Wang, LiminBandyopadhyay, SushenjitCosgrove-Davies, MacSamad, Hussain2012-03-192012-03-192011-01-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3316Scaling-up adoption of renewable energy technology, such as solar home systems, to expand electricity access in developing countries can accelerate the transition to low-carbon economic development. Using a purposely collected national household survey, this study quantifies the carbon and distributional benefits of solar home system programs in Bangladesh. Three key findings are generated from the study. First, dissemination of solar home systems brings about significant carbon benefits: the total carbon emissions avoided from replacing kerosene use for lighting by solar home systems in non-electrified rural households was equivalent to about 4 percent of total annual carbon emissions in Bangladesh in 2007. This figure increases to about 15 percent if the grid-electricity generation is used as the energy baseline to estimate the carbon avoided from the installation of solar home systems. Second, solar home system subsidies in rural Bangladesh are progressive when the program is geographically targeted. Third, there exists a market potential for solar home systems in many rural areas if micro-credit schemes are made available and the propensity to install solar home systems is very responsive to income, with a 1-percent increase in per capita income increasing the probability of installing solar home systems by 12 percent, controlling for other factors.CC BY 3.0 IGOABATEMENT POTENTIALACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCESS TO GRID ELECTRICITYACIDAFFORDABILITYALTERNATIVE ENERGYALTERNATIVE METHODSAPPROACHAVAILABILITYBALANCEBANK LOANSBATTERY CHARGINGBIOMASSCAPACITY BUILDINGCARBONCARBON ABATEMENTCARBON EMISSIONCARBON EMISSIONSCARBON ENERGYCARBON ENERGY TECHNOLOGIESCARBON FINANCECARBON MITIGATIONCARBON OFFSETCARBON_FINANCECCCLEAN ENERGYCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATIONCLIMATE PROTECTIONCO2CONNECTED HOUSEHOLDSCREDIT PROGRAMCREDIT PROGRAMSDEMAND FOR ELECTRICITYDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDEVELOPMENT COMPANYDIESELDIESEL USEDISTRIBUTION GRIDDISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITYDOWN PAYMENTDRY CELL BATTERIESECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIES OF SCALEELECTRICITYELECTRICITY CONSUMPTIONELECTRICITY DEMANDELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTIONELECTRICITY GENERATIONELECTRICITY GENERATION CAPACITYELECTRICITY OPTIONELECTRICITY SECTORELECTRICITY SUPPLYEMISSION FACTOREMISSION RATEEMISSION REDUCTIONEND-USERSENERGY EFFICIENCYENERGY EXPENDITUREENERGY OUTLOOKENERGY POLICYENERGY RESEARCHENERGY SECURITYENERGY USEENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITSEQUALITYFINANCIAL RESOURCESFINANCIAL SUPPORTFOSSILFOSSIL FUELFOSSIL FUELSFUEL CONSUMPTIONFUEL USEGENERATION CAPACITYGHGGLOBAL AVERAGE TEMPERATUREGLOBAL ENVIRONMENTGLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITYGRID CONNECTIONGRID ELECTRICITYGRID ELECTRIFICATIONGRID EXPANSIONHEALTH RISKSHOUSEHOLD INCOMESINCOMEINCOME GROUPINCOME GROUPSINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINTEREST RATEINTERNATIONAL BANKKEROSENEKEROSENE DISPLACEMENTKEROSENE LAMPSKEROSENE USELACK OF INFORMATIONLOAD SHEDDINGLOANLOW-CARBONMARKET DEVELOPMENTMICRO-CREDITMICRO-CREDIT SCHEMEMICRO-CREDIT SCHEMESMICRO-FINANCEMITIGATION POTENTIALOPERATIONAL COSTPER CAPITA INCOMEPHOTOVOLTAICSPOLLUTIONPOWER SECTORPPPUBLIC FINANCERECHARGEABLE LEAD-ACID BATTERYRENEWABLE ENERGYRENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENTRENEWABLE ENERGY POLICYRENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTSRENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIESRENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGYRENEWABLE SOURCESRENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIESRURAL ELECTRIFICATIONRURAL ENERGYSMALL BUSINESSESSMALL ENTERPRISESSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOLAR ENERGYSOLAR HOME SYSTEMSOLAR HOME SYSTEMSSOLAR LANTERNSSOLAR POWERSOLAR SYSTEMSSUSTAINABLE ENERGYTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETEMPERATUREUNIVERSAL ACCESSUTILITIESVILLAGEVILLAGESWINDWORLD ENERGYWORLD ENERGY OUTLOOKWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5545