Abstract

This work is based on a random sample survey of 410 solar electricity systems in eight districts in Kenya. Actual technical performance and the perception of the users were analyzed with a view to determine how real the option of solar electricity is, and what needs to be done to facilitate it further. The survey was carried out by Energy Alternatives Africa, a Kenyan NGO, and financed under the ESMAP 1 1 The Joint UNDP/World Bank Energy Sector Management Assist ance Programme (ESMAP) is a special global technical assistance program run by the World Bank’s Industry and Energy Department. ESMAP provides advice to governments on sustainable energy development. Established with the support of UNDP and 15 bilateral official donors in 1983, it focuses on policy and institutional reforms designed to promote increased private investment in energy and supply and end-use energy efficiency; natural gas development; and renewable, rural, and household energy. program of the World Bank. The article expresses the opinions of the authors and not of their institutions; The authors are solely responsible for the contents.

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