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Comparative assessment of the challenges faced by the solar energy industry in Ethiopia before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment ( IF 6.1 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-01 , DOI: 10.1002/wene.418
Mulualem G Gebreslassie 1
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The COVID-19 pandemic is having an unprecedented impact on social, economic, and political situations of all countries around the world with no sight to its end. Business sectors such as solar distributors, which have been instrumental in supporting the governments' ambitious universal electrification programs, have been negatively affected by the pandemic. The main aim of this paper is therefore to explore and conduct a comparative assessment before and during the COVID-19 pandemic of the key challenges of solar-based businesses in Ethiopia focusing on the distributors and installers and to provide policy recommendations. Qualitative and quantitative assessments were employed during this study. The results show that before the pandemic, finding a skilled workforce, gaining a technical knowledge of the technology, competing in the market, and lack of consumer awareness and initial investment were the key challenges. The importation of solar technologies has been halted by the arrival of the COVID-19 exacerbating existing challenges and threatening the very existence of the businesses. The impact of the pandemic on income levels of end-users of solar technologies, together with the lack of sufficient supply of technologies to the businesses, most of the businesses are forced to lay off their employees deepening the unemployment rate and, in some cases, forcing businesses to be closed. These circumstances affect economic development and dents the progress made so far in facilitating energy access to remote communities. To protect these vulnerable but very essential small businesses, necessary interventions are recommended.

中文翻译:

比较评估在 COVID-19 大流行之前和期间埃塞俄比亚太阳能行业面临的挑战

COVID-19 大流行对全世界所有国家的社会、经济和政治局势产生了前所未有的影响,而且看不到尽头。太阳能分销商等商业部门在支持政府雄心勃勃的通用电气化计划方面发挥了重要作用,但受到了大流行的负面影响。因此,本文的主要目的是探索并在 COVID-19 大流行之前和期间对埃塞俄比亚太阳能企业面临的主要挑战进行比较评估,重点是分销商和安装商,并提供政策建议。在这项研究中采用了定性和定量评估。结果表明,在大流行之前,找到熟练的劳动力,获得技术的技术知识,在市场上竞争,缺乏消费者意识和初始投资是主要挑战。由于 COVID-19 的到来加剧了现有挑战并威胁到企业的生存,太阳能技术的进口已经停止。大流行对太阳能技术最终用户收入水平的影响,加上企业缺乏足够的技术供应,大多数企业被迫裁员,加剧了失业率,在某些情况下,迫使企业关闭。这些情况影响了经济发展,并削弱了迄今为止在促进偏远社区获得能源方面取得的进展。为了保护这些脆弱但非常重要的小企业,建议采取必要的干预措施。
更新日期:2021-07-01
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