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Refugee Settlements Electricity Access (RSEA)

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The dataset contains the “Refugee Settlements Electricity Access (RSEA)” in tabular (*.csv) and geospatial database (*.gpkg) formats and provides the modelled technical and economic potential for PV mini-grids in 288 refugee settlements in Sub-Saharan Africa. Along with these, additional information on customer connections and population figures are included.

Contributors

Dulcio Baldi; Elena Fumagalli; Fernando Fahl; Magda Moner-Girona

How to cite

Baldi, Dulcio; Moner-Girona, Magda; Fumagalli, Elena; Fahl, Fernando (2026): Refugee Settlements Electricity Access (RSEA). European Commission, Joint Research Centre [Dataset] doi: 10.2905/JRC.993TK9G PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/4261bf3c-7e8e-4b16-925b-68cfd4eade37

Keywords

AfricaEnergy accessHumanitarian energyMini-gridPhotovoltaicRefugee settlementsRenewablesRural electrificationSDG 7

Data access

RSEA Database
OpenDocument Database

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Downloadable file

A downloadable file for the dataset.

Use conditions
European Commission reuse notice

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Access conditions
No limitations

Anybody can directly and anonymously access the data, without being required to register or authenticate.

  • The RSEA Database was designed and developed to gather the multidimensional factors that can determine a refugee settlement's energy dimension. These factors were chiefly environmental (such as variability of solar radiation and avoided GHG emissions), technical (electrification status, distance to grid), social (population, electricity demand, social infrastructure), and economic (e.g., PV mini-grid component prices) considerations that can influence a stakeholder decision on the deployment of a PV and battery storage mini-grid in a displacement setting.

Spatial coverage

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Contact email
jrc-renewables (at) ec.europa.eu
Update frequency
irregular

The event occurs at uneven intervals.

Language(s)
English

English is a member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic languages. It is an official language of almost 60 sovereign states and is now a global lingua franca.It is the third-most-common native language in the world and it is widely learned as a second language.

Data theme(s)
Energy

dataset theme covering the domain of energy, characterised as the quantitative property necessary to perform work on or heat objects, and vital element of living organisms and the operation of human civilisation
Environment

dataset theme covering the domain of environment, defined as the interaction of all living species, climate, weather, and natural resources that impact human survival and economic activity
Population and society

dataset theme covering the domains of population and society, where population refers to the total number of people residing within various geographic levels from cities to the global scale, and society denotes a collective of individuals engaged in continuous social interaction within a common territory, often under the same political and cultural norms

Geographical name(s)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Issued date
2021-01-01
Created date
31 May 2021 08:40
Modified date
11 Oct 2023 08:03
Dataset identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/4261bf3c-7e8e-4b16-925b-68cfd4eade37
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