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End-user perceptions of success and failure: Narratives from a natural laboratory of rural electrification projects in Malaysian Borneo
Energy for Sustainable Development ( IF 4.4 ) Pub Date : 2020-12-01 , DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2020.10.008
T. van Gevelt , T. Zaman , F. George , M.M. Bennett , S.D. Fam , J.E. Kim

Abstract Located deep in the Kelabit Highlands in Malaysian Borneo, the remote town of Bario offers us a natural laboratory of rural electrification projects through which to understand end-user perceptions of success and failure, and the factors that contribute to these perceptions. We use a case-study based approach and focus on three off-grid energy projects: a 110 kW mini-hydro power plant; a 12 kW wind turbine system; and a 1.59 MW solar-diesel hybrid system. We find that end-users primarily see the success or failure of a project in technical terms, but that this narrow conceptualization masks important interactions between technical, economic and institutional factors. We further find that end-user perceptions of newer projects are heavily affected by their perceptions of previous projects. Our findings suggest several ways forward to improve the effectiveness of rural electrification initiatives. Firstly, we should expect complex interactions between technical, economic and institutional factors and build-in the necessary capacity into rural electrification projects to identify and address these interactions. Secondly, there is no one size fits all solution to creating the requisite capacity to deal with interactions among technical, economic and institutional factors. Thirdly, ongoing qualitative or mixed-methods evaluations of rural electrification initiatives can help unravel what would otherwise be hidden interactions between technical, economic and institutional factors.

中文翻译:

最终用户对成功和失败的看法:来自马来西亚婆罗洲农村电气化项目自然实验室的叙述

摘要 位于马来西亚婆罗洲 Kelabit 高地深处的 Bario 偏远小镇为我们提供了农村电气化项目的天然实验室,通过它我们可以了解最终用户对成功和失败的看法,以及导致这些看法的因素。我们采用基于案例研究的方法,重点关注三个离网能源项目:一座 110 千瓦的小型水电站;一个 12 千瓦的风力涡轮机系统;和 1.59 MW 太阳能-柴油混合动力系统。我们发现最终用户主要从技术角度看待项目的成功或失败,但这种狭隘的概念掩盖了技术、经济和制度因素之间的重要相互作用。我们进一步发现,最终用户对新项目的看法受到他们对以前项目的看法的严重影响。我们的研究结果提出了几种提高农村电气化举措有效性的方法。首先,我们应该期待技术、经济和制度因素之间复杂的相互作用,并在农村电气化项目中建立必要的能力来识别和解决这些相互作用。其次,没有一种万能的解决方案可以创造必要的能力来处理技术、经济和体制因素之间的相互作用。第三,持续对农村电气化举措进行定性或混合方法评估,有助于揭示技术、经济和制度因素之间隐藏的相互作用。经济和体制因素,并在农村电气化项目中建立必要的能力,以识别和解决这些相互作用。其次,没有一种万能的解决方案可以创造必要的能力来处理技术、经济和体制因素之间的相互作用。第三,持续对农村电气化举措进行定性或混合方法评估,有助于揭示技术、经济和制度因素之间隐藏的相互作用。经济和体制因素,并在农村电气化项目中建立必要的能力,以识别和解决这些相互作用。其次,没有一种万能的解决方案可以创造必要的能力来处理技术、经济和体制因素之间的相互作用。第三,对农村电气化举措进行持续的定性或混合方法评估可以帮助解开技术、经济和制度因素之间隐藏的相互作用。
更新日期:2020-12-01
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