Benin
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    160
    Annual global horizontal irradiation (kWh/m2). 1 square kilometer resolution. Solar resource data obtained from the Global Solar Atlas, owned by the World Bank Group and provided by Solargis.
  • Hydropower
    Solar

    West Africa and India - Hydropower Dams Popular

    Last Updated:
    April 16, 2020
    Countries:
    Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea + 8
    Regions:
    Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    277
    This database contains parameters gathered after an assessment of the technological potential for development of floating solar photovoltaic (PV) projects on existing hydropower dams and other reservoirs, starting with a pilot in FY18...
  • Energy access
    Transmission and distribution

    South Africa - Electricity Transmission and Distribution Popular

    Last Updated:
    June 8, 2020
    Countries:
    South Africa
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    410
    Transmission network for South Africa, including some lines down to 44 and 88 kV. Does not include any planned lines. Data is from a March 2017 extract from OpenStreetMap. All data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
  • Renewable energy
    Resource assessments
    Wind

    Offshore Wind Technical Potential Popular

    Last Updated:
    March 3, 2021
    Countries:
    Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Brazil + 50
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    2777
    This dataset presents the technical potential for offshore wind development at the country level, split into potential for fixed and floating foundations. The files are grouped per WB regions and delivered in PDF, .SHP, .KMZ (CRS:4326)...
  • Physical features

    Liberia-River Popular

    Last Updated:
    November 10, 2021
    Countries:
    Liberia
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    90
    This layer contains river network in Libeira that is produced by NRECA to be use as base data for the mapping under NEA project analysis.
  • Renewable energy
    Solar

    Ghana - Average Global Horizontal (GHI) GIS Data Popular

    Last Updated:
    June 8, 2020
    Countries:
    Ghana
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    221
    Data of high resolution (10kmx10km) Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI) for Ghana for the years 2000, 2001 and 2002. The data are available for monthly and annual sums stored in a ESRI-Shapefile. The data are helpful for the assessment of...
  • Solar

    Senegal - Solar Radiation Measurement Data Popular

    Last Updated:
    November 28, 2023
    Countries:
    Senegal
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    272
    Ground measurement data from 3 solar meteorological stations in Senegal. Data contains 1 minute average values for solar radiation, air temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, precipitation, wind speed at 3m, wind speed...
  • Project sites
    Transmission and distribution

    Liberia-Large Mini-Grid Transformers-NEA Project Popular

    Last Updated:
    November 10, 2021
    Countries:
    Liberia
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    112
    This layer contains large mini-grid project transformer location and characteristics that is proposed under NEA project analysis.
  • Renewable energy
    Resource assessments
    Wind

    Somalia - Mesoscale Wind Mapping Phase1 Popular

    Last Updated:
    November 27, 2023
    Countries:
    Somalia
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    148
    This dataset contains GIS data and LIB files from an initial wind resource assessment for Somalia. For more information please visit: https://www.esmap.org This dataset is outdated, please refer to the Global Wind Atlas for the best...
  • Resource assessments

    World- Unconventional Hydrocarbon Resources: Shale Basins Popular

    Last Updated:
    March 31, 2022
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    200
    The West Virginia Geographic Information Systems Technical Center (WVGISTC) and West Virginia University (WVU) collaborated with the World Resources Institute (WRI) to compile digital GIS geometry and attribute data of major natural...
  • Project sites
    Transmission and distribution

    Liberia - Electric Grid Expansion Transformers- NEA Project Popular

    Last Updated:
    November 11, 2021
    Countries:
    Liberia
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    97
    This layer contains grid expansion project transformers location and characteristics that is proposed under NEA project analysis.
  • Physical features

    Liberia-Digitized Building Structures Popular

    Last Updated:
    November 10, 2021
    Countries:
    Liberia
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    111
    This layer contains digitized structures that is produced by NRECA to be used as input for NEA project clustering algorithm and analysis.
  • Energy access

    World - Night Light Annual Composite Popular

    Last Updated:
    May 31, 2019
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    244
    The Earth Observations Group (EOG) at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) is producing a version 1 suite of average radiance composite images using nighttime data from the...
  • Energy access

    Access to MECS Players Database Popular

    Last Updated:
    November 30, 2021
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    332
    Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). 2020. Access to Modern Energy Cooking Services: Players and Initiatives Database. Washington, DC: World Bank.
  • Demographics

    Kenya - High Resolution Settlement Layer Popular

    Last Updated:
    March 23, 2018
    Countries:
    Kenya
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    239
    The High Resolution Settlement Layer (HRSL) provides estimates of human population distribution at a resolution of 1 arc-second (approximately 30m) for the year 2015. The population estimates are based on recent census data and...
  • Energy access
    Energy demand
    Water

    Nigeria - NMIS water facility data Popular

    Last Updated:
    November 21, 2023
    Countries:
    Nigeria
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    237
    The Nigeria MDG (Millennium Development Goals) Information System – NMIS water facility data is collected by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on the Millennium Development Goals (OSSAP-MDGs) in partner with the...
  • Climate

    Methane Tracker Database Popular

    Last Updated:
    April 22, 2022
    Regions:
    Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
    Views:
    237
    The database is subject to the IEA’s Terms and Conditions, available at https://www.iea.org/terms. This database presents the IEA’s country-by-country estimates of energy-related methane emissions. For the oil and gas sector, we present...
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