KTH dESA at energydata.info

Every day governments, private sector and development aid organizations collect data to inform, prepare and implement policies and investments. Yet, while elaborate reports are made public, the data underpinning the analysis often remain locked in a computer out of reach. Because of this, the tremendous value they could bring to public and private actors in data-poor environments is too often lost.

A new open data platform from The World Bank Group and several partners is trying to change that. ENERGYDATA.INFO launched recently, featuring more than 270 datasets that were previously unavailable or hard to retrieve. The platform is free, and a global public good that is meant to be a one-stop shop for open data in the energy sector. Several organizations have already made their contribution while governments and other public and private organizations are encouraged to contribute energy data and analytics to the platform.

KTH-dESA in particular has already stored data sets from the major OSeMOSYS models developed such as TEMBA , SAMBA and Cyprus as well as GIS data  related to OnSSET . More additions will follow in the coming months.

Explore the platform here .