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Seeing the ASEAN Power Grid as one connected system
As ASEAN prepares for cross-border power trade and new transmission projects, Scenario Builder's ASEAN Power Grid model brings regional power-system analysis into one open access environment.
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Philippines coal obligations limit renewables despite fuel price shock
High fuel prices displace 37 TWh of Philippine fossil generation, but offtake rules keep 3 TWh of coal running, crowding out renewables and limiting system flexibility
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Planning for energy independence requires a software upgrade
The world is spending its way into a new energy era, but planning it with software from the last one
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Seeing the ASEAN Power Grid as one connected system
As ASEAN prepares for cross-border power trade and new transmission projects, Scenario Builder's ASEAN Power Grid model brings regional power-system analysis into one open access environment.
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Spain's solar surge and the case for energy resilience: the Q1 2026 Solar Asset Mapper release
As fossil fuel markets reel from the Iran crisis, TZ-SAM's latest data shows how countries investing in solar are reaping the rewards. Spain is leading the way in Europe.
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Planning for energy independence requires a software upgrade
The world is spending its way into a new energy era, but planning it with software from the last one
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A year of solar acceleration: the Q4 2025 Solar Asset Mapper release
From China’s runaway growth to new hotspots in the Philippines and South Africa — TZ-SAM’s latest update captures a record year for global solar, plus key lessons from 2025.
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Free, no-code hourly dispatch modelling is here
Scenario Builder now bridges the gap between long-term investment planning and short-term operations modelling
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Tracking the solar revolution: inside the Q3 2025 Solar Asset Mapper release
From Saudi Arabia’s mega projects to Pakistan’s rooftops — TZ-SAM’s Q3 2025 update tracks solar’s advance across continents, alongside new research on distributed systems.
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Open source interoperability: integrating OSeMOSYS and PyPSA for power system analysis
How our unified, interoperable data model allows results from one model framework can be easily shared between and across multiple others
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Solar Asset Mapper Q1 2025 data release
Top-level highlights from our second rolling quarterly release of TZ-SAM
