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DOI | 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.06.005 |
Exploring household energy transitions in rural Zambia from the user perspective | |
Muhoza, Cassilde1; Johnson, Oliver W.2 | |
2018-10-01 | |
发表期刊 | ENERGY POLICY |
ISSN | 0301-4215 |
EISSN | 1873-6777 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 121页码:25-34 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Kenya; Thailand |
英文摘要 | Renewable energy mini-grids are expected to play a major role in pursuit of universal access to modern energy services, particularly in rural Africa where grid extension is technically or financially unviable. In doing so, they will contribute greatly to a shift in household and community energy use from reliance on traditional fuels to more modern energy services. However, such a shift is a complex and uncertain process, with mini-grids often struggling to achieve sustainability after initial project funding ends. This paper draws on service design approaches to understand challenges associated with adoption of electricity services from the user perspective. By developing a user journey map, our study explores users' experience associated with connecting to and using electricity services from a 60 kW solar mini-grid in Mpanta, a small rural fishing community in northern Zambia. Our study finds that poor expectation management and limited integration of local socioeconomic dynamics in mini-grid service design, including their impact on affordability, has led to a slow and partial shift in household energy use. Better incorporation of the user perspective in the design, implementation and evaluation of mini-grids can help to identify potential barriers to adoption of electricity services and adapt it to the local context. |
英文关键词 | Solar mini-grids Rural electrification Service design User journey mapping Zambia |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000445983800004 |
WOS关键词 | RENEWABLE ENERGY ; MINI-GRIDS ; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS ; DESIGN THINKING ; SERVICE DESIGN ; ELECTRICITY ; AFRICA ; ELECTRIFICATION ; FRAMEWORK ; ADOPTION |
WOS类目 | Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Business & Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/17882 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.World Agroforestry Ctr, Stockholm Environm Inst, UN Ave,POB 30677, Nairobi 00100, Kenya; 2.Stockholm Environm Inst, 15th Floor,Witthayakit Bldg,254 Chulalongkorn Soi, Bangkok 10330, Thailand |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Muhoza, Cassilde,Johnson, Oliver W.. Exploring household energy transitions in rural Zambia from the user perspective[J]. ENERGY POLICY,2018,121:25-34. |
APA | Muhoza, Cassilde,&Johnson, Oliver W..(2018).Exploring household energy transitions in rural Zambia from the user perspective.ENERGY POLICY,121,25-34. |
MLA | Muhoza, Cassilde,et al."Exploring household energy transitions in rural Zambia from the user perspective".ENERGY POLICY 121(2018):25-34. |
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