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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

    Senegal - Global Electrification Platform (GEP) Popular

    Last Updated:
    September 8, 2021
    Countries:
    Senegal
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    194
    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...
  • Energy access

    Uganda - Global Electrification Platform (GEP) Popular

    Last Updated:
    September 8, 2021
    Countries:
    Uganda
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    185
    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...
  • 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...
  • Energy access

    The Gambia - Global Electrification Platform (GEP) Popular

    Last Updated:
    September 8, 2021
    Countries:
    Gambia
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    142
    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...
  • Energy access

    Ethiopia - Global Electrification Platform (GEP) Popular

    Last Updated:
    September 8, 2021
    Countries:
    Ethiopia
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    309
    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...
  • 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.
  • Demographics
    Energy access

    Tanzania - Prioritization of locations for off-grid rural electrification Popular

    Last Updated:
    July 12, 2018
    Countries:
    Tanzania, United Republic of
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    207
    The overall objective of this project is to prioritize locations for off-grid rural electrification in Tanzania. New datasets will be developed that will enable faster and more accurate market analysis for distributed energy services...
  • Energy access

    Somalia - Global Electrification Platform (GEP) Popular

    Last Updated:
    September 8, 2021
    Countries:
    Somalia
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    165
    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...
  • 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

    Malawi - Global Electrification Platform (GEP) Popular

    Last Updated:
    September 8, 2021
    Countries:
    Malawi
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    216
    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...
  • Energy access

    Guinea-Bissau - Global Electrification Platform (GEP) Popular

    Last Updated:
    September 8, 2021
    Countries:
    Guinea-Bissau
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    109
    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...
  • Energy access

    Sierra Leone - Global Electrification Platform (GEP) Popular

    Last Updated:
    September 8, 2021
    Countries:
    Sierra Leone
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    167
    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...
  • 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.
  • Energy access

    Gabon - Global Electrification Platform (GEP) Popular

    Last Updated:
    September 8, 2021
    Countries:
    Gabon
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    104
    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...
  • 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)...
  • Energy access

    South Africa - Global Electrification Platform (GEP) Popular

    Last Updated:
    September 8, 2021
    Countries:
    South Africa
    Regions:
    Africa
    Views:
    165
    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...
  • 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...
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