Presentation papers from RWEDP

This guide, produced by the Stockholm Environment Institute for the Rural Wood Energy Development Programme (RWEDP), provides an overview and practical exercises for using the Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning (LEAP) model. It focuses specifically on wood energy planning, detailing how to model energy demand, transformation processes (such as charcoal production), biomass resource assessment, and environmental impacts through a series of analysis and hands-on exercises based on a fictitious area called Wood Hills district.

• The Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning (LEAP) model is a simulation tool used to represent current energy situations and develop future forecasts. It is particularly suited for wood energy planning because it includes a land use module capable of producing a land use inventory based on sub-areas, zones, and land types.
• LEAP utilizes a demand-driven approach that organizes energy use into a hierarchical tree structure consisting of four levels: sectors, sub-sectors, end-uses, and devices.
• The model's transformation module calculates the primary energy required to meet final energy demand by incorporating conversion processes, efficiencies, and losses. For wood energy, this specifically includes charcoal production using various kiln types such as earth-mound pits, mud beehive kilns, and brick beehive kilns.
• Biomass resource evaluation in LEAP is conducted through land use evaluation, where the 'access fraction' is used to represent the maximum portion of annual yields and stocks available for energy, accounting for constraints like distance and land tenure.
• The model includes an Environmental Data Base (EDB) that allows users to estimate emissions to air, water, and soil by linking specific end-use and transformation devices to the database.
• Scenario development in LEAP can be achieved through three primary methods: specifying explicit values for certain years (interpolation), using annual growth rates, or employing macro-drivers (such as GDP or population) combined with elasticities.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (n.d.). Presentation papers from RWEDP. https://leap.sei.org/documents/RWEDP_Exercises_2001.pdf

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Presentation papers from RWEDP. n.d. https://leap.sei.org/documents/RWEDP_Exercises_2001.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitutendpresentation, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Presentation papers from RWEDP}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, url = {https://leap.sei.org/documents/RWEDP_Exercises_2001.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }