Solar home systems adoption in Sub-Saharan African countries: Household economic and environmental benefits assessment

Mukisa, Nicholas, Manitisa, Mele S., Nduhuura, Paul, Tugume, Erick and Chalwe, Chanda K., (2022). Solar home systems adoption in Sub-Saharan African countries: Household economic and environmental benefits assessment. Renewable Energy, 189 836-852

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    Author Mukisa, Nicholas
    Manitisa, Mele S.
    Nduhuura, Paul
    Tugume, Erick
    Chalwe, Chanda K.
    Title Solar home systems adoption in Sub-Saharan African countries: Household economic and environmental benefits assessment
    Appearing in Renewable Energy
    Volume 189
    Publication Date 2022-04
    Place of Publication Amsterdam
    Publisher Elsevier Ltd
    Start page 836
    End page 852
    Language eng
    Abstract Household benefits of adopting solar home system (SHS) kits were investigated. The assessment considered lighting devices for Tier 0 based on scenarios A to E in comparison with kerosene lamps, candles, and torches in 11 Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. To assess the impact of mobile money charges on the SHS kit gross price, the SHS kit acquisition by households was examined based on the cash and pay-as-you-go approaches. The study examined the household energy expenditure for each of the Tier 0 scenarios and the respective savings recorded by acquiring a SHS kit on the two payment approaches as well as the greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions avoided by a household. The study results revealed that households across the selected SSA countries would incur an annual energy expenditure in the range of $ 63.28–106.93, with an average of $ 87.31 and record energy expenditure savings of 46.04% and 29.79% for a SHS kit on the cash and pay-as-you-go approaches, respectively. The mobile money charges result in about 0.14–4.69% increment in the kit's gross price. An annual household GHG emissions avoided in the range of 19.51–199.29 kg by acquiring a SHS kit was recorded.
    Keyword Solar home systems
    Pay-as-you-go
    GHG emissions
    Energy expenditure savings
    Sub-Saharan Africa
    Copyright Holder Elsevier Ltd.
    Copyright Year 2022
    Copyright type All rights reserved
    DOI 10.1016/j.renene.2022.03.029
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