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Platform release notes

OpenMod4Africa – Release V3.1.0 (April 2026)

New Data Layers

  • Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI) with indicators
  • Night time lights
  • Major roads
  • Mini-hydro potential
  • Wind speed (50 m)
  • Electricity grid: high/medium/low/very-high voltage (existing & planned)
  • African transmission & distribution network
  • Facilities (OSM substations)
  • Workplaces
  • Points of interest
  • Travel time to cities
  • Settlement clusters with indicators
  • Minigrid localities (displayed on map, not clickable)

New Calculation Modules

  • Plan4res – integrated and available for energy system planning
  • OpenTEPES – transmission expansion planning
  • InfraFair – infrastructure cost allocation
  • ONSSET - [DEMO] least-cost electrification planning using geospatial and socio-economic data
  • EV-PV - simulates EV charging demand and its coverage with local PV generation
  • EV-PV helper - provides two independent tools that generate input data for the EV-PV CM

Interface Improvements

  • Layer attribution images displayed in the legend
  • Layer loading indicator while data is being fetched
  • Search bar on personal and shared uploaded layers
  • Expand/collapse panels for uploaded and shared layers
  • Improved display logic for "No results" and CM error messages
  • Formatted CM description text (supports rich text)

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