Long-term energy scenarios (LTES) network

IRENA’s Long-term Energy Scenarios (LTES) Network provides a global platform to exchange knowledge and good practices in the use and development of model-based long-term energy scenarios (LTES) to guide the clean energy transition. It aims to promote wider and more effective use of LTES in government for energy and climate policy-making.

Key stakeholders involved in the LTES Network are:

• Scenario users within government planning teams and policy-making institutions.
• Scenario developers within government modelling teams or technical institutions supporting government.

The LTES Network focuses and aims to benefit members in the institutional aspects around three areas:

The LTES Network is built on the “Long-Term Energy Scenarios for the Clean Energy Transition Initiative” - a time-bound Initiative that IRENA has run since 2018 under the umbrella of the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM).

Activities

Members of the LTES Network are given the opportunity to engage with the IRENA’s programmatic activities that include, but are not limited to:

• Workshops & Events
• Regional webinars:
  • Long-Term Energy Scenarios (LTES) for Developing National Energy Transition Plans in Africa
  • Long-Term Energy Scenarios (LTES) for Developing National Clean Energy Transition Plans in Latin America
• Members and partners webinars:
  • 2^nd LTES Members and Partners Webinar Series
  • 1^st LTES Members and Partners Webinar Series
• Publications:
  • Scenarios for the Energy Transition: Experience and Good Practices in Africa (January 2023) (Français)
  • Long-Term Energy Scenarios and Low-Emission Development Strategies: Stocktaking and Alignment (January 2023)
  • Scenarios for the Energy Transition: Experience and Good Practices in Latin America and the Caribbean (July 2022) (Español)
  • Benchmarking Scenario Comparison: Key indicators for the clean energy transition (September 2021)
  • Scenarios for the Energy Transition: Global experience and best practices (September 2020)
  • Long-term energy scenarios: First-year campaign findings (May 2019)

Joining the network

Formal membership in the LTES Network is free of charge and open to both government institutions responsible for the development of official scenarios, as well as technical institutions that support governments in the development and use of such scenarios.

Please refer to the Terms of Reference to learn about the LTES Network's context, strategic objectives, activities and membership criteria.

For further information, please contact: ltes@irena.org.