Dimitrios Mentis

Senior Energy Geographer, Energy Access; Project Lead, Energy Access Explorer

Bio

Dimitris Mentis is leading WRI's Energy Access Mapping efforts to help accelerate energy access markets. Previously, Dimitris led the Sustainable Energy for All team at KTH Royal Institute of Technology where he developed the innovative Open Source Spatial Electrification Toolkit (OnSSET) in collaboration with colleagues and international partners, such as the International Energy Agency (IEA), United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), World Bank, ESMAP, ABB and others. Dimitris has also focused on mapping technical potential of renewable energy resources at national and regional level through a complex GIS assessment, a research initiative supported by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Further, Dimitris has worked on assessing the climate land energy and water nexus at different scales; water desalination on island case studies in cooperation with the Hellenic Ministry of Energy, Environment and Climate Change and the National Technical University of Athens, and trans-boundary river basins in cooperation with United Nations Economic Commission of Europe (UNECE).

Dimitris holds a PhD in Energy and Environmental Systems (KTH), an MSc in Sustainable Energy Engineering (KTH) and a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (NTUA).

Dimitris loves playing football, basketball and squash and enjoys travelling and exploring new places.

Blogs

For the Millions of East Africans Who Need Electricity Most, Data Shows Renewable Energy Is a Viable – and Affordable – Solution
by Santiago Sinclair Lecaros, Benson Ireri, Dimitrios Mentis and Emily Kaldjian - September 04, 2019
11% of the world's population still lives without reliable electricity, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa. New data from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda reveals an untapped solution: high potential for wind, solar and hydropower.
In Afghanistan, Bhutan and Nepal, Off-Grid Renewables Bring Power to Remote Villages
by Anila Qehaja, Dimitrios Mentis and Eric Mackres - February 06, 2019
In 10 years, the percent of Bhutan's population with access to electricity rose from 61 percent to 100 percent, even in the most remote mountain villages. Off-grid renewables were a big reason why.

External Publications

"Supporting Electrification Policy in Fragile States: A Conflict-Adjusted Geospatial Least Cost Approach for Afghanistan."
By Korkovelos Alexandros, Mentis Dimitrios, Bazilian Morgan, Howells Mark, Saraj Anwar, Fayez Hotaki Sulaiman, Missfeldt-Ringius Fanny.
Sustainability 12 (2020): 777 DOI: 10.3390/su12030777.

"A Geospatial Assessment of Small-Scale Hydropower Potential in Sub-Saharan Africa."
By Korkovelos Alexandros, Mentis Dimitrios, Siyal Shahid Hussain, Arderne Christopher, Rogner Holger, Bazilian Morgan, Howells Mark, Beck Hylke, De Roo Ad.
Energies 11 (2018): 3100 DOI: 10.3390/en11113100.

"Electrification pathways for Kenya–linking spatial electrification analysis and medium to long term energy planning."
By Moksnes Nandi, Korkovelos Alexandros, Mentis Dimitrios, Howells Mark.
Environmental Research Letters 12 (2017): 095008 DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa7e18.

"Lighting the World: the first application of an open source, spatial electrification tool (OnSSET) on Sub-Saharan Africa."
By Mentis Dimitrios, Howells Mark, Rogner Holger, Korkovelos Alexandros, Arderne Christopher, Zepeda Eduardo, Siyal Shahid, Taliotis Costantinos, Bazilian Morgan, Roo Ad, Tanvez Yann, Oudalov Alexandre, Scholtz Ernst.
Environmental Research Letters 12 (2017): 085003 DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa7b29.

"A geospatial assessment of the techno-economic wind power potential in India using geographical restrictions."
By Mentis Dimitrios, Siyal Shahid Hussain, Korkovelos Alexandros, Howells Mark.
Renewable Energy 97 (2016): 77-88 DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.05.057.

"The benefits of geospatial planning in energy access – A case study on Ethiopia."
By Mentis Dimitrios, Andersson Magnus, Howells Mark, Rogner Holger, Siyal Shahid, Broad Oliver, Korkovelos Alexandros, Bazilian Morgan.
Applied Geography 72 (2016): 1-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.04.009.

"Desalination using renewable energy sources on the arid islands of South Aegean Sea."
By Mentis Dimitrios, Karalis George, Zervos Arthouros, Howells Mark, Taliotis Constantinos, Bazilian Morgan, Rogner Holger.
Energy 94 (2016): 262-272 DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.11.003.

"A GIS-based approach for electrification planning—A case study on Nigeria."
By Mentis Dimitrios, Welsch Manuel, Fuso Nerini Francesco, Broad Oliver, Howells Mark, Bazilian Morgan, Rogner Holger.
Energy for Sustainable Development 29 (2015): 142-150 DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2015.09.007.

"Assessing the technical wind energy potential in Africa a GIS-based approach."
By Mentis Dimitrios, Hermann Sebastian, Howells Mark, Welsch Manuel, Siyal Shahid Hussain.
Renewable Energy 83 (2015): 110-125 DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.03.072.

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For the Millions of East Africans Who Need Electricity Most, Data Shows Renewable Energy Is a Viable – and Affordable – Solution

In Afghanistan, Bhutan and Nepal, Off-Grid Renewables Bring Power to Remote Villages

Energy Access Explorer: Data and Methods

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