Rural electrification and energy poverty: Empirical evidences from Brazil

Sustainability of Off-Grid Photovoltaic Systems for Rural Electrification in Developing Countries: A Review

“…In the energy sector, other important indicators for the economic sustainability of electrification solutions are the cost-effectiveness [25,26,46,48] and the reliability of supply (see, e.g., [25][26][27]34,49,50]). Moreover, since energy consumption is correlated with income, efforts on rural electrification are expected to contribute to the income of its users [25,46,[51][52][53]. However, if energy projects aim at a higher productive outcome of rural communities, electrification programs need to be coupled with complementary infrastructure, including training and education [53].…”

Energia em tempo de descarbonização: uma revisão com foco em consumidores fotovoltaicos

“…• a eletrificação de áreas rurais trouxe benefícios imediatos às famílias, com mudança no perfil do consumo e redução da pobreza energética, favorecendo brasileiros de baixa e baixíssima renda (OBERMAIER et al, 2012;PEREIRA et al, 2010;DINIZ et al, 2011;VALER et al, 2014);…”

Sustainability of rural electrification programs based on off-grid photovoltaic (PV) systems in Chile

“…In the energy sector, other import indicators for economic sustainability of electrification solutions are the cost-effectiveness (e.g., [19,22,39]) and the Table 1 Indicators for sustainability of off-grid PV systems in Chile (adapted from [15]) reliability of supply (see, e.g., [19,22,23,28,41,42]). Moreover, since energy consumption is correlated with income, efforts on rural electrification are expected to contribute to the income of its users (e.g., [19,39,[43][44][45]). However, if energy projects aim at a higher productive outcome of rural communities, electrification programs need to be coupled with complementary infrastructure, including training and education [45].…”