Model for empowering rural poor through renewable energy technologies in Bangladesh

Biswas, Wahidul K.; Bryce, Paul; Diesendorf, Mark

doi:10.1016/s1462-9011(01)00031-4

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“…Having access to higher quality education, technologies for productivity and information and systems for supporting health and nutrition can therefore enhance human capital. The lack of energy, electricity in particular, makes the provision of health services, education and industrial activities difficult [20,66]. Changes in the role of women in these societies create tension and stress as well as opportunities for them to engage with other members of their communities in productive ways [5,62,64] (see R1 and R2 in Figure 2).…”

Section: Human Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Human Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Energy services are better welcomed when people perceive opportunities of income gains or productive uses. Therefore, inciting the poor to use energy services productively is an effective strategy in spreading energy access [94,[99][100][101] and providing greater benefits to the rural poor [66,102].…”

Section: Financial Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

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On the Acceptance and Sustainability of Renewable Energy Projects—A Systems Thinking Perspective

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Rapid population growth and increasing concern related to improving the living standards in impoverished communities without damaging the natural environment have drawn attention to the adoption of renewable energy systems (RES) around the world. Despite this global trend, the implementation of these projects has not succeeded completely in rural poor communities due to several factors, including social barriers faced at the time of their execution. These social barriers lead to poor acceptance of the projects and their consequent abandonment. Acceptance is a social construct that is influenced by several factors that need to be understood to achieve successful and sustainable results in the future. In this paper, we develop a conceptual model, based on principles of sustainability and systems thinking, to understand the interrelationships among the main factors that have been reported in the literature as key to determining the sustainability and community acceptance of RES projects. To do so, we review the existing literature on sustainability and social acceptance of RES and then construct a causal-loop diagram of their driving factors. While doing so, we also view the problem through the lens of the sustainable livelihoods framework, aiming to maintain the perspective of rural communities and observing the impacts of RES on their contextual reality. The resulting model helps to understand the multiple interactions that RES projects have with rural communities as well as identify potential intervention points for future projects. We end the paper with a discussion of the implications of the model and how can it be used to inform future rural energy decision making.

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Section: Human Capitalmentioning

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Section: Human Capitalmentioning

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“…Depending on the system design, NGOs, village councils (panchayats), and private distribution companies are all good candidates for running a hybrid system (Holland et al, 2001). This has been the case in Bangladesh, where a branch of Grameen Bank has successfully operated scores of rural energy projects (Biswas, Bryce, and Diesendorf, 2001) and a PV-based micro-utility system was successful in a rural market in Bangladesh (Ibrahim et al, 2002).…”

Section: Local Control and Incentivesmentioning

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An Economic Evaluation of Small-scale Distributed Electricity Generation Technologies

Hansen¹,

Bower²

2003

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“…International efforts, national strategies and local community involvement are being initiated or enhanced for biofuels production in several countries [4][5][6][7][8][9]. Many countries have good reserves of biofuels to make the resource attractive for transportation and power production.…”

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Biodiesel for Sustainable Energy Provision in Developing Countries

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2011

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Model for empowering rural poor through renewable energy technologies in Bangladesh

Cited by 121 publications

References 8 publications

On the Acceptance and Sustainability of Renewable Energy Projects—A Systems Thinking Perspective

On the Acceptance and Sustainability of Renewable Energy Projects—A Systems Thinking Perspective

An Economic Evaluation of Small-scale Distributed Electricity Generation Technologies

Biodiesel for Sustainable Energy Provision in Developing Countries

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