Factors influencing rural household attitude towards solar home system in Ethiopia

Solar home system is a promising energy option for households living in off-grid areas of developing countries. However, household inclination towards consuming such clean energy is hampered by numerous factors. This study is motivated by the absence of more in-depth empirical studies on factors det...

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Autores principales:	Mossie Zeru Asmare, Diriba Guta Dawit
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Publicado:	EDP Sciences 2021
Materias:	Energy conservation TJ163.26-163.5 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8ad56d1bcfef4e02b2da8660dadd53bf2021-11-08T15:22:05ZFactors influencing rural household attitude towards solar home system in Ethiopia2493-943910.1051/rees/2021048https://doaj.org/article/8ad56d1bcfef4e02b2da8660dadd53bf2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.rees-journal.org/articles/rees/full_html/2021/01/rees210049/rees210049.htmlhttps://doaj.org/toc/2493-9439Solar home system is a promising energy option for households living in off-grid areas of developing countries. However, household inclination towards consuming such clean energy is hampered by numerous factors. This study is motivated by the absence of more in-depth empirical studies on factors determining households' attitudes towards using SHS. By filling this gap, this study intends to generate informed policy recommendations. For this purpose, we used data generated from 228 adopted and 143 non-adopted households living in Basoliben district, northern Ethiopia by applying mixed data collection approaches. The ordered logistic regression model was employed to estimate factors influencing households' attitudes towards SHS. The findings reveal that being male household heads is 2.6% and 3.2% more likely to have unfavorable and neutral attitudes respectively and 5.9% less likely favorable attitudes towards SHS. As income increase by one Birr, households are about 8.2% more likely to have a favorable attitude towards SHS, and 3.8% and 4.4% less likely to have unfavorable and neutral attitudes towards SHS respectively. Households having a cell phone are 3% and 5.5% less likely to be in the unfavorable and neutral attitude category respectively and 8.5% more likely to be in the favorable attitude category. Likewise being accessed with media is 4.2% and 6.9% less likely they have unfavorable and neutral attitudes respectively, and 11% more likely they have a favorable attitude towards SHS. Moreover, households who attained training are 3% and 5% less likely they have unfavorable and neutral attitudes respectively, and are 8% more likely to have a favorable attitude towards SHS. The finding of this study suggests that improving the economic status of households, better media access, and training would play a crucial role in creating a positive attitude within rural households to increase the adoption of SHS in rural Ethiopia.Mossie Zeru AsmareDiriba Guta DawitEDP SciencesarticleEnergy conservationTJ163.26-163.5Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830ENRenewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Vol 6, p 42 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Energy conservation TJ163.26-163.5 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Mossie Zeru Asmare Diriba Guta Dawit Factors influencing rural household attitude towards solar home system in Ethiopia
description	Solar home system is a promising energy option for households living in off-grid areas of developing countries. However, household inclination towards consuming such clean energy is hampered by numerous factors. This study is motivated by the absence of more in-depth empirical studies on factors determining households' attitudes towards using SHS. By filling this gap, this study intends to generate informed policy recommendations. For this purpose, we used data generated from 228 adopted and 143 non-adopted households living in Basoliben district, northern Ethiopia by applying mixed data collection approaches. The ordered logistic regression model was employed to estimate factors influencing households' attitudes towards SHS. The findings reveal that being male household heads is 2.6% and 3.2% more likely to have unfavorable and neutral attitudes respectively and 5.9% less likely favorable attitudes towards SHS. As income increase by one Birr, households are about 8.2% more likely to have a favorable attitude towards SHS, and 3.8% and 4.4% less likely to have unfavorable and neutral attitudes towards SHS respectively. Households having a cell phone are 3% and 5.5% less likely to be in the unfavorable and neutral attitude category respectively and 8.5% more likely to be in the favorable attitude category. Likewise being accessed with media is 4.2% and 6.9% less likely they have unfavorable and neutral attitudes respectively, and 11% more likely they have a favorable attitude towards SHS. Moreover, households who attained training are 3% and 5% less likely they have unfavorable and neutral attitudes respectively, and are 8% more likely to have a favorable attitude towards SHS. The finding of this study suggests that improving the economic status of households, better media access, and training would play a crucial role in creating a positive attitude within rural households to increase the adoption of SHS in rural Ethiopia.
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title	Factors influencing rural household attitude towards solar home system in Ethiopia
title_short	Factors influencing rural household attitude towards solar home system in Ethiopia
title_full	Factors influencing rural household attitude towards solar home system in Ethiopia
title_fullStr	Factors influencing rural household attitude towards solar home system in Ethiopia
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Factors influencing rural household attitude towards solar home system in Ethiopia

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