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ENERGY
Volume 263, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2022.125973
Keywords
Solar PV poverty Alleviation; Energy poverty; Index system; Influencing factors; Partial least squares (PLS)
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Solar photovoltaic poverty alleviation projects (PPAPs) in China have played a positive role in addressing energy shortages and reducing poverty. However, there is limited research on energy poverty in these project areas. This study has developed a three-dimensional theoretical model to assess and analyze energy poverty in PPAP areas, and the results demonstrate the significant impact of these projects on improving energy service availability and the importance of farmers' economic status and education in alleviating energy poverty.
As an innovation of the Chinese government energy policy, solar photovoltaic poverty alleviation projects (PPAPs) play a positive role in solving energy shortages and poverty reduction. However, there is limited research on energy poverty in China's PPAP areas. This study has proposed a three-dimensional theoretical model for energy poverty, evaluated the energy poverty in the PPAP areas and analyzed its influencing path. The results show that: (1) The implementation of PPAPs has improved energy poverty to various degrees in all three types of solar resource areas; (2) The availability of energy services is the most prominent problem in energy poverty, and the PPAPs improve the availability of energy services the most; (3) Farmers' economic status and education have the greatest impact on alleviating energy poverty, and (4) The PPAPs directly improve the availability of energy services by increasing power generation and stability of the grid, and indirectly affect the cleanliness of energy consumption and energy affordability through farmers per se, thus affecting local energy poverty. Thus, public policies for promoting clean energy and energy utilization technologies (such as solar PV, etc) would help alleviate energy poverty in the rural areas.
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