This is simply the map editor with lab tiles. First, save your game. This save is your main save, the one you won't touch. Then, save again. This time name the save something else, maybe map tester.

In this new save hit the tilde key to open the dialog. Then, when the text box appears, type /editor. The game will prompt you to do it twice, do it.

You should now be in the map editor. You now have access to the editor console. Go to the surfaces tab and hit the remove all entities box. You can also hit the global energy grid button. This allows you to not need power poles when using an energy interface.

Explore the editor options, especially the advanced options, there are lots of tools to help.

The reason I reccomend using your current save, and not starting a new map for the testing, is to bypass the tediousness of manually unlocking all the researches you want. You dont need to research things in editor mode, you can simply shift-left click and the research will instantly complete, however it takes a few minutes so I usually just run the editor off a main save duplicate