Designing Better Energy Systems for Greater
Energy Access.
Explore how location, demand and technology choices shape reliable, affordable and sustainable electricity access across Africa.
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Motivation
Electricity creates opportunities far beyond convenience.
It supports education, healthcare, economic development, and a better quality of life. Yet, over 560 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa still live without access to electricity.
Access to reliable and affordable energy should not be a privilege, but a foundation for opportunity and development.
EnergyAccessDesigner grew from this belief, combining engineering and technology to explore meaningful solutions to energy access challenges.
Source: IEA, IRENA, UN, World Bank & WHO – Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report 2026 (2024 data).
The Challenge
There is no single solution for decentralized energy systems.
Every site has different energy demand, renewable resources, infrastructure, and economic conditions. A system that performs well in one case may not be the right fit for another.
Selecting the right technologies and sizing them correctly is essential for reliable and affordable electricity supply.
Energy system modelling and optimization help make these decisions clearer.
The Solution
A practical way to explore hybrid energy systems.
EnergyAccessDesigner combines time-series simulation, optimization, and machine learning to explore how energy configurations perform under different technical and economic conditions.
The Tool lets you investigate solar PV, battery storage, grid electricity, and diesel generators for a selected site and demand profile. It evaluates cost, reliability, and environmental impact, then validates its recommended system with the full simulation model.