Interpreting energy poverty in respect of lack of accessibility, availability, and affordability of
energy resources, this study aims to explore the macroeconomic determinants of …

African power sectors are plagued with financial unsustainability, low rates of grid
connection, and high consumer prices relative to other regions in the Global South. Reforms …

Contributing about 40% of the world's annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the
building industry is tasked with reducing its energy consumption and its carbon footprint in …

Households stack and switch the fuels they use to meet their energy needs for cooking,
heating and lighting. The type of fuel used and how fuels are stacked and switched affects …

Electricity is the basic necessity for daily life and a core component for a country's economic
growth. However, in DR Congo access to electricity is less than 20%. This paper …

This study examines the link between employment precarity and energy poverty from racial
and ethnic perspectives. Data are extracted from a five-year panel survey from South Africa …

Despite the abundant resources with which Africa is endowed, this region of the world is
also, paradoxically, the least enlightened, with a low rate of access to electricity and a high …

This study incorporates household energy needs into Foster–Greer–Thorbecke (FGT) based
poverty measures to examine energy poverty in South Africa. Our household-specific energy …

This study combines energy affordability and accessibility into a multidimensional energy
poverty measure, which we stratify by rural and urban locale. Accessibility considers a …

Abstract For the period 1975–2016, this paper examines the determinants of the residential
demand for electricity in South Africa including disposable income, electricity prices, food …