Disruptive innovations and decentralized renewable energy systems in Africa: A socio-technical review

Amuzu-Sefordzi, Basil; Martinus, Kirsten; Tschakert, Petra; Wills, Raymond

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2018.06.014

Cited by 36 publications

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“…76 In North, South, and Southeast Asia, research has examined the use, development, and policies for renewable energy, as well as the integration of regional trade, cooperation, and shared opportunities in energy. 77−79 Regional studies in Africa focus on the potential, deployment status, and determinants of renewable energy sources such as SHP, 80−82 technology-user interaction, 83 and development and policy. 84 Research in Latin America has examined the contribution of renewable energy to enhancing energy security and regional integration, 85 as well as policy tools.…”

Section: Strengthening Scientific Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Research Status and Future Agenda in Small Hydropower from the Perspective of Sustainable Development Goals

Luo,

Xu,

Zhang

et al. 2024

ACS EST Water

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As a renewable energy source, small hydropower (SHP) is an essential component of sustainable development. However, the importance of small hydropower is not well expressed in either scientific research or policy development nor is it clearly defined in the United Nation's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This study conducted a review and bibliometric analysis based on 1108 published articles from 1990 to 2022 in the field of small hydropower research. This research provides an overview of the present state of worldwide research on small hydropower, visualizing the results with scientific mapping, analyzing the changing trends in the research topics in the area of small hydropower research, using 2016, the year of the launch of the sustainable development goals, as a temporal cutoff point, and linking small hydropower to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The findings of this research can assist researchers who would like to engage in this area of research to rapidly gain an understanding of the research frontiers and the overall situation, guiding future routes to the sustainable development of small hydropower.

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Section: Strengthening Scientific Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Research Status and Future Agenda in Small Hydropower from the Perspective of Sustainable Development Goals

Luo,

Xu,

Zhang

et al. 2024

ACS EST Water

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“…Similarly, the study assessed the level at which households had experienced each of these components and the rate of vulnerability as a result of the exploration and extraction of crude oil using a 1 to 4 scale of 1 to 4 to reflect various levels of impoverishment and displacement vulnerability. Indeed, such index and related approaches have been used in the studies of disasters, environmental variability, and displacement risks (Sujakhu et al, 2019;Amuzu-Sefordzi et al, 2018;Adu-Manu et al, 2018).…”

Section: Journal Of Humanities and Social Sciences Sciencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Displacement for development: The nature of oil-induced displacement of households in Turkana County

Cheptoo¹

2022

JHSS

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This study sought to examine the displacement of households in the Lokichar-Kochodin basin due to the discovery and mining of oil in Turkana County. Guided by Anthony Giddens’ “Structuration Theory” in exploring the social processes associated with oil-induced displacement, a cross-sectional survey research design was adopted. A mixed method approach was further employed to collect data using questionnaires, focus group discussion (FGD) guides, and key informant interview (KII) guides. Both quantitative and qualitative analysis was performed through Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 21 and Nvivo, respectively. The study found that the displaced households experienced loss of land for cultivation, and grazing, loss of social infrastructure, loss of residences, and overall loss of their livelihoods. The study concludes that oil-induced displacement, as a category or cause of development-induced displacement, is associated with adverse environmental, human-social, economic, and physical livelihood vulnerabilities for the affected populations. Therefore it is recommended that the government of Kenya should contemplate passing a law that necessitates compensation for affected victims in the line of development.

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“…How adopters find out information and the impact of sales events and sales agents on the diffusion process. Table 3 -Overview of the key attributes assessed as part of this study, based on Barrie and Cruickshank (2017) and Amuzu-Sefordzi et al (2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For example, previous humanitarian energy projects in Kenya (Okello, 2016;Whitehouse, 2019) and Burkina Faso (Corbyn & Vianello, 2018) have not achieved high diffusion levels. Authors such as Amuzu-Sefordzi et al, (2018) and Kizilcec and Parikh (2020) have also recommended that a better understanding of the factors influencing the slow adoption and subsequent diffusion of SHS is crucial and that more research is required on context-specific challenges to diffusion. This paper aims to evaluate PAYG SHS's diffusion in Kigeme, Nyabiheke and Gihembe refugee camps in Rwanda and to discuss the implications the findings have for achieving policy objectives such as SDG7 and the Clean Energy Challenge.…”

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The diffusion of solar home systems in Rwandan refugee camps

Thomas

Williamson

Harper

2021

Energy for Sustainable Development

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Disruptive innovations and decentralized renewable energy systems in Africa: A socio-technical review

Cited by 36 publications

References 67 publications

Research Status and Future Agenda in Small Hydropower from the Perspective of Sustainable Development Goals

Research Status and Future Agenda in Small Hydropower from the Perspective of Sustainable Development Goals

Displacement for development: The nature of oil-induced displacement of households in Turkana County

The diffusion of solar home systems in Rwandan refugee camps

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