// MethodologyView.jsx - explains how the atlas categorises organisations: // the sources, the inclusion criteria, and the definitions behind every tag. // Copy is taken verbatim from the agreed methodology (2026.06 Methodology). // // Deep-linking: the ? bubbles across the tool call onOpenMethodology(sectionId), // which switches to this tab and scrolls/flashes the matching
. // Keep the section ids below in sync with those bubbles - in particular // methodology-scope, methodology-barriers, methodology-geography and // methodology-access-metric are referenced from MatrixView. const { useEffect: useEffectMth } = React; // Section model. Each section renders a list of `blocks`; block shapes: // { lead } - lead paragraph // { p } - body paragraph // { parts: [...] } - paragraph interleaving strings with { text, link } // { sub } - subheading within the section // { ul: [...] } - bullet list // { defsLabel } - label introducing a group of definitions / a scope note // { defs: [[term, definition], ...] } - definition list // { source } - small source-citation line const MTH_SECTIONS = [ { id: 'methodology-overview', title: 'Overview and how to read this page', blocks: [ { lead: 'Building credible maps of the energy ecosystem means making hundreds of small ' + 'decisions - who’s in, who’s out, and what tags are applied. This page documents ' + 'how those decisions were made: the sources that were drawn on, the criteria that ' + 'were applied, and the definitions that underpin every entry.' }, ], }, { id: 'methodology-pillars', title: 'Built around two pillars: Grids of the Future and Powering Opportunity', blocks: [ { p: 'The map sets out to capture every part of the value chain from generation through ' + 'to end use, with particular focus on GEA’s two pillars. These are two sides of the ' + 'same transformation. Grids of the Future relates to the supply side: building the ' + 'renewables-ready, digitalised power systems that carry electricity, along with the ' + 'financing and flexibility to deliver them. Powering Opportunity relates more to the ' + 'demand side: turning that electricity into productive use across businesses, farms, ' + 'jobs, and economic growth.' }, ], }, { id: 'methodology-sources', title: 'How we built the maps: sourcing and AI-assisted research', blocks: [ { p: 'This map draws on three main sources: AI-assisted online research (primarily ' + 'Claude) drawing on organizational websites, annual reports, and official ' + 'announcements, interviews with stakeholders in the energy ecosystem, and expertise ' + 'from within Global Energy Alliance and Systemiq, including manual quality checking ' + 'of AI-assisted results. That combination gives broad coverage - but it has limits. ' + 'Where activity is undocumented or not publicly disclosed, gaps will exist.' }, { p: 'The map is static, updated only in response to feedback. It was last updated in ' + 'June 2026.' }, ], }, { id: 'methodology-scope', title: 'General scope: what do we map (and what not)?', blocks: [ { sub: 'Mapping the field, not ranking it' }, { p: 'The map plots the spread of players across value chain segments, barriers, and ' + 'geographies. The aim is to reflect where coverage is concentrated, or where fewer ' + 'initiatives and programs appear to be active, not where impact or capital is lacking.' }, { sub: 'Tags are organization-wide, not regional' }, { p: 'Value chain tags are organization-wide, not region-specific. An organization that ' + 'has evidenced activity in a value-chain segment is assumed to be working on it, or ' + 'willing to work on it, across all regions the organization targets.' }, { sub: 'Who’s in and who’s out?' }, { p: 'The map covers organizations that advance Grids of the Future or Powering Opportunity related work through:' }, { ul: [ 'Channeling a traceable funding envelope into external energy projects or programs. ' + 'Private investors only qualify when they have an impact mandate and a documented ' + 'portfolio over 1BUSD in assets, and have multi-region (following World Bank ' + 'definitions) reach and/or', 'Shaping the energy ecosystem through financing coordination, policy design, ' + 'standard-setting, market data, technical assistance or program deliverable. They ' + 'operate a cross-regional or global scale.', ] }, { p: 'The global map excludes: sovereign governments, universities, global consultancies ' + 'and contractors and utilities and operators. The deep-dive for India contains more ' + 'players, refer to section 5 of the methodology.' }, { sub: 'What relationships exist in the collaboration networks' }, { p: 'Relationships are included when there is an online (through for example, an organization’s own website or third party online documents), publicly announced:' }, { ul: [ 'Joint publication', 'Formal MoU or partnership', 'Joint program', 'Consortium or multi-stakeholder platform with a clear deliverable where both ' + 'organizations are an active member', ] }, { p: 'Relationships from coalition co-memberships with no clear joint initiative, ' + 'sponsoring the same initiative, or board roles are excluded. These types of ' + 'relationships are excluded because they reflect shared affiliation rather than a ' + 'documented joint commitment between the two organizations.' }, ], }, { id: 'methodology-india', title: 'Scope: what do we map in the India deep-dive?', blocks: [ { p: 'The Indian deep-dive consists of:' }, { ul: [ 'Initiatives and programs that fit the global criteria, but on a national or ' + 'multi-regional level in India', 'System actors that build, operate, finance or regulate the system on a national or ' + 'multi-regional level. They are only included if they have major market share, ' + 'hold a bottleneck position in the value chain or materially advance ‘Grids of the ' + 'Future’ or ‘Powering Opportunity’. This is validated by Systemiq knowledge of the ' + 'India system, in addition to interview with relevant stakeholders.', ] }, ], }, { id: 'methodology-types', title: 'Organization types', blocks: [ { lead: 'The definitions that were used to tag the organizations.' }, { defsLabel: 'Global and India deep-dive' }, { defs: [ ['Intergovernmental organization (IGO)', 'A body established by treaty between sovereign states to cooperate on shared ' + 'issues, with standing under international law'], ['Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) / International Financial Institution (IFI) / Development Finance Institution (DFI)', 'Institutions deploying capital with a development mandate, whether owned by ' + 'multiple governments, structured as climate or blended finance funds, or ' + 'operating bilaterally with their own balance sheet'], ['Bilateral development agency', 'A single donor country’s government agency channelling that country’s development ' + 'assistance'], ['Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)', 'A non-profit group independent of government control'], ['Coalition or multi-stakeholder platform', 'A structured, usually mission-specific arrangement bringing together actors from ' + 'two or more sectors around a shared goal'], ['Private investor', 'A private investor citing impact or sustainable development in its mission, with ' + 'a documented energy portfolio, over USD 1bn in assets, and multi-region reach'], ['Philanthropy', 'A private foundation or grant-making body deploying private wealth for public ' + 'benefit without expecting financial return'], ['Commercial system actor', 'A commercial company whose activities shape the two pillars, mentioned by DFIs ' + 'and multilaterals as a system-shaper rather than a vendor'], ] }, { defsLabel: 'Regional' }, { defs: [ ['Policymakers and regulators', 'Bodies setting policy, rules, and standards for the energy sector'], ['Financial intermediary (domestic)', 'Domestic state-owned or private lenders and infra-finance vehicles funding ' + 'national energy projects, distinct from MDBs, DFI’s and IFIs'], ['Tech provision & manufacturer', 'Organizations whose main function is manufacturing equipment and hardware'], ['Regulated infrastructure operator', 'Entities that own and run energy infrastructure under regulatory oversight'], ['Industry player', 'Commercial firms operating across the energy value chain'], ] }, ], }, { id: 'methodology-segments', title: 'Value chain segments', blocks: [ { defsLabel: 'Global and India deep-dive' }, { lead: 'Value chain tags reflect each organization’s main activities, as stated on its ' + 'website or in its annual report; one-off projects don’t qualify - the activity ' + 'must be one the organization itself emphasises.' }, { defs: [ ['Generation', 'Large-scale production of electricity feeding the bulk power system'], ['Transmission', 'High-voltage networks moving power from generation to distribution'], ['Distribution', 'Lower-voltage networks delivering power to end users'], ['Decentralised RES', 'Distributed renewable generation sited close to demand'], ['Grid flexibility & energy storage', 'Balancing supply and demand through storage and flexible capacity'], ['Grid digitalisation and data provision', 'Software, sensing, and data that make grids observable and controllable or ' + 'providing energy-system data and analytics'], ['Demand - Agriculture', 'Energy use and electrification across farming and irrigation'], ['Demand - Industry', 'Energy use and electrification across industrial processes'], ['Demand - Transport', 'Energy use and electrification across mobility'], ['Demand - Households & cooking', 'Residential energy use, including clean cooking'], ['Demand - Services & other', 'Energy use across commercial, public, and other end uses'], ['Tech provision & manufacturers', 'Supply of equipment, components, and hardware for energy systems'], ['Commercial Banks and Private Finance', 'Privately sourced capital for energy projects and companies'], ['Policymakers & Regulators', 'Bodies setting rules, standards, and market structure'], ] }, ], }, { id: 'methodology-geography', title: 'Geography and regional assignment', blocks: [ { defsLabel: 'Global only' }, { parts: [ 'Regions reflect where each organization has documented energy activity - ' + 'programs, financing, or substantial published engagement - not headquarters ' + 'location. They follow ', { text: 'World Bank definitions', link: 'https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/world-regions-according-to-the-world-bank' }, ', with Europe and Central Asia split, and Global marks organizations whose ' + 'activity genuinely spans all regions.', ] }, ], }, { id: 'methodology-barriers', title: 'Barriers addressed', blocks: [ { defsLabel: 'Global and India deep-dive' }, { lead: 'Barriers capture the main obstacles each organization actively works to clear on ' + 'the path to the energy transition. An organization can work on multiple barriers, ' + 'but only the primary barriers that an organization works on are included.' }, { defs: [ ['Finance', 'Deploying or mobilising capital for energy projects - through direct financing, ' + 'blended finance, de-risking instruments, or financial market development'], ['Policy & Regulation', 'Strengthening, reforming, or aligning energy policies, regulations, market ' + 'rules, or governance frameworks - including utility reform, market structure, ' + 'and policy-based lending'], ['Technical', 'Closing gaps in infrastructure, technology, data, or engineering - through ' + 'investment, technical assistance, research, or standards development'], ['Coordination', 'Bringing governments, donors, developers, and other actors together to align ' + 'efforts, share knowledge, and avoid duplication'], ['Capabilities & Skills', 'Building the human capital, institutional capacity, and workforce skills needed ' + 'to plan, deliver, and manage energy systems'], ] }, ], }, { id: 'methodology-access-metric', title: 'Energy access and reliability metrics', blocks: [ { defsLabel: 'Global map' }, { lead: 'The energy access and reliability metrics add context to the heat map. They are ' + 'kept as separate measures because they answer different questions: access tells ' + 'you who is connected, reliability tells you whether that connection delivers.' }, { p: 'Energy access is the share of each region’s population with the possibility of ' + 'accessing electricity, for 2023 (the latest year available). Figures are the ' + 'official regional aggregates and are reported as approximate.' }, { source: 'Source: World Bank, Access to Electricity (% of population), indicator ' + 'EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS, drawn from the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Global ' + 'Electrification Database and the Tracking SDG 7 report (IEA, IRENA, UN Statistics ' + 'Division, World Bank, WHO).' }, { p: 'Reliability of supply is scored qualitatively as Low, Medium, or High. The ' + 'underlying measure is the World Bank’s Reliability of Supply and Transparency of ' + 'Tariffs Index (scored 0-8), which combines the actual duration and frequency of ' + 'power outages with the strength of the regulatory framework around them. A simple ' + 'unweighted average of this index across the economies in each region was ' + 'calculated, then grouped the regions into Low, Medium, and High bands based on ' + 'where their scores naturally cluster.' }, { source: 'Source: World Bank, Doing Business 2020, Getting Electricity topic - Reliability ' + 'of Supply and Transparency of Tariffs Index. Data collection was completed in ' + 'May 2019 (archive.doingbusiness.org), and the series was discontinued in ' + 'September 2021 (worldbank.org); 2020 is therefore the final edition and the ' + 'figures are not updated.' }, ], }, ]; // Render a paragraph whose content may interleave strings with { link, text } // objects, e.g. [ 'They follow ', { text: 'World Bank definitions', link: '...' }, '.' ]. function mthParts(parts) { return parts.map((part, i) => typeof part === 'string' ? part : {part.text} ); } function MthBlock({ block }) { if (block.lead) return

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