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DOI | 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.112131 |
Assessing the opportunities and challenges facing the development of off-grid solar systems in Eastern Africa: The cases of Kenya, Ethiopia, and Rwanda | |
Mugisha J.; Ratemo M.A.; Bunani Keza B.C.; Kahveci H. | |
发表日期 | 2021 |
ISSN | 03014215 |
卷号 | 150 |
英文摘要 | With the world's lowest electrification rate, Africa is repositioning to offer its citizens a brighter future. Global renewable energy agencies and international financing to expedite rural electrification fueled by off-grid solar systems are attracting worldwide attention. Currently, 770 million people lack access to electricity on the continent, and more than 60% live in poor rural areas where the national power grid is non-existent. The challenge herein is how to supply electricity to rural population, living on $1.5 a day, at a reasonable power tariff. Although there are opportunities for off-grid solar energy to keep growing in sub-Saharan countries, it is impossible to ignore particular challenges in these countries. This paper focuses on three sub-Saharan counties: Kenya, Ethiopia, and Rwanda. Rwanda, Kenya, and Ethiopia foster off-grid solar systems as the primary solution through rural electrification programs. This paper provides a comparative analysis of the electrification experiences of these countries in terms of sources of funding, the challenges and opportunities they have been experiencing as well as an analysis of policy implications. The results show that off-grid solar systems improve health, ICT, and micro-enterprises in rural areas. However, governments should generate more robust developmental schemes that provide income to rural people that pushes them above the poverty line and enables them to afford off-grid solar products. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd |
关键词 | East AfricaEnergy policyOff-grid solarRenewable energyRural electrification |
英文关键词 | Electric utilities; Public policy; Rural areas; Solar energy; Solar power generation; Comparative analysis; Eastern Africa; Micro-enterprises; Policy implications; Renewable energies; Rural electrification; Rural population; Sub-Saharan countries; Electric power transmission networks; alternative energy; electricity industry; electricity supply; energy planning; energy policy; governance approach; power generation; rural electrification; solar power; East Africa; Ethiopia; Kenya; Rwanda |
语种 | 英语 |
来源期刊 | Energy Policy |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/205266 |
作者单位 | Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus, Graduate Program in Sustainable Environment and Energy Systems, Turkey; Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus, Political Science and International Relations Program, Turkey |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Mugisha J.,Ratemo M.A.,Bunani Keza B.C.,et al. Assessing the opportunities and challenges facing the development of off-grid solar systems in Eastern Africa: The cases of Kenya, Ethiopia, and Rwanda[J],2021,150. |
APA | Mugisha J.,Ratemo M.A.,Bunani Keza B.C.,&Kahveci H..(2021).Assessing the opportunities and challenges facing the development of off-grid solar systems in Eastern Africa: The cases of Kenya, Ethiopia, and Rwanda.Energy Policy,150. |
MLA | Mugisha J.,et al."Assessing the opportunities and challenges facing the development of off-grid solar systems in Eastern Africa: The cases of Kenya, Ethiopia, and Rwanda".Energy Policy 150(2021). |
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