Use Case Description
Energy demand characterisation is essential for efficient and sustainable infrastructure planning. Earth Observation (EO) is employed to map settlements, with a particular focus on those containing critical or public infrastructure and commercial activities that are likely to exhibit high and rapidly growing demand. By providing an environmental inventory, EO also helps identify potential sources of elevated demand, such as irrigated areas, smallholder industries, and other indicators of high electricity consumption and economic activity. EO services enable stakeholders to estimate present and future demand with significantly greater granularity, thereby offering valuable input across the entire implementation chain — from planning through to execution and impact monitoring.