Imagine trying to build a city's power and water grid without knowing if there will be enough rain or food for the next 40 years. This tool acts like a giant digital crystal ball that balances electricity, water, and farming needs together. It helps planners pick the cheapest and most reliable spots to build batteries and dams so they don't waste money on infrastructure that fails when the climate changes.
Infrastructure investors and governments in Sub-Saharan Africa lack integrated data to plan energy, water, and food systems. This leads to expensive, inefficient projects that may fail due to climate change or population growth.
A digital platform (observatory) with APIs for CLEWs data and a soft-linked optimization model combining OSeMOSYS and OnSSET for infrastructure planning.
If you are an energy developer dealing with high risk in new markets — this project developed a long-term optimization model that identifies least-cost investment strategies for infrastructure up to the year 2063. This allows you to plan battery and hydrogen storage locations with higher precision.
If you are an irrigation company dealing with unpredictable water availability in the Tana or Volta basins — this project developed a digital platform with APIs for multi-source data. You can use these climate projections to ensure your water infrastructure remains functional under different weather scenarios.
If you are an investment fund dealing with the need for climate-resilient assets — this project developed a WEF nexus digital engagement tool. This helps you verify if a proposed project is actually the most cost-effective option for the region's long-term needs.
Based on available project data, no commercial pricing is listed as the project utilizes open-source modelling tools and data.
The project uses these two basins as examples to demonstrate optimal resource use, suggesting the methodology can be applied to other Sub-Saharan Africa regions.
The project is built on widely adopted, open-source modelling tools, implying a non-proprietary approach to the software components.
It produces institutional, regulatory, and technical recommendations to help countries manage their transition to sustainable infrastructure.
The project period runs until 2026-10-31, with deliverables including a first version and a second release of the digital platform.
The consortium is heavily academic, consisting of 7 partners from 6 countries, including 3 universities and 2 research organizations. With a 0% industry ratio and only 1 SME, the project is driven by research excellence rather than immediate commercialization, focusing on open-source tools and capacity building in Africa.
Contact the Technical University of Delft (TU Delft) regarding the CLEWs observatory APIs.
Contact us to find partners for implementing these open-source WEF models in your region.
