The Renewable Energy Potential Model (reV)
The Renewable Energy Potential (reV) model is a detailed spatio-temporal modeling assessment tool that allows the capacity, generation, and cost of renewable energy to be calculated based on geospatial intersection with grid infrastructure and land use characteristics. The reV model was designed to help planners, agencies, developers and researchers evaluate the potential of renewable energy resources.
Regional Energy Deployment System (ReEDS)
The Regional Energy Deployment System (ReEDS) is NREL's flagship capacity planning model for the electricity sector. The model simulates the evolution of the bulk power system (generation and transmission) from today to 2050 or later. The ReEDS model informs power sector research questions, clean energy policy, renewable energy integration, technology innovation, and transmission and generation infrastructure issues.
System Advisor Model (SAM)
The System Advisor Model (SAM) is a free techno-economic software model that facilitates decision making for people in the renewable energy industry. SAM can model many types of renewable energy systems including photovoltaic systems, batteries, concentrating solar power systems, industrial process heat, wind power, marine wave and tidal power systems, geothermal power, biomass, among others.
RE Data Explorer
RE Data Explorer provides renewable energy data, analytical tools and technical assistance to developers, policy and decision makers in developing countries. RE Data Explorer enables users to make meaningful decisions that support low-emission development and ultimately reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Greening The Grid
Greening the Grid is an information and guidance platform to support countries in electricity system transformation and grid modernization. The Greening the Grid platform is organized into topic-specific toolkits that provide 1) practical improvements to address the challenges of renewable energy development and 2) guidance on the application of these mechanisms to develop renewable energy.
Clean Energy Solutions Center (CESC)
The Clean Energy Solutions Center helps governments design and adopt policies and programs that support the deployment of transformative low-carbon technologies, and foster international collaboration on policy innovations. The Solutions Center offers no-cost assistance through a global network of more than 30 experts, and a global forum of clean energy experts with more than 35 leading international and regional organizations.
Long-Term Strategies (LTS) in Latin America: opportunities for greater public-private articulation in search of resilient, low-emission development
The content of the policy brief is based on discussions held at the virtual workshop Involving the private sector in LTS formulation processes, organized by ArticuLAC and the Inter-American Development Bank in October 2020, as well as a literature review and ad hoc consultations with representatives of public and private institutions in the region.
RETROFIT in Latin America and the Caribbean: challenges and lessons learned from the cases of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay
The case study seeks to make visible the experiences of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay in the generation of regulatory frameworks that cover retrofit processes (from combustion to electric vehicles), in order to expand the scope of vehicle conversion initiatives in other countries of the region.
NDC Partnership Thematic Call on LT-LEDS and NDC alignment, upgrade and improvement
The thematic call launched by the NDC Partnership focuses on supporting member countries in developing two key and interconnected fronts: preparing, updating and refining LT-LEDS and improving the quality and increasing the ambition of NDCs. The objective is to advance LT-LEDS and NDCs, while fostering alignment between the two instruments and building capacity for their sustained implementation.
Background and recommendations for the development, updating and sustainability of Long-Term Climate Strategies in Latin American countries.
The purpose of this study is to provide the countries of the region with background information on the main aspects that make up the LCAs and the existing experiences from which they can draw when developing their national strategies.
Exchange Space on Long Term Climate Strategies
The exchange space is an initiative promoted by the EUROCLIMA+ program that seeks to facilitate the exchange of experiences and best practices in the design and implementation of LCAs in the Latin American region.
Resources and technical tools focused on the energy sector
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