Are the off-grid customers ready to pay for electricity from the decentralized renewable hybrid mini-grids? A study of willingness to pay in rural Bangladesh

Alam, Majbaul; Bhattacharyya, Subhes C.

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2017.07.125

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“…Third, studies on communities using SHS as their primary lighting providers have shown that many view it as more of a pre-electrification process, and are willing to make payments to a value that would be economically sustainable for a grid-type utility [13,43]. This was observed in the results of this study as seen in Tables 7 and 8, with 86% of FCT households and 68% of Lagos State households stating a willingness to pay a one-off connection fee for access to grid electricity.…”

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The Energy Lock-In Effect of Solar Home Systems: A Case Study in Rural Nigeria

2020

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Ongoing reductions in the costs of solar PV and battery technologies have contributed to an increased use of home energy systems in Sub-Saharan African regions without grid access. However, such systems can normally support only low-power end uses, and there has been little research regarding the impact on households unable to transition to higher-wattage energy services in the continued absence of the grid. This paper examines the challenges facing rural energy transitions and whether households feel they are energy ‘locked in’. A mixed-methods approach using questionnaire-based household energy surveys of rural solar home system (SHS) users was used to collect qualitative and quantitative data. Thematic analysis and a mixture of descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were applied. The results showed that a significant number of households possessed appliances that could not be powered by their SHS and were willing to spend large sums to connect were a higher-capacity option available. This implied that a significant number of the households were locked into a low-energy future. Swarm electrification technology and energy efficient, DC-powered plug-and-play appliances were suggested as means to move the households to higher tiers of electricity access.

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The Energy Lock-In Effect of Solar Home Systems: A Case Study in Rural Nigeria

2020

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“…Very few studies on WTP for renewable energy have targeted the less developed economies in Asia; five studies on China [13][14][15][16][17], eight on India [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25], three on Indonesia [26][27][28], three on Malaysia [29][30][31], and one each on Kazakhstan [32], Laos [33], Pakistan [34], the Philippines [35], Thailand [36], and Myanmar [37]. Their detailed research topics vary widely and include the research and development of solar energy [37], green electricity [14,16,[30][31][32], improved electricity services [19,21,27], rural electrification [22,23], rural electrification with mini-grids [20,28,34,38], off-grid solar [13], electricity [18], eco-tourism [33,35], electric motorcycles [17], solar home systems in grid-connected areas…”

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Willingness to Pay for Renewable Energy in Myanmar: Energy Source Preference

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The increased use of renewable energy is imperative as a countermeasure to climate change. As with conventional electricity generation technologies, public acceptance of renewables is an important issue, and willingness to pay (WTP) is a widely used indicator to assess such public attitudes. Unfortunately, the literature to date mostly covers developed countries, with few WTP surveys in developing countries. Tackling climate change is an urgent issue for these developing countries; therefore, understanding of public attitudes toward renewables in developing countries is crucial. This study conducted the first survey on WTP for introducing renewable energy in Myanmar. Although Myanmar boasts abundant renewable energy resources, including solar power and biomass in addition to large-scale hydro plants, its resources are not being properly utilized to generate electricity. This study surveyed WTP for power generation by solar photovoltaics, small hydropower, and biomass facilities. The results showed the highest WTP for solar power (USD 1.92) with 10% share in the energy mix, and lower WTP for biomass and small hydropower electricity generations (USD 1.13 and USD 1.17, respectively). Careful public communication is thus crucial for expanding biomass and small-scale hydro power plants.

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“…Random sampling will be retained for data collection. The "Random Number Generator" application was used for surveys [26]. This app selects a range of homes in a group of 1 to 100.…”

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Identification of Factors Encouraging Household Consumers to Engage in Theft of Electricity in Lubumbashi, DR Congo

David

Bonaventure

2019

Review of Industrial Engineering Letters

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Article History KeywordsFactors encouraging theft of electricity Household consumers Electricity theft Energy Electricity distribution Lubumbashi.Fraudulent access to the conventional electricity grid is a serious concern in developing countries. This significantly affects the revenue-generating capacity of their utilities. This article is undertaken to identify the factors encouraging the theft of electricity in Lubumbashi. Based on survey data from various municipalities in the city covering 1211 households based on a simple random sampling plan, the factors responsible for the theft of electricity were identified and ranked in order of importance. Quantitative data were subjected to one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). In addition, a post hoc test of Tukey was applied at the significance level <5%. Qualitative data were subjected to chi-square tests. In this study, poor enforcement of the law, corruption, SNEL does not fight for the interests of real subscribers, cost of electricity, quality of service and education are the main causes encouraging electricity theft. To combat this situation it is important to put in place policies that integrate these different factors.Contribution/Originality: This study contributes to the existing literature on the main causes of electricity theft. Other than poverty as an important factor explaining the theft of electricity, this study identifies and ranks other underlying factors in order of importance, including: poor law enforcement, cost of electricity, quality of service and education.

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Are the off-grid customers ready to pay for electricity from the decentralized renewable hybrid mini-grids? A study of willingness to pay in rural Bangladesh

Cited by 31 publications

References 54 publications

The Energy Lock-In Effect of Solar Home Systems: A Case Study in Rural Nigeria

The Energy Lock-In Effect of Solar Home Systems: A Case Study in Rural Nigeria

Willingness to Pay for Renewable Energy in Myanmar: Energy Source Preference

Identification of Factors Encouraging Household Consumers to Engage in Theft of Electricity in Lubumbashi, DR Congo

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