Supplementary information files for Supporting a self-sustained energy planning ecosystem: Lessons from Sierra Leone

Supplementary files for article Supporting a self-sustained energy planning ecosystem: Lessons from Sierra Leone The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls for the achievement of universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. To fulfil this ambition, least developed countries need to mobilise enormous investments in a short amount of time. Deciding the extent, priority and timing of these investments is a hard task, for which many governments currently lack internal resources. Development Partners are supporting these efforts by contributing to the national energy planning ecosystems. In this comment, we focus on the role of Development Partners. We reflect on the approach to support strategic energy planning they took so far and on how they may improve it to further – and more effectively - support countries where demand arises. We take the example of one recent capacity development effort in Sierra Leone. We highlight that academia is one pillar of the national energy planning ecosystem, and conclude that academic partnerships play a critical role in changing the paradigm from short-term capacity transfer to a more sustainable capacity development. Formalised academic partnerships may increase the retention of capacity and support national planning ecosystems in becoming more self-sustained. Increased knowledge sharing on best open practices for energy data and model infrastructure may further support the ecosystem by improving the communication between academia, government and utilities.

论文《支撑可持续能源规划生态系统：塞拉利昂经验教训》补充材料
《2030年可持续发展议程》明确提出，要实现全民均可负担、可靠、可持续且现代化的能源普惠目标。为达成这一宏伟愿景，最不发达国家需在短期内撬动巨额投资。确定此类投资的规模、优先级与实施时序是一项极具挑战性的任务，当前多数相关国家政府缺乏支撑该项工作的内部资源。发展伙伴（Development Partners）正通过参与国家能源规划生态系统建设，为相关工作提供支持。
本文聚焦发展伙伴所扮演的角色，回顾了其迄今为支持战略能源规划所采用的实施路径，并探讨了应如何优化该路径，以更深入且更高效地为存在相关需求的国家提供支持。本文以塞拉利昂近期开展的一项能力建设项目为例展开论述，指出学术体系是国家能源规划生态系统的核心支柱之一，并得出结论：学术合作在推动范式转变——即从短期能力移植转向更具可持续性的能力建设——中发挥着关键作用。规范化的学术合作可提升能力留存水平，并助力国家规划生态系统实现更高程度的自我可持续性。加强能源数据与模型基础设施最佳开放实践的知识共享，可通过改善学术界、政府与公用事业机构间的沟通，进一步为该生态系统提供支撑。