Access to electricity for all and the role of decentralized solar power in sub-Saharan Africa
Access to electricity for all and the role of decentralized solar power in sub-Saharan Africa
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撒哈拉以南非洲地区所有人都能获得电力以及分散式太阳能发电的作用
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2020
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通讯作者：
Kirsten Ulsrud
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作者：
Kirsten Ulsrud
尽管联合国可持续发展目标7——人人享有可持续能源正在努力实现，但到2030年，撒哈拉以南非洲仍有数亿人面临用不上电的风险。基于2010年至2018年间在肯尼亚和塞内加尔的定性访谈、定量调查、观察和参与，作者旨在解释为什么进展速度比预期的要慢。调查结果强调了三个主要障碍：极端贫困造成的负担能力不足，基于电网的电力系统在村庄层面的推广与定居点的地理位置不匹配，以及缺乏对性别不平等的考虑。研究结果还提供了新的见解，说明分散式小型太阳能发电在解决这三个问题方面日益弥补集中式电网的一些缺点，即使在已经有电网的农村地区也是如此。作者的结论是，农村社区将太阳能与电网供电结合起来的方式表明了前者的重要性，以及加强努力改进太阳能供电模式并将其充分纳入能源部门战略的必要性。
ABSTRACT Several hundred million people in sub-Saharan Africa are at risk of being without access to electricity by 2030 despite the ongoing work aimed at achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 7—sustainable energy for all. Based on qualitative interviews, quantitative surveys, observation, and participation in Kenya and Senegal between 2010 and 2018, the author aims to explain why the rate of progress is slower than intended. The findings highlight three strong hindrances: lack of affordability due to extreme poverty, mismatch between the village-level outreach of grid-based electricity systems and the geography of settlements, and lack of consideration given to gender inequality. The findings also provide new insights into the ways that decentralized small-scale solar power increasingly meets some of the shortcomings of centralized grids in addressing these three issues, even in rural areas where grids are already present. The author concludes that the ways in which village communities have combined the use of solar-powered energy with grid-supplied energy indicates the importance of the former and the need to intensify efforts to improve solar power delivery models and integrate them fully in energy sector strategies.
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Bhattacharyya, Subhes C.;Palit, Debajit
通讯作者：
Palit, Debajit