Technicians and academics from different countries gathered on January 23rd in San Jose, Costa Rica for the summer school meeting “Energy Modeling Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean – EMP-LAC 2023”, whose objective was to contribute to the creation of solutions that promote optimized investments for energy transition in Latin America and the Caribbean; and meet the growing demand for low-carbon, inclusive and resilient development solutions to climate events, considering the sustainable use of resources.<\/p>\n
Through this platform, participants had the opportunity to train, access discussion forums and learn about new models, systems and tools such as: OSeMOSYS and FlexTool, CLEWs, EBS and MAED, OnSSET, FinPlan, which are used for energy planning.<\/p>\n
In this important space, the technical team of The Latin American and Caribbean Energy Organization (OLACDE), made up by Fabio Garcia and Targelia Rivadeneira participated as speakers at the closing high-level meeting, presenting the Energy Information Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean (sieLAC – OLACDE). Here they highlighted the importance of having the information required by the energy sector centralized, organized and classified so that it is comparable and useful for policy formulation.<\/p>\n
This event was organized by renowned universities, international cooperation agencies and multilateral organizations.<\/p>\n
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