Download the free Toolkit at http://www.worldwatch.org/energy-toolkit-2. View the webinar at https://youtu.be/obXB4fLEhdM. The second iteration of the Energy Toolkit, a collection of leading instruments and methodologies for climate-compatible energy planning, offers energy practitioners, policymakers, and experts a quick reference guide to some of the best-established instruments available at no or low cost. The result is a compilation of 26 tools from agencies around the world.The toolkit was produced as a team effort with the many members of the Low-Emissions Development Strategies Global Partnership (LEDS GP), in particular its Energy Working Group (LEDS EWG). This toolkit does not claim to be a complete encyclopedia of all available tools. We hope to update and further improve the toolkit in coming years. If you have developed a sustainable energy modelling tool or know of one that should be featured here, please contact us at energy@ledsgp.org. We hope this toolkit will help you to make energy fairer, safer, and greener for all. Alexander Ochs | Lead Editor Director of Climate and Energy, Worldwatch Institute | LEDS EWG Chair Philip Killeen | Co-editor, Version 2.0 Research Associate, Worldwatch Institute | LEDS EWG Secretariat Manager December 8, 2016 © LEDS Energy Working Group and Worldwatch Institute 2016

1. Organized by the LEDS Global
Partnership Energy Working Group
Webinar :
Leading Tools for Sustainable
Energy Planning
December 8th, 2016
10:00 – 11:00 AM ET
Download the Toolkit at
http://www.worldwatch.org/webinar-energy-toolkit

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or services. Information provided in this webinar is featured on the
LEDS GP website as one of many best practices resources
reviewed and selected by technical experts.

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4. Agenda
● Welcome and introductory remarks
● Overview of the LEDS Global Partnership, Energy Working Group, and Energy
Toolkit 2.0
- Alexander Ochs, Energy Working Group
● Presentations – Panelists:
- I-JEDI: Francisco Flores-Espino, National Renewable Energy
Laboratory
- RETScreen: Kevin Bourque, National Resources Canada
● Questions and answers
● Short Survey

5. The LEDS Global Partnership and
Energy Working Group
Alexander Ochs, Co-Chair, LEDS GP Energy Working Group

6. LEDS Global Partnership
An international initiative aiming to harness the collective
knowledge and resources of governments, donors, international
organizations, and practitioners in scaling up and strengthening
implementation of climate-resilient low emission development
around the world.
Catalyzes action and collaboration across more than 160
countries, plus international donor and technical organizations.
Operates through “regional platforms” (delivery) and “technical
working groups” (expertise).

7. Energy Working Group (EWG)
Founded in 2011, now over 500 members
The LEDS EWG promotes low emission and climate
resilient development in the energy sector through:
• Learning, information exchange, communication of best
practices
• Advisory services & technical assistance
• Enhanced opportunities for coordination and
collaboration

8. EWG 2017 Knowledge Products
Preview:
Communities of Practice:
• Continuation of LEDS LAC Bioelectricity Community of Practice
• Energy LEDS Communities of Practice established in Africa and
Asia
Energy training:
• Asia LEDS Partnership regional workshop
• Africa LEDS Partnership regional workshop
• LEDS LAC regional workshop
LEDS sustainable energy & development world atlas case
studies
Energy LEDS Toolkit 3.0

9. LEDS Energy Toolkit 2.0
Toolkit available at: http://www.worldwatch.org/ and
http://ledsgp.org/working-groups/energy/?loclang=en_gb
• Reference guide for well-
established LEDS planning
tools & methodologies
• Focus on tools available at
low or no cost
• 2016 version: 26 tools
• Will be updated and extended
annually
• Will become searchable
online tool

10. Cost and Benefit 1
CREST | Cost of Renewable Energy Spreadsheet Tool 2
META | Model for Electricity Technology Assessment 4
JEDI | Jobs and Economic Development Impact Models 6
Demand and Energy Efficiency 8
EnergyPlus | Building Energy Simulation Program 9
MAED | Model for Analysis of Energy Demand 11
OpenStudio | Module for Whole Building Energy Modeling
Application Development 13
TRACE | Tool for Rapid Assessment of City Energy 15
Environmental Impact Assessment 17
EFFECT | Energy Forecasting Framework and Emissions
Consensus Tool 18
HEAT+ | Harmonized Emissions Analysis Tool Plus 20
MESSAGE | Model for Energy Supply Strategy Alternatives and
their General Environmental Impacts 22
SIMPACTS | Simplified Approach for Estimating
Environmental Impacts of Electricity Generation 24
Financial Investment 26
DREI | Derisking Renewable Energy Investment Framework
27
FINPLAN | Financial Analysis of Electric Sector Expansion
Plans 29
Gender Inclusion 31
Mainstreaming Gender in Energy Projects: A Practical
Handbook 32
Guidelines on Renewable Energy Technologies for Women in
Rural and Informal Urban Areas 34
Geospatial Resource Assessment 36
RED-E | Renewable Energy Data Explorer 37
Integrated Tools 39
GsT | The Geospatial Toolkit 40
Balmorel | Energy System Model 42
GCAM | Global Change Assessment Model 44
HOMER | Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy Resources
46
ISED | Indicators for Sustainable Energy Development 48
LEAP | Long Range Energy Alternatives Planning System 50
RETScreen | Clean Energy Management Software 52
SAM | System Advisor Model 54
SERIP | Sustainable Energy Roadmaps and Implementation
Plan 56
TIMES | The Integrated MARKAL/EFOM System 58
WASP | Wien Automatic System Planning Package 60
CONTENTS
LEDS Energy Toolkit 2.0

11. META | Model for Electricity
Technology Assessment
5

12. Mainstreaming Gender in Energy
Projects: A Practical Handbook
33

13. SERIP | Sustainable Energy
Roadmap and Implementation Plans
57

14. Leading Tools for Sustainable
Energy Planning
Francisco Flores-Espino, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, I-
JEDI
Kevin Bourque, Natural Resources Canada, RETScreen

15. Francisco Flores-Espino, Energy
Analyst, National Renewable Energy
Laboratory
Francisco works as an Energy Analyst at
the U.S. Department of Energy’s
National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Francisco has over three years of
experience employing and developing
the Jobs and Economic Development
Impact (JEDI) tool. Francisco has a B.S.
degree in Electrical Engineering and a
M.S. degree in Energy Management

16. I-JEDI | International Jobs and Economic
Development Impact Models
7

17. NREL I-JEDI
• Jobs and Economic
Development Impact tool,
international version (I-JEDI)
• Economy-wide impacts from
power plants
• 15 models Excel-based for the
U.S., one online version
• International version
• PV, biomass, wind, geothermal
• Colombia, Mexico, South Africa,
Philippines, Zambia
• Adapt to other regions

18. NREL I-JEDI, Inputs and Outputs
Inputs: Nominal capacity, installation
costs, local content share, and region
Direct (on site) Impacts: labor, materials,
professional services, etc.
Jobs and economic development
impacts to the economy as a whole
Economy-wide impacts: number of jobs, earnings,
contribution to GDP and economic output

19. NREL I-JEDI, Users
• ~3,000 downloads per year
• Government agencies, universities, consulting firms,
project developers, nonpartisan research organizations
• National, state and county level analyses
• U.S. Government Accountability Office
• GE Energy Financial Services
• Iowa Policy Project, Land Policy Institute (Michigan)
• Several universities
• ~70 articles between 2004-2014

20. NREL I-JEDI, Results
• GAO’s: Wind Power’s Contribution to Electric Power
Generation and Impact on Farms and Rural Communities
• “[E]mployment and income impacts tend to be greater for counties
that are more highly populated and have a larger economic base,
and are considerably greater for projects that are locally owned
than for projects that are owned by out-of-area firms.”
• GE Energy: Impact of 2007 Wind Farms on US Treasury
• The total NPV to the US Treasury was an estimated $2.75 billion,
greater than the $2.5 billion total cost of the PTCs –resulting in a
net inflow to the Treasury of $250 million.
• Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE)
• Contribution to municipal economy as a percentage of annual GDP

21. NREL I-JEDI, Results
• Offshore Wind Jobs and Economic Development Impacts
in the United States : Four Regional Scenarios
Onsite

22. Kevin Bourque, Project Engineer, Natural Resources
Canada
Kevin is part of the development team of the
RETScreen Clean Energy Management Software at
Natural Resources Canada’s CanmetENERGY research
centre. He specializes in RETScreen software
development (including the development of power,
industrial, commercial, institutional and residential
archetypes), providing RETScreen software technical
support, and developing online distance learning tools
such as the e-Textbook and case studies. Prior to
joining NRCan, Kevin worked as a wind energy
consultant specializing in the assessment, computer
modelling and performance analysis of wind energy
systems. He has been working in the energy field since
1999. Kevin obtained a Bachelor of Engineering degree
(Mining Engineering) from McGill University.

23. RETScreen Clean Energy
Management Software
53

24. Q & A session
Thank you for participating - please join the LEDS GP!
Further reading, recordings of webinars, etc.:
http://ledsgp.org/resources/?loclang=en_gb
Contact speakers/organizers:
Alexander Ochs, aochs@worldwatch.org
Francisco Flores-Espino, francisco.flores@nrel.gov
Kevin Bourque, kevin.bourque@canada.ca

25. Survey
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• Your feedback is important!