Challenges and Prospects of Solar Home System Dissemination in Rural Parts of Ethiopia The Case of Solar Energy Foundation
| dc.contributor.advisor | Anteneh, Salehu (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mekuria, Engida | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-29T08:55:37Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T09:02:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-29T08:55:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T09:02:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The Ethiopian government aspires to reach middle income status by 2025 through its Growth and Transformation Plan. The Growth and Transformation Plan is a development plan of the government of Ethiopia. Its objective is to bring transformative social and economic changes in Ethiopia that will enable it to become a middle income country by 2025 (FDRE, 2011). Only 2% of the rural population of Ethiopian has access to Grid Electricity, solar technology provides the Ethiopian government with the opportunity to address energy challenges without the need to implement expensive power generation projects, transmission and distribution networks. The objectives of this study is to assess the Challenges in Solar Home System dissemination in rural Ethiopia, to propose the possible solutions to overcome the challenges, to highlight the extent to which Policy makers, Business people and financial institutions can support companies like SEF in the SHS dissemination in rural Ethiopia. Qualitative data analysis was undertaken in the study and interviews were conducted to collect the required data. A sample of four stakeholders which are directly related to solar power business were studied. Although the case company is Solar Energy foundation, the other three stakeholders were involved in the interviews to gain more input in to understanding the challenges and possible solutions towards solar home system dissemination. The findings of this study indicate that there are major challenges that hinder the dissemination of solar home systems in rural parts of Ethiopia and possible solutions to overcome these challenges are highlighted. The output of this study can be useful to the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity and in particular to the Ethiopian Electric Power company. Key Words: Ethiopia, Solar Home Systems, Challenges in SHS dissemination and possible solutions | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/13346 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Solar Home Systems | en_US |
| dc.subject | Challenges in | en_US |
| dc.subject | SHS dissemination | en_US |
| dc.subject | and possible solutions | en_US |
| dc.title | Challenges and Prospects of Solar Home System Dissemination in Rural Parts of Ethiopia The Case of Solar Energy Foundation | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |