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Exploring the Odds for Actual and Desired Adoption of Solar Energy in Kenya
John Mutua; Peter Kimuyu
发表日期2015-06-26
出版年2015
页码EfD DP 15-14
语种英语
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Although Kenya enjoys a high and widespread daily solar insolation, and despite enactment of policies to promote adoption of renewable energy technologies, not many households have picked up solar technologies. The objective of this study is to find out the incidence and predictors of actual up- take of solar technology as well as households’ desire to switch to solar in light of their perception of its cost advantage. We find that the main predictors of the odds for installation of solar panels include household prosperity, for which total household expenditure is an indicator. Formal employment by the head of household is also crucial in increasing the odds for both actual adoption and an interest in switching to solar energy. Our results suggest that initial solar adoption requires a higher socioeconomic threshold than subsequent interest in switching after the benefits of solar energy become evident. More generally, the results suggest that anti-poverty policies, including those that promote expansion of formal employment opportunities, will increase the use of cleaner and more convenient forms of energy, such as solar energy.

主题Development and Environment ; Energy and Electricity ; International
子主题Africa ; Renewable and Clean Energy
URLhttp://www.rff.org/research/publications/exploring-odds-actual-and-desired-adoption-solar-energy-kenya
来源智库Resources for the Future (United States)
资源类型智库出版物
条目标识符http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/41378
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John Mutua,Peter Kimuyu. Exploring the Odds for Actual and Desired Adoption of Solar Energy in Kenya. 2015.
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