Energy

The Energy Availability Dashboard lets you explore and compare renewable energy production potential through interactive maps and charts, with the option to filter results by total energy, scenario and time frame. Clicking on a region in the map takes you to the Regional Dashboard, where you can access detailed insights for that specific region and scenario.

The dashboard includes the following energy production indicators:
 

• Hydropower production – yearly average. This indicator represents the potential electricity generation from hydropower, based on available water resources and hydrological conditions.
• Solar power production – yearly average. This indicator estimates electricity generation from solar energy, derived from solar radiation and climate variables affecting photovoltaic performance.
• Wind power production – yearly average. This indicator reflects the potential electricity generation from wind energy, based on wind speed and atmospheric conditions suitable for onshore wind power.
   

Temporal time frames considered:

• current scenario, corresponding to the most recent period for which data are available from the selected sources (2000–2019).
• reference future scenario, corresponding to the SSP3-7.0 defined in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. It represents a “regional rivalry” pathway characterized by fragmented governance, limited international cooperation, and slow technological diffusion. Emissions remain high throughout the century, making this scenario broadly consistent with a continuation of current policy trends and close to a business-as-usual trajectory.
• pessimistic future scenario, corresponding to the SSP5-8.5 defined in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. It represents a fossil-fuel-driven development pathway with very high energy demand and minimal mitigation efforts, and is commonly used as a worst-case or high-end reference scenario to explore upper-bound climate risks.