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Guidelines for inclusive and equitable energy and transport modeling Open

Marissa Bergman, Julia Tomei, Stephanie Hirmer, Beatrice Stockport, Fatima Afifah , et al. · 2025

Energy and transport models are powerful tools for shaping policy, development pathways, and financial decisions. However, these models often fail to account for gender equality and social inclusion (GESI), perpetuating systemic inequities…

Assessing Grid Affordability for Universal Electricity Accessin Sub-Saharan Africa Open

Stephanie Hirmer, Y. N. Kou, Yang Pu, Alycia Leonard, Florian Egli · 2025

Grid expansion is seen as a key strategy for increasing electricity access across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, whether utilities can generate sufficient revenue from customers under current tariffs to support the capital investment f…

Mapping the cost competitiveness of African green hydrogen imports to Europe Open

Florian Egli, Flurina Schneider, Alycia Leonard, Claire Halloran, Nicholas Salmon , et al. · 2025

Governments in many European countries have high hopes for cheap green hydrogen (H 2 ) from Africa to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors. Using geospatial levelized cost models, this study evaluates the economic feasibility of exporting gre…

Shedding light on vulnerability: Intersectional energy planning for development Open

Alycia Leonard, Kuthea Nguti, Micaela Flores Lanza, Stephanie Hirmer · 2025

Militia, Boko Haram, Banditry, and Infrastructure Bursts: Impacts on Nigerian Energy Systems Open

Haruna Inuwa, Alycia Leonard, Stephanie Hirmer · 2025

Climate Change Adaptation, Social Resilience, and Perceived Values Data from Turkana, Machakos and Narok Counties, Kenya Open

Beatrice Stockport, Yang Pu, James Kimani, Alycia Leonard, Stephanie Hirmer · 2024

This dataset provides socioeconomic and value perception interview data collected from 1,021 individuals living across three counties in Kenya: Turkana, Machakos and Narok. The data are made available with sub-county level geospatial attri…

Policy support for BECCS and DACCS in Europe: the view of market participants Open

Yang Pu, Samuel Fankhauser, Stephen M. Smith, Ingrid Sundvor, Stephanie Hirmer , et al. · 2024

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is the essential ‘net’ in net zero. However, a thriving CDR industry will not come into being without government intervention. As governments start to devise CDR support policies, this paper solicits the views …

Author Correction: Africa needs context-relevant evidence to shape its clean energy future Open

Yacob Mulugetta, Youba Sokona, Philipp A. Trotter, Samuel Fankhauser, Jessica Omukuti , et al. · 2024

Correction to: Nature Energyhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01152-0, published online 24 October 2022 In the version of the article initially published, Gebrekidan Gebresilassie Eshetu’s name appeared incorrectly as Eshetu Gebrekidan Ge…

How can emerging economies meet development and climate goals in the transport-energy system? Modelling co-developed scenarios in Kenya using a socio-technical approach Open

James Dixon, Elena Pierard, Patrick Mwanzia, Paschal Giki, Joshua Oduor , et al. · 2024

Perceived values and climate change resilience dataset in Siaya County, Kenya Open

Yang Pu, Alycia Leonard, Micaela Flores Lanza, Makena Ireri, Stephanie Hirmer · 2024

This dataset presents perceived values and socioeconomic indicators collected in Siaya, a rural county in Kenya in 2022. The data was obtained from 300 household surveys and group interviews conducted in six sub-counties across eleven vill…

GeoH2 model: Geospatial cost optimization of green hydrogen production including storage and transportation Open

Claire Halloran, Alycia Leonard, Nicholas Salmon, Leander A. Müller, Stephanie Hirmer · 2024

This preprint presents GeoH2, a geospatial model that optimizes the cost of green hydrogen production, storage, transport, and conversion. This model calculates the cost of producing green hydrogen in a specified location to meet demand in…

Geospatial and socioeconomic prediction of value-driven clean cooking uptake Open

Micaela Flores Lanza, Alycia Leonard, Stephanie Hirmer · 2024

Understanding the community-specific values and needs of consumers is essential for effective targeting and planning of energy services such as clean cooking. Many clean cooking programmes do not however consider these values and needs in …

Differentiating Tariffs for Electricity-Enabled Businesses in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Based on Ability to Pay Open

Daniel Mutia Mwendwa, Tonny Kukeera, Alycia Leonard, Scot Wheeler, Malcolm McCulloch , et al. · 2024

Renewable energy in Morocco: Assessing resource curse risks Open

Alycia Leonard, Aniq Ahsan, Flora Charbonnier, Stephanie Hirmer · 2023

Renewable energy development and export creates an opportunity for low- and middle-income countries to foster green economic growth while supporting global decarbonisation. However, without careful assessment of risks, a renewable energy b…

A dataset of community perspectives on living conditions and disaster risk management in informal settlements: A case study in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa Open