Determinants of Home Lighting Fuel Choices in Rwanda:A Discrete Choice Analysis

• 作者: Akshay Kumar Saha Etienne Ntagwirumugara Fydess Khundi-Mkomba Umaru Garba Wali
• 来源期刊: 能源与动力工程:英文版
• 学科: 数学
• 关键词: Fuel choices choice probability Rwanda households clean energy
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（4）
• 页码范围: 131-142
• 页数: 12页
• 分类号: O17

摘要

Renewable technologies such as solar present some of the possibilities for indoor and outdoor lighting in the remotest rural Africa where grid connections may take ages.This paper examined the key determinants that drive household lighting fuel using a nationally representative sample(14,415 households)across Rwanda.Results from a multinomial probit regression show that rural location,house ownership,household wealth,and nonfarm work are some of significant factors that influence lighting fuel choices in Rwanda.Robustness of the results indicates that household wealth levels and other regional differences are likely to influence choice probability for using clean energy sources such as solar confirming the need to priotise wealth generation.The study’s findings suggest the need for joint efforts by government and non-state actors to priotise household wealth generation,promotion of non-farm activities and improvement of infrastructures to reduce rural-urban bias and differences across the regions,assuming that wealth will motivate rural households to switch to clean energy sources.