Solar photovoltaic interventions have reduced rural poverty in
The solar energy for poverty alleviation program (SEPAP) in China aims to add over 10GW of solar capacity to benefit over 2 million citizens by 20204. SEPAP supports solar installations
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Frontiers | Scalar Containment of Energy Justice and Its
Section Scalar Energy Justice, Energy Poverty Alleviation, and Solar PV Rollout discusses the role of solar PV to alleviate energy poverty in relation to scale and energy justice. Finally, Section Conclusion offers
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Does solar energy reduce poverty or increase energy security? A
While recognizing that the top-down role of governments in addressing the challenge of energy governance, green transition, and poverty alleviation is critical, this paper focuses on an integrated assessment of the bottom-up impacts of solar installations as part of a path to sustainable development.
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Sustainability assessment of individual-level solar
In 2014, China launched an ambitious poverty alleviation program (Solar-energy Poverty Alleviation Program, SEPAP) by implementing solar photovoltaic systems in remote rural areas. It aimed to increase energy
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Solar energy for poverty alleviation in China: State ambitions
The solar energy for poverty alleviation programme (SEPAP) aims to add over 10 GW capacity and benefit more than 2 million households from around 35,000 villages across the country by 2020. This
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A look at China''s PV poverty alleviation policy
China''s program to alleviate poverty through solar energy deployment increased per capita disposable incomes in one rural county by approximately 7% to 8% between 2013 and 2016, according to new
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Governance Challenges and Solutions of the Solar
This paper discusses one of China''s targeted poverty alleviation programs, namely the Solar Energy for Poverty Alleviation Program (SEPAP). SEPAP is an important and innovative policy that enables
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What is the anti-poverty effect of solar PV poverty alleviation
This paper aims to explore the effect of PPAPs on energy poverty alleviation in poor areas. Based on 2010–2018 panel data from a tracking survey, this paper adopts a high-dimensional fixed effect model and finds that PPAPs reduced household energy poverty by 6.32%. Solar energy for poverty alleviation in China: State ambitions
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Solar energy for poverty alleviation in China: State ambitions
The solar energy for poverty alleviation programme (SEPAP) aims to add over 10 GW capacity and benefit more than 2 million households from around 35,000 villages across the country by 2020. This article investigates the implications of the initiative through discourse analysis of policy documents and a case study of its implementation in the
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Chinese photovoltaic poverty alleviation: Geographic distribution
Of ten poverty alleviation measures, photovoltaic poverty alleviation is the one with main objectives to make use of regional solar energy resource endowments to increase income in residents (Yang and Zhao, 2018). From the results in this work, it is obvious that the GDP per capita and household savings per capita in most provinces are lower than in the
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Policy evaluation and optimization for photovoltaic poverty alleviation
As renewable energy poverty alleviation is related to renewable energy development and poverty reduction, laws regarding the two fields need to be implemented. W. Gongbuzeren. Solar energy for
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Sustainability assessment of individual-level solar
In this paper we study the Solar Energy for Poverty Alleviation Program (SEPAP) in China, which aims to increase the 3,000 Yuan annually for poor people by installing solar panels. SEPAP was
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Governance Challenges and Solutions of the Solar Energy for Poverty
This paper discusses one of China''s targeted poverty alleviation programs, namely the Solar Energy for Poverty Alleviation Program (SEPAP). SEPAP is an important and innovative policy that enables poor households to earn additional income by installing solar panels and selling the generated electricity to the grid. However, there are still
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Solar power dawns light of prosperity in China''s impoverished areas
Qinghai''s solar power poverty alleviation projects have an installed capacity of 730,000 kilowatts of photovoltaic power, and are expected to generate 570 million yuan. Its renewable energy took up 86.5 percent and 86.2 percent, respectively, of the total installed capacity and power generation of the whole province last year. RELATED STORIES
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Energy poverty alleviation: effective policies, best practices and
Energy poverty alleviation: effective policies, best practices and innovative schemes 1. Introduction In pursuit of transition pathways toward a sustainable and resilient energy sector, climate change, security of supply and energy poverty are set in the spotlight. As for the first two, they appear to have
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Is off-grid residential solar power inclusive? Solar power adoption
Off-grid solar power can alleviate energy poverty because (1) it is the only cost-effective solution for supplying power to households in grid-inaccessible areas, and (2) it can be easily and quickly deployed in areas with grid coverage but without reliable supply [12] tween 2016 and 2019, the solar power sector in India grew by 47% [13].As of March 2021, the
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Does the solar PV program enhance the social
As one of the most critical TPA programs, PPAP combines solar energy development and poverty alleviation [5] brings stable solar power generation benefits for the poor and helps China achieve carbon neutrality commitment [6].Endowed with the greatest political attention, China has set off a huge wave of solar power generation [7, 8] (see Fig. 1).
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How renewable energy alleviate energy poverty? A global
The development of renewable energy industry is an important measure for countries to strengthen the construction of ecological civilization. Thus, to empirically investigate the underlying effect of renewable energy consumption on global energy poverty alleviation, we first assess the energy poverty composite index across the globe, and then explore whether
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What is the anti-poverty effect of solar PV poverty alleviation
China''s photovoltaic poverty alleviation projects (PPAPs) aim to help alleviate poverty by using the new energy power generation. In recent years, the PPAPs have
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A scientometric review of global research on solar photovoltaics
Solar energy holds significant potential for alleviating poverty, tackling climate change and providing affordable clean energy, contributing to multiple United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. However, limited research has systematically reviewed the progress in the field of solar photovoltaics and poverty (PV–PO). To address this gap, this paper aims to
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China''s Solar Energy Poverty Alleviation Program
Recognizing the potential of renewable energy in addressing poverty in some of its impoverished areas, the NEA and the State Council jointly issued a work plan to implement the Solar Energy Poverty Alleviation Program (SEPAP) in 2014. The 6-year program aimed to install over 10 GW of capacity and benefit more than 2 million households from around 35,000
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How do photovoltaic poverty alleviation projects relieve
This paper aims to explore the effect of PPAPs on energy poverty alleviation in poor areas. Based on 2010–2018 panel data from a tracking survey, this paper adopts a high-dimensional fixed effect model and finds that PPAPs reduced household energy poverty by 6.32%. Solar energy resources that do not pollute the environment are extremely
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Energy poverty alleviation and its implications for household energy
Health shocks or risks related to household energy consumption (HEC) are one of the most serious health threats worldwide. Based on the 2018 China Health and Nutrition Survey Database (CHNS), this study empirically quantified the linear and nonlinear relationships between energy consumption, health, poverty, and living environment quality at the household
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Solar photovoltaic interventions have reduced rural poverty in
The solar energy for poverty alleviation program (SEPAP) in China aims to add over 10 GW of solar capacity to benefit over 2 million citizens by 2020 4. SEPAP supports solar installations in high
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Evaluating potentials of passive solar heating renovation for the
Energy poverty (EP) refers to the situation that occupants in households have inadequate access to energy or rely more on polluting fuels. On the one hand, EP has been a barrier to economic growth at the international, national and regional level (Hou, 2017, Sovacool, 2012, Wang, 2015).On the other hand, it has negative impacts on human survival, living
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Has solar PV achieved the national poverty alleviation goals? Empirical
As a momentous energy policy innovation endowed with the highest level of political support in China, the solar PV poverty alleviation project (PPAP) combines the development of clean energy with poverty alleviation, which was promoted together with the other five targeted poverty alleviation methods intensively.
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Process analysis of poverty eradication in China: A case study
Since the establishment of the People''s Republic of China, poverty alleviation has been one of the priorities on the government''s agenda. On February 25, 2021, President Xi Jinping solemnly declared at the National Conference of Poverty Alleviation Summary and Commendation held in Beijing that "Victory in the battle against poverty is complete, and China
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Photovoltaics can reduce economic poverty by 4.5% in
Researchers assessed the effect of solar energy projects on poverty in China and determined that PV systems can play a role in reducing multiple dimensions of poverty while also contributing to
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Solar energy for poverty alleviation in China: State ambitions
DOI: 10.1016/J.ERSS.2018.04.035 Corpus ID: 170069877; Solar energy for poverty alleviation in China: State ambitions, bureaucratic interests, and local realities @article{Geall2018SolarEF, title={Solar energy for poverty alleviation in China: State ambitions, bureaucratic interests, and local realities}, author={Sam Geall and Wei Shen and Gongbuzeren}, journal={Energy
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Solar Energy Is Key in the Fight to End Extreme
Few people understand the role energy access plays in poverty alleviation better than Robert Freling, the long-time executive director of the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF), who has spent his career expanding access to electricity across
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Evaluation of energy and environmental performances of Solar
Solar energy for poverty alleviation in China: State ambitions, bureaucratic interests, and local realities. Energy Research & Social Science., 41 (2018), pp. 238-248, 10.1016/j.erss.2018.04.035. View PDF View article View in Scopus Google Scholar. GEI, 2016. GEI. Case study of the combination of new energy and the development of poverty
View more6 FAQs about [Solar energy for poverty alleviation]
Can solar energy help alleviate poverty in China?
In 2014, China announced an ambitious plan to help alleviate rural poverty through deploying distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in poor areas. The solar energy for poverty alleviation programme (SEPAP) aims to add over 10 GW capacity and benefit more than 2 million households from around 35,000 villages across the country by 2020.
Can solar PV reduce poverty?
Solar PV and poverty alleviation Solar energy is considered to be one of the most sustainable and renewable sources of energy. Some scholars have made preliminary explorations on the application of solar PV for poverty reduction in the rest of the world.
Can solar energy help alleviate rural poverty?
Since 2014, Chinese energy regulators have announced an ambitious plan to help alleviate rural poverty by deploying distributed solar photovoltaic systems in poor areas. Anhui was chosen as one of the first batches of photovoltaic pilots 8.
What are China's photovoltaic poverty alleviation projects?
China’s photovoltaic poverty alleviation projects (PPAPs) aim to help alleviate poverty by using the new energy power generation. In recent years, the PPAPs have flourished with the strong support of the Chinese government, becoming an integral strategy for the support of rural industries.
What is solar energy for Poverty Alleviation (SEPAP)?
The solar energy for poverty alleviation programme (SEPAP), which is positioned as an integral component of China’s political campaign to eradicate poverty by 2020, aims to add over 10 GW capacity and benefit more than 2 million households from around 35,000 villages across the country by 2020.
Why is solar power important for Poverty Alleviation?
Poverty alleviation through solar power generation has been instrumental in building independent development capability of the impoverished areas, helping the underprivileged area and their people find employment locally.
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