Energy development

This case study uses the Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP) Tool to create a model of Vermont to explore scenarios that achieve the Green House Gas (GHG) reduction targets for 2025, 2030 and 2050 set out in the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act.

LEAP, the Low Emissions Analysis Platform, is a widely-used software tool for energy policy analysis and climate change mitigation assessment developed at the Stockholm Environment Institute.

This study analysed biomass cookstove business models from Asia and Africa to better understand how to build business cases to reach scale.

This ‘Inside story on climate compatible development’ explores the factors that encouraged Barbados’ homes and businesses to establish and expand their use of solar water heating – and the lessons for other small, fossil fuel-dependent countries.

LEAP (Low Emissions Analysis Platform) is a powerful, versatile software system for integrated energy planning and greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation assessment. LEAP was previously known as the Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning tool.

Ghana’s energy sector has already showed signs of susceptibility to climate change, particularly the effect of highly variable precipitation patterns...