Energy planning in Bolivia
The project
TESMEP stands for "Tailored Energy System Models for Energy Planning in Bolivia".
The project aims at building capacity, knowledge and tools for energy planning in Bolivia. The country has high ambitions in the energy sector but lacks the proper capacity to establish detailed energy scenarios and lacks trained engineers capable of assessing and implementing the development of non-conventional (i.e. renewable) energy sources. The proposed work builds upon two previous projects by the partners, in which some preliminary models have been proposed to assist energy planning activities in the country.
Activities
The foreseen activities in this project encompass both local and national scales: micro-grid and solar home systems are considered through surveys, monitoring, and field studies among relevant off-grid communities, while other models are dedicated to the large-scale deployment of the energy infrastructure in the country, thus providing model-based support to decision-makers.
In practice
Three PhD theses will be financed and will be dedicated to the further development and parameterization of the models, taking profit from the local data collection activities to enrich country-scale energy planning tools. Key research challenges will include the coupling of different models into a unified framework and the inclusion of multidisciplinary aspects such as social or environmental sciences. The proposed tools will finally be exploited to define energy deployment scenarios and strategies in close collaboration with the main stakeholders. The dissemination of the knowledge and of the open-source models will be organized through workshops, seminars, training, and policy briefs.
Budget, duration, and partners
Budget: 500.000€
Duration: From September 1st, 2022 to August 31st, 2027
Project partners:
- University of Liège, Belgium
- UCLouvain, Belgium
- Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Bolivia
- Energética, Bolivia
