First OSeMOSYS workshop at University of Costa Rica
Under the Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project in Latin America and Caribbean
The first OSeMOSYS workshop of a series of training activities between KTH-dESA and the University of Costa Rica (UCR) was held at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of UCR on 5 - 7 of March. The workshop is part of the Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project in Latin America and Caribbean (DDPP-LAC), funded by the Inter-American Development Bank and coordinated by Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network. A group of 7 participants attended the workshop which covered concepts of linear programming, energy systems modelling and the use of OSeMOSYS and the interface MoManI . During the workshop, the attendees built a simplified model of the electricity system of Costa Rica and are now working on the implementation of scenarios that target electricity demand, efficiency in electricity transmission and distribution, renewable energy potential for solar PV and onshore wind technologies, and exploring investments in electricity generation. KTH-dESA researcher conducted this first capacity building effort, which was organised in collaboration with Prof. Jairo Quiros-Tortos, Professor and Coordinator of the Electric Power and Energy Research Laboratory, and Guido Godínez, PhD student leading the DDPP-LAC project at UCR.