Appliance Ownership and Aspirations among Electric Grid and Home Solar Households in Rural Kenya
通过调查肯尼亚农村家庭的电器拥有情况，发现家用太阳能无法替代电网供电，且在该国电网主要来自非化石能源的情况下，家用太阳能的环保优势较小。
In Sub-Saharan Africa, there are active debates about whether increases in energy access should be driven by investments in electric grid infrastructure or small-scale “home solar” systems (e.g., solar lanterns and solar home systems). We summarize the results of a household electrical appliance survey and describe how households in rural Kenya differ in terms of appliance ownership and aspirations. Our data suggest that home solar is not a substitute for grid power. Furthermore, the environmental advantages of home solar are likely to be relatively small in countries like Kenya, where grid power is primarily derived from non-fossil fuel sources.