LEAP2000 (Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning), is a Windows-based software tool that helps energy and environmental professionals grasp key energy policy questions by allowing them to move rapidly from policy ideas to policy analysis. The scenario-based energy-environment modeling tool enables users to predict
The Diagram view shows the main energy flows in your system from resource extraction, through conversion and transport of fuels, through to final energy demand. |
Earlier versions of LEAP have been used by 200 organizations in over 60 countries to develop local, national and regional energy strategies, conduct greenhouse gas mitigation assessments, and train professionals in sustainable energy analysis. LEAP 2000 offers updated information on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and other technologies. The software is on-line and is free to non-profit and governmental organizations in developing countries.
LEAP2 training materials include region-specific exercises in local languages. The materials challenge participants to analyze typical energy-environment policy dilemmas, and think about the tradeoffs inherent in different policy options.
The Stockholm Environment Institute, at the Boston Center, designed the tool with funding from The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate General for Development Cooperation.
Decision makers also need access to comprehensive, current information on energy technologies. The Technology and Environmental Database (TED) describes the technical characteristics, costs, environmental impacts, and best practices of a wide range of energy technologies. TED presently includes data on about 1000 technologies, compiled from dozens of institutions including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the U.S. Department of Energy (US-DOE, 1997), and the International Energy Agency. TED also describes the availability, appropriateness, cost-effectiveness and key environmental issues for a wide range of energy technologies.
Example: LEAP2000 is being used to create scenarios for national energy-efficiency planning in China in the “Chinese Energy and Carbon Scenarios Project.” The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Beijing Energy Efficiency Center are working together to apply the methods of the U.S. Clean Energy Futures study for China.
Contacts: Charlie Heaps, Michael Lazarus, SEI-Boston/ Tellus Institute.
(617) 266 8303 leap@tellus.org
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