scholarly journals Perpetuating energy poverty: Assessing roadmaps for universal energy access in unmet African electricity markets

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Batinge ◽  
Josephine Kaviti Musango ◽  
Alan C. Brent
Keyword(s):  
Electricity Markets ◽  
Energy Access ◽  
Energy Poverty

scholarly journals The Critical Minimum Effort for Energy Poverty Challenge in India

2021 ◽  
pp. 305-313
Author(s):  
P. Mohammed Shameem
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
National Development ◽  
Energy Requirements ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Energy Access ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Energy Services ◽  
Set Up

The Socio-Economic and Caste Census of 2011 shows the extent of deprivations of rural India. Around 73.4 % of families are residing in rural India, where over 77 million households depend on kerosene for lighting; 1 million use wood and as many as 1.2 million households in India remain completely in the dark. Improvement in - Access, Availability, Adequacy, and Quality of energy can contribute to poverty reduction from various aspects. From a policy-making perspective increasing access to modern energy services require, first, the integration of energy access into national development strategies, and then strong and sustainable financial, institutional, and technology frameworks must be set up. The restatement of the theory of critical minimum effort is to make a plan for the effort that needs to break the environment of inertia of energy poverty. This paper discusses the minimum effort necessary to achieve a steady secular supply of basic energy requirements for people in need. It is alarming fact that today billions of people lack access to the most basic energy services, electricity, and clean cooking facilities, and, worse, this situation is set to change very little over the next 20 years. This paper explains how to set the needed change in the orientation and execution for the service delivery mechanism of energy. Aims: The restatement of the theory of critical minimum effort as a plan to achieve a steady secular supply of basic energy requirements for people in need. Study Design: Descriptive analysis. Place and Duration of Study: Macro-level analysis on India based on Socio-Economic and caste census of 2011. Methodology: Review-driven theoretical analysis. Conclusion: Restates those large-scale actions are needed to take people out of the vicious circle of energy poverty.

scholarly journals Mitigating Energy Poverty: Mobilizing Climate Finance to Manage the Energy Trilemma in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abidah B. Setyowati
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Rural Electrification ◽  
Climate Finance ◽  
Energy Access ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Electricity Grid ◽  
Global Challenge ◽  
Electricity Access ◽  
Change Mitigation

Energy poverty remains a key global challenge. In Indonesia, around 25 million people are still without electricity access, and many of them live in geographically isolated areas and remote places that preclude them from access to the electricity grid. Deploying renewable energy sources in these areas could present an opportunity for a remarkable and rare complementarity between energy security, energy access, and climate change mitigation. This article examines how energy trilemma plays out in mobilizing private climate finance for renewable rural electrification in Indonesia. Analysis of relevant documents combined with interviews at local and national levels reveals that multiple barriers persist constraining the mobilization of private climate finance to support renewable rural electrification in Indonesia. In turn, this has led to difficulties with managing the tensions and reaching the complementarity of the three key energy objectives. The article concludes with some recommendations for moving forward.

scholarly journals Assessing Energy Poverty in Urban Regions of Mexico: The Role of Thermal Comfort and Bioclimatic Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 10646
Author(s):  
Karla G. Cedano ◽  
Tiare Robles-Bonilla ◽  
Oscar S. Santillán ◽  
Manuel Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
National Level ◽  
World Population ◽  
Energy Access ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Mexican Government ◽  
Energy Deprivation

The increase of energy access to households has been a global priority. By 2018, 89.59% of the world population had access to electricity, while 97.26% of the persons living in urban areas (The Mexican Government reports it at 99.99%) had access. We must now move beyond access to electricity and address energy poverty in urban spaces. A household is energy poor when their inhabitants are incapable of securing proper domestic energy services. Several different methodologies were developed to measure energy poverty. The Multidimensional Energy Poverty Index (MEPI) by Nussbaumer has been successfully used in Africa and in Latin-America. The MEPI considers five dimensions: cooking, lighting, household appliances, entertainment/education and communication. We developed a Multidimensional Energy Deprivation Index (MEDI), based on MEPI. Thermal comfort has been included as sixth dimension, by considering the temperature of the region where the household is located. We found important differences between MEPI and MEDI for Mexico at the national level (urban-MEPI at 0.028 vs. 0.071 urban-MEDI, which implies a higher degree of energy poverty). Also, differences between geopolitical and bioclimatic regions were found. Having better ways to assess energy poverty in the urban context is a key factor to develop effective public policies that might alleviate it.

Ending Africa's Energy Deficit and the Law

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Clean Energy ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Energy Deficit ◽  
Energy Access ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Water Energy Nexus ◽  
Energy Justice ◽  
Vulnerable Population Groups ◽  
Sustainable Energy For All

The book Achieving Sustainable Energy for All in Africa addresses the role of law in securing energy access for huge numbers of people in Africa who live without the benefit of modern energy services. Contributions to the book offer a variety of legal and socio-legal perspectives on the subject of energy access, describing the dire situation of energy poverty on the African continent and emphasizing its implications for overall development. Specific themes addressed include the concept of energy justice, the international human rights framework for advancing the notion of a right to energy, and the role of regulation and legal reform in achieving the desired levels of energy access. In particular, attention is focused on the use of law and policy to create an enabling environment, including appropriate dispute resolution mechanisms, for the financing of energy infrastructure and the development of new forms of energy. In relation to the latter, key considerations for constituting intellectual property governance regimes that promote access to relevant technology are canvassed. Furthermore, the disproportionate impact of energy poverty on women, children, and disabled persons is highlighted in the context of the limitations of existing law and the growing recognition of this reality in emerging legal interventions. The environmental dimension, which similarly affects these vulnerable population groups, is directed at the water-energy nexus, critical to the provision of clean water and clean energy. The focus on Nigeria and South Africa in some chapters reflects the institutional collaboration from which this volume has emerged.

A Gender Aware Approach to Legal and Policy Strategies for Achieving Access to Modern Energy Services in Sub-Saharan Africa

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Gardam
Keyword(s):  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Energy Access ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Energy Services ◽  
National Initiatives ◽  
Policy Strategies ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Impact

This book chapter first outlines the facts in relation to energy and poverty globally, with a particular emphasis on the sub-Saharan Africa region. Secondly, the impact of gender on how energy poverty is experienced is explained. Then it considers the growing recognition in international, regional, and national initiatives of the link between access to modern energy services, women, and poverty and what legal and policy strategies have been adopted in response. Finally, the chapter provides some thoughts on possible future responses to improving the prevailing situation and the obstacles that must be surmounted in the achievement of a gender aware approach to energy access.

scholarly journals Legal and Economic Perspectives to Sustainable Sovereign Debt Management in Nigeria: Energy Poverty in Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-136
Author(s):  
Daniel Olika
Keyword(s):  
Sovereign Debt ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Policy Issue ◽  
Debt Management ◽  
Energy Access ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
Total Debt ◽  
The Impact

In recent times, Nigeria’s total debt stock and its debt management strategies have been a thorny fiscal policy issue in the academia and the media. This is made worse by the fact that the debt profile continues to increase with no infrastructure to show for the increasing debt profile. With contrasting views being canvassed in different circles as to the economic impact of these loans, it has been difficult to state what the exact impact Nigeria’s debt stock has on its economy and how effective the debt management strategies put in place have been. The debates notwithstanding, the fall in oil prices and the impact of the novel corona virus pandemic on the economy leaves the government with extraordinarily little options to address its budget deficit. Despite the dire economic situation, the energy poverty level in the country continues to rise; thereby increasing the need to deploy resources to address energy access in Nigeria. This article therefore undertakes a legal and economic analysis of Nigeria’s debt profile and the debt management strategies. The article does so by comprehensively analysing the economic implications of Nigeria’s debt profile, the impact of its debt management strategies on its economy, and a legal analysis of its debt management strategies and policies. The article also analyses the impact of the total debt stock and the sovereign debt management strategies on energy poverty in the country. The article concludes by arguing that although available data suggests that Nigeria’s public debt is sustainably managed given the low debt to GDP ratio, the high cost of servicing these debts have adverse economic implications on development generally (and energy poverty in particular) and necessitates a thorough review of its legal and policy foundations for managing sovereign debt.

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