Rethinking the sustainability and institutional governance of electricity access and mini-grids: Electricity as a common pool resource

Gollwitzer, Laurenz; Ockwell, David; Muok, Ben; Ely, Adrian; Ahlborg, Helene

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2017.10.033

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“…Cooperative members reported incidents of mismanagement and theft, improper and irregular collection of tariffs as well as problems of knowledge transfer especially on technical expertise (Interview 4,13,19). Insufficient financial and limited knowledge resources reduced the ability to maintain the plant and impact the functionality and sustainability of the power plant (Gollwitzer et al 2018) such as in Gobecho I and II. Interviewees across the sites felt that they do not have the power or the capability to act and fully control the resource.…”

Section: Lack Of Sense Of Ownershipmentioning

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Energy 4 all? Investigating gendered energy justice implications of community-based micro-hydropower cooperatives in Ethiopia

Wiese

2020

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

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More than 70% of the population in Ethiopia lack access to electricity and thus rely on conventional sources of energy such as biomass that is associated with negative consequences on health and the environment. Decentralized community-based micro-hydropower plants (MHPs) are being utilized as effective means to transition to modern low-carbon energy systems providing access to electricity to communities in remote areas. However, there exist a knowledge gap regarding energy justice dimensions and gendered impacts related to sustainable energy transitions in the Global South. This research investigates the gendered justice implications of lowcarbon energy projects in the case of four community-based micro-hydropower projects in Ethiopia implemented by the German Development Cooperation (GIZ). Although the projects generally achieved positive outcomes for the lives of the villager's socioeconomic impacts on income; productive use, health and education affected men and women differently. The particular energy needs, uses and challenges that women face were insufficiently addressed and hence are limiting the opportunities for women to benefit equally from access to electricity. Generally, procedural justice aspects such as access to information, consultation and participation seemed to be insufficient to create a sense of ownership which in turn can jeopardize the long-term sustainability of the hydropower plants.

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Energy 4 all? Investigating gendered energy justice implications of community-based micro-hydropower cooperatives in Ethiopia

Wiese

2020

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

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“…However, none of these organisations appear to have an explicit focus on wind-powered mini-grids, and they mainly concentrate on supporting the development of solar-powered mini-grids. 3 One notable exception is the UNIDO-funded project in the Ngong Hills implemented in 2009, which involves a solar-wind-diesel hybrid minigrid with a total installed capacity of 10 kW (including a 3 kW wind turbine) [28].…”

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“…Similarly, DfID and the World Bank have provided direct investments for the development of new (greenfield) solar-powered minigrids, including the recently launched Kenya Off-grid Solar Access Project (KOSAP) [41], while the Spanish embassy has provided financing for the development of five new solar-wind-diesel hybrid minigrids. Other donor-funded projects include the DfID-funded cooperative-based Kitonyoni mini-grid (a solar-diesel hybrid of 13.5 kWp), the UNIDO-funded, community-based Olosho Oibor minigrid (a solar-wind-diesel hybrid of 10 kWp) and two solar-diesel hybrid mini-grids funded by GIZ: the Talek Power mini-grid (50 kWp) and the Strathmore University solar hybrid system (10 kWp) [10,28,42].…”

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Technological shape and size: A disaggregated perspective on sectoral innovation systems in renewable electrification pathways

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Energy Research & Social Science

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“…These two main characteristics, i.e., sustainability and reliability, make the planning and design/operation optimization of a power network a difficult problem to solve [21,22]. Several methodologies have been developed independently to find solutions for these problems [23][24][25]. However, new methodologies that capture all of the aspects of sustainability and reliability and their integration into a single framework are necessary for a more detailed understanding of the planning and operational optimization and performance analysis of power networks.…”

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Effects of Producer and Transmission Reliability on the Sustainability Assessment of Power System Networks

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Details are presented of the development and incorporation of a generation and transmission reliability approach in an upper-level sustainability assessment framework for power system planning. This application represents a quasi-stationary, multiobjective optimization problem with nonlinear constraints, load uncertainties, stochastic effects for renewable energy producers, and the propagation of uncertainties along the transmission lines. The Expected Energy Not Supplied (EENS) accounts for generation and transmission reliability and is based on a probabilistic as opposed to deterministic approach. The optimization is developed for three scenarios. The first excludes uncertainties in the load demand, while the second includes them. The third scenario accounts not only for these uncertainties, but also for the stochastic effects related to wind and photovoltaic producers. The sustainability-reliability approach is applied to the standard IEEE Reliability Test System. Results show that using a Mixture of Normals Approximation (MONA) for the EENS formulation makes the reliability analysis simpler, as well as possible within a large-scale optimization. In addition, results show that the inclusion of renewable energy producers has some positive impact on the optimal synthesis/design of power networks under sustainability considerations. Also shown is the negative impact of renewable energy producers on the reliability of the power network.

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Rethinking the sustainability and institutional governance of electricity access and mini-grids: Electricity as a common pool resource

Abstract: Rethinking the sustainability and institutional governance of electricity access and mini-grids: electricity as a common pool resource. Energy Research & Social Science, 39. pp. 152-161.

Cited by 65 publications

References 44 publications

Energy 4 all? Investigating gendered energy justice implications of community-based micro-hydropower cooperatives in Ethiopia

Energy 4 all? Investigating gendered energy justice implications of community-based micro-hydropower cooperatives in Ethiopia

Technological shape and size: A disaggregated perspective on sectoral innovation systems in renewable electrification pathways

Effects of Producer and Transmission Reliability on the Sustainability Assessment of Power System Networks

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