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Energy access problem of the poor in India: Is rural electrification a remedy?
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In this article, the authors argue that rural electrification alone is unlikely to resolve the energy access problem because of low penetration of electricity in the energy mix of the poor, despite several initiatives and policies to support poor households.About:
This article is published in Energy Policy.The article was published on 2006-12-01. It has received 287 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Rural electrification & Energy mix.read more
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A global perspective on domestic energy deprivation: Overcoming the energy poverty-fuel poverty binary
Stefan Bouzarovski,Saska Petrova +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an integrated conceptual framework for the research and amelioration of energy deprivation in the home is proposed, based on the premise that all forms of energy and fuel poverty are underpinned by a common condition: the inability to attain a socially and materially necessitated level of domestic energy services.
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Grid-connected versus stand-alone energy systems for decentralized power—A review of literature
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the literature on decentralized power systems is presented, where 102 articles were reviewed and features of several technological alternatives available for decentralized power, the studies on modeling and analysis of economic, environmental and technological asibilities of both grid-connected (GC) and stand-alone (SA) systems as decentralized power options are presented.
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Assessment of access to electricity and the socio-economic impacts in rural areas of developing countries
Makoto Kanagawa,Toshihiko Nakata +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an energy-economic model was developed to analyze the possibility of electrification through dissemination of electric lighting appliances as well as applied multiple regression analysis to estimate the socioeconomic condition, a literacy rate above 6 years old, in the areas.
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Bioenergy potential from crop residue biomass in India
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assessed crop residue biomass and subsequently bioenergy potential in all the 28 states of India using crop statistics and standard procedure, and a total of 39 residues from 26 crops cultivated in India were considered for the study.
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A review on biomass energy resources, potential, conversion and policy in India
TL;DR: In this article, the authors have discussed the potential, energy conversion and policy for promotion implemented by Government of India in the area of biomass energy resource, potential and energy conversion in India.
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World energy assessment : energy and the challenge of sustainability
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the linkage between energy and economic, social, environmental, and security issues, and analyzes the contradictions between current patterns of use and objectives in these areas.
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Energy use and energy access in relation to poverty
Daniel Spreng,Shonali Pachauri +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, different approaches to how energy poverty might be measured are presented, and an alternative approach is then provided that combines the elements of access and consumption of energy in order to examine how these relate to the well being of households.
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Impact assessment of the Electricity Act 2003 on the Indian power sector
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the likely impacts of the major policy reforms unveiled by the Government of India for revamping the country's power sector, including power trading, role of regulator in the new regime, issue of open access, empowerment of the consumers and the environmental issues.
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Renewable Energies and the Poor: Niche or Nexus?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse whether such a niche is backed by any economic logic and whether renewable energy and the poor nexus could be a strategy for success, and suggest that contrary to the common belief, the economic logic behind the niche is unsound and that the nexus is not a recipe for success.