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ENERGY POLICY
卷 68, 期 -, 页码 80-91出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.12.048
关键词
Energy policy; India; Biogas
资金
- UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/J000361/1, EP/K00394/1]
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/J000361/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- EPSRC [EP/J000361/1] Funding Source: UKRI
The Indian Government's National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP) seeks to deliver renewable energy services to households across the country by facilitating the deployment of family-sized ( < 6 m(3)) anaerobic (biogas) digesters. NBMMP policy is implemented at three levels, from government and state nodal agency, via private contractors to households, creating multiple institutional arrangements. We analysed the scheme in Assam, north-east India, focusing on how policy was implemented across two districts and interviewing stakeholders in rural households, state and nonstate institutions. The top-down, supply-side approach to policy enables government to set targets and require individual states to deploy the scheme, which benefits households who can afford to participate. NBMMP delivered improved energy service outcomes to a majority of households, although the level of knowledge and understanding of the technology amongst users was limited. Training and education of householders, and particularly women, is needed in relation to the maintenance of digesters, feedstock suitability and the environmental and potential livelihood benefits of digestate. A revised bottom-up approach to policy, which highlights the contextual and demand-side issues around adopting the technology, may deliver monetary benefits from market competition and enable development of community-focused microfinance schemes to improve the affordability of biogas systems. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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