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Planning & Economic Studies Section (PESS):
Capacity Building for Sustainable Energy Development

Capacity Building

training course

PESS offers assistance to Member States, particularly from developing regions, to improve their energy system analysis & planning capabilities. Assistance can include:

  • transferring modern planning methods, tools and databanks
  • training for model set-up and application, including eTraining
  • interpreting, synthesizing and applying model outputs to policy formulation
IAEA Tools Brochure

Summary descriptions of the PESS energy models

  • MAED: Model for Analysis of Energy Demand
  • WASP: Wien Automatic System Planning Package
  • ENPEP: Energy and Power Evaluation Program
  • FINPLAN: Model for Financial Analysis of Electric Sector Expansion Plans
  • MESSAGE: Model for Energy Supply Strategy Alternatives and their General Environmental Impacts
  • SIMPACTS: Simplified Approach for Estimating Impacts of Electricity Generation

Summary of the IAEA's capacity building mechanisms

For further information on TC projects, CRPs and Workshops & Training Courses, or to apply for assistance in your country, please contact:

Mr Ahmed Irej Jalal
Planning and Economic Studies Section
Department of Nuclear Energy
International Atomic Energy Agency
Vienna International Centre, PO Box 100
1400 Vienna, Austria
Tel: +43 1 2600 22780
Fax: +43 1 26007 22778
Email: PESS.Contact-Point@iaea.org