Do determinants of adopting solar home systems differ between households and micro-enterprises? Evidence from rural Bangladesh

Kurata, Masamitsu; Matsui, Noriatsu; Ikemoto, Yukio; Tsuboi, Hiromi

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2018.06.015

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“…Approximately 4.13 million SHS have been installed in different remote areas until January 2018 [23], where grid expansion electrification is very expensive and challenging. At present, 56 Partner Organizations (PO) are implementing these programs under the supervision of IDCOL [24]. The consumer can buy an SHS through an installment system with low interest in between three years under the microcredit scheme of the IDCOL program [25].…”

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Economic Viability and Socio-Environmental Impacts of Solar Home Systems for Off-Grid Rural Electrification in Bangladesh

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This study conducted a questionnaire-led survey to explore the financial feasibility and socio-environmental impacts of stand-alone solar home systems (SHS) through stratified random sampling. Based on the above consideration, fifteen cases of studies of various watt peak (Wp) capacities have been investigated to evaluate the economic viability of solar home systems. The results revealed that most of the cases have positive net present value (NPV) and low payback periods, with an internal rate of return (IRR) value ranging from 16% to 131%, which signifies a high rate of investment exchange. Solar home systems are economically profitable for micro-enterprises and households with low-income generation activities as opposed to the households using it only for lighting. The study found that solar home systems with a capacity above 30 Wp are the most economically viable option, which can also avoid 6.15 to 7.34 tonnes of CO2 emissions during the 20 years of life-cycle, while providing different applications including lighting, recreation, information, health, and economic benefits.

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Economic Viability and Socio-Environmental Impacts of Solar Home Systems for Off-Grid Rural Electrification in Bangladesh

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“…For example, a study conducted in Bangladesh found that older household heads spend more time at home, particularly at night, than younger household heads, and thus were more likely to install SHSs due to their greater need for electricity [30]. Furthermore, another study carried out in Bangladesh showed that the ratio of elderly people in a household influenced the adoption of SHSs [31]. Crucially, age intersects with other factors to influence SHS adoption.…”

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Solar Home Systems in South Asia: Examining Adoption, Energy Consumption, and Social Practices

Ojöng

2021

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Renewable electricity generation from solar energy has rapidly increased in South Asia. This paper presents a systematic review of 79 scholarly papers on the topic of solar home system adoption, energy consumption, and social practices in South Asia. Using an intersectionality lens, the paper demonstrates that various categories of difference, such as gender, age, class, and ethnicity, intersect and shape the adoption of this technology in South Asia. Utilizing a social practice theory lens, the paper shows that solar home systems shape the spatial and temporal arrangements and practices of members of households that have adopted the technology, as well as their counterparts who have not. This technology has a practical but also symbolic function; the symbolic function and social meaning are derived from the economic and socio-cultural contexts. As this renewable energy technology is embedded in economic and socio-cultural contexts, people reconfigure it in creative ways to meet their everyday energy needs. The paper identifies research gaps and suggests future research agendas.

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“…When one speaks of the 'science of cooking', one focuses on how much power is needed to be supplied corresponding to the cooking processes, and what is the total energy consumption. Hence the literature involved in Solar Home Systems typically tends to focus on which appliances can be used by considering their power rating and their total energy consumption [14,15]. Traditionally, electric hotplates are rated at a kilowatt or more, leading to the usual notion that this is 'too high a power to be put on a solar PV based system' due to the small size of the solar panels and the cost of energy.…”

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“…In recent years, the reduced cost of solar photovoltaics (PV) has greatly increased the rate of penetration of PV-based electricity supply in remote and off-grid areas, particularly in the form of solar home systems (SHS) [13,14]. This has mainly been used for lighting, charging mobile phones and in some cases, radio and television [15,16]. These low power appliances have been chosen to keep the cost of solar home systems affordable, and until recently, few in the development sector would have considered using SHS for cooking.…”

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Solar e-Cooking: A Proposition for Solar Home System Integrated Clean Cooking

Batchelor¹,

Talukder

Uddin

et al. 2018

Energies

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This paper presents the feasibility of using solar photovoltaics (Solar PV) as the energy source for cooking with special focus on the loss mechanisms and possible remedial measures. If the heat loss is minimized, to reduce the temperature losses, it is possible to cook with a low power source less than 500 W. A slogan has been adopted by the researchers—‘It is temperature that cooks food not heat’, meaning that it is not the flow of energy that cooks food, but rather, that food is cooked when held at a key temperature for a time. The slogan draws attention to the core concept that if heat loss is minimized, maintaining the temperature inside the cooker and the cooking pan, then the cooking process becomes very energy efficient. The paper considers ways to maintain temperature, but with due reference to the ‘art of cooking’, those all-important cultural processes that determine how meals are made. A prototype solar home system e-cooker was designed, fabricated and tested for cooking different foods in Bangladesh. Experimental results are presented to show that cooking is possible using much less power and energy than is commonly thought. A cost analysis is also presented to show that such a cooker can be cost effective in off-grid areas if connected to a properly designed Solar Home System.

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Do determinants of adopting solar home systems differ between households and micro-enterprises? Evidence from rural Bangladesh

Cited by 43 publications

References 20 publications

Economic Viability and Socio-Environmental Impacts of Solar Home Systems for Off-Grid Rural Electrification in Bangladesh

Economic Viability and Socio-Environmental Impacts of Solar Home Systems for Off-Grid Rural Electrification in Bangladesh

Solar Home Systems in South Asia: Examining Adoption, Energy Consumption, and Social Practices

Solar e-Cooking: A Proposition for Solar Home System Integrated Clean Cooking

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