This repository has been created to provide access to:
The MaREI LEAP Dingle Peninsula 2030 model, which was generated as part of Dingle Peninsula / Corca Dhuibhne 2030 research project. The project outputs are available here.
Publication: Doing things differently: Bridging community concerns and energy system modelling with a transdisciplinary approach in rural Ireland [1]
Authors: Connor McGookin, Tomás Mac Uidhir, Brian Ó Gallachóir and Edmond Byrne
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License information for LEAP is available within the License tab. LEAP provides a range of licence "Tiers" which are "designed to make LEAP as accesible as possible to energy and climate practitioners in developing countries, while asking others to make a fair contribution to the ongoing development and maintenance of the system and the free technical support." [2].
LEAP-SEI provide a range of training material in different languages if you would like to learn more about the development/ operation of LEAP models.
[1] McGookin, C., Mac Uidhir, T., Gallachóir, B. Ó., & Byrne, E. (2022). Doing things differently: Bridging community concerns and energy system modelling with a transdisciplinary approach in rural Ireland. Energy Research & Social Science, 89, 102658.
[2] Heaps, C.G., 2020. LEAP: The Low Emissions Analysis Platform. [Software version: 2020.1.20] Stockholm Environment Institute. Somerville, MA, USA. https://leap.sei.org