How Will Energy Demand Develop in the Developing World?

Wolfram, Catherine; Shelef, Orie; Gertler, Paul

doi:10.3386/w17747

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“…A number of nations have also signed up to this initiative and set national targets. However, the realization of global and national targets depends, among other things, on accurate modeling and forecasting that capture the dynamics of supply and demand for electricity services . An ambitious but rigorous access target emphasizes the importance of addressing electricity access in poor communities and helping governments prioritize and reorient funding and resources accordingly.…”

Section: Urban Slums and Access To Electricity Conundrummentioning

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Electricity (in)accessibility to the urban poor in developing countries

Singh

Wang

Mendoza

et al. 2014

WIREs Energy & Environment

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More than half of the world's population now lives in urban areas. The difficulties involved in providing new urban residents with a wide variety of services reveal a new face of poverty, one in which urban communities cannot access or afford basic modern energy services for their development and empowerment. As an enabler of development processes, access to electricity in urban and peri-urban contexts plays a key role in providing possibilities and solutions to the urban poor. Energy poverty is no longer a rural-only phenomenon, and a concerted effort is needed to find solutions. Taking this into account, the Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (GNESD) initiated the Urban Peri-Urban Energy Access (UPEA) project in 2006. The objective of this study was to understand the barriers to energy access in the context of the urban poor in seven countries. Barriers from both the supply and demand sides for energy were investigated. Factors such as a lack of institutional coordination, weak alignment between energy policies and urban planning, and insufficient financial and social incentives appear to play key roles in constraining access to electricity for the urban poor. Overcoming these barriers will require innovative solutions in policies, decision-making, financing, multi-stakeholder dialogs, social inclusion, international cooperation, and knowledge sharing regarding good practices.

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Section: Urban Slums and Access To Electricity Conundrummentioning

confidence: 99%

Electricity (in)accessibility to the urban poor in developing countries

Singh

Wang

Mendoza

et al. 2014

WIREs Energy & Environment

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“…In general, economists know less about these extensive margin adjustments than the intensive ones. While research shows that future generations will likely own more air conditioners, this is due to both price and income effects (Wolfram et al, 2012). There is a nascent literature examining the weather and climate responses of air conditioner adoption (e.g.…”

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Measuring climatic impacts on energy consumption: A review of the empirical literature

2014

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This paper reviews the literature on the relationship between climate and the energy sector. In particular, we primarily discuss empirical papers published in peer-reviewed economics journals focusing on how climate affects energy expenditures and consumption. Climate will affect energy consumption by changing how consumers respond to short run weather shocks (the intensive margin) as well as how people will adapt in the long run (the extensive margin). Along the intensive margin, further research that uses household and firm-level panel data of energy consumption may help identify how energy consumers around the world respond to weather shocks. Research on technology adoption, e.g. air conditioners, will further our understanding of the extensive margin adjustments and their costs. We also note that most of the literature focuses on the residential sector. Similar studies are urgently needed for the industrial and commercial sectors.

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“…Human needs broadly encompass the following categories: (a) lighting, (b) entertainment and communication, (c) food preservation, (d) mechanical loads and labor-saving, (e) cooking and water heating, (f) space cooling and heating (Tenenbaum et al 2014). The household-level energy use is bound to be increasing with time as more households rise out of (energy) poverty (Wolfram et al 2012). Moving up the tiers makes more and better quality energy services available that could satisfy more of these human needs.…”

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Stochastic load profile construction for the multi-tier framework for household electricity access using off-grid DC appliances

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To improve access to electricity, decentralized, solar-based off-grid solutions like Solar Home Systems (SHSs) and rural micro-grids have recently seen a prolific growth. However, electrical load profiles, usually the first step in determining the electrical sizing of off-grid energy systems, are often nonexistent or unreliable, especially when looking at the hitherto un(der)-electrified communities. This paper aims to construct load profiles at the household level for each tier of electricity access as set forth by the multi-tier framework (MTF) for measuring household electricity access. The loads comprise dedicated offgrid appliances, including the so-called super-efficient ones that are increasingly being used by SHSs, reflecting the off-grid appliance market's remarkable evolution in terms of efficiency and price. This study culminated in devising a stochastic, bottom-up load The original version of this article was revised: Figure 5 image top right legends, the solid black line was defined "CF" and the broken blue line was described "CF" too. The figure image was updated to correct the mistake.

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How Will Energy Demand Develop in the Developing World?

Cited by 78 publications

References 13 publications

Electricity (in)accessibility to the urban poor in developing countries

Electricity (in)accessibility to the urban poor in developing countries

Measuring climatic impacts on energy consumption: A review of the empirical literature

Stochastic load profile construction for the multi-tier framework for household electricity access using off-grid DC appliances

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