Solar photovoltaic panels for rural households

Do Rural solar PV projects impact households' livelihood?

In the view of the whole life cycle of sustainable livelihoods, this paper probes into the internal logic by which rural solar PV projects impact households' livelihood and reveals the heterogeneity in the poverty reduction path of PPAPs for the families with different characteristics and different cognitive dimensions.

Can solar photovoltaic projects help alleviate poverty in rural areas?

Nature Communications 11, Article number: 1969 (2020) Cite this article Since 2013, China has implemented a large-scale initiative to systematically deploy solar photovoltaic (PV) projects to alleviate poverty in rural areas.

Should rural families adopt solar energy?

The opportunity for rural families to adopt solar energy relates not just to their own housing, economic status, social capital, and information capacity.

Does community management influence household adoption of rooftop solar photovoltaics in rural China?

This paper examines inequality in household adoption of rooftop solar photovoltaics in rural China through a qualitative study of three villages. The Chinese government promotes distributed solar to drive low-carbon development. However, community management and China’s institutional system influence unequal access.

Is solar PV a good option for poverty reduction?

Solar PV technology has become a clean, low-carbon and price competitive energy in many countries, and the discussion of PV projects and poverty reduction is one of the hot topics at present time.

What are photovoltaic poverty alleviation projects (ppaps) in China?

In China, the Photovoltaic Poverty Alleviation Projects (PPAPs) take the advantages of solar energy resources in rural areas to generate stable revenue for 20 consecutive years, so as to achieve the organic integration of poverty alleviation and development, new energy usage, energy conservation and emissions reduction ( Xu & Zhang, 2018).