Department of Nuclear Energy

Planning & Economic Studies Section (PESS)

Capacity Building

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

transferring modern planning methods, tools and databanks

training for model set-up and application

interpreting, synthesizing and applying model outputs to policy formulation

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 of Energy Supply Systems and their General Environmental Impacts

SIMPACTS: Simplified Approach for Estimating Impacts of Electricity Generation

Summary of the IAEA's capacity building mechanisms

Technical Cooperation (TC) Projects

Coordinated Research Projects (CRPs)

Regional and National Workshops & Training Courses

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
Wagramerstrasse 5, P.O. Box 100
A-1400 Vienna, Austria
Tel: +43-1-2600-22780
Fax: +43 1 26007 22778
Email: A.Jalal@iaea.org