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{"title":"Is induction cooking facing barriers in developing countries? An empirical analysis using people's perception in Nepal","authors":"Dipesh K.C. ,&nbsp;Rajan Kumar Thapa ,&nbsp;Ramchandra Bhandari ,&nbsp;Sunil Prasad Lohani","doi":"10.1016/j.esd.2025.101814","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.esd.2025.101814","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Induction stove is a promising cooking technology due to its emission-free, safe, and high efficiency. However, its adoption in developing countries faces significant barriers. Existing studies have significantly analysed barriers to cooking energy and technology, but have overlooked those specific to induction cooking. Moreover, no comparative analysis using multiple multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) models has assessed the robustness of different tools. Past studies also mainly rely on expert opinions only, often neglecting household perspectives. This study identifies and ranks the primary barriers to induction cooking adoption in Nepal, based on the perceptions of both experts and households. Drawing on literature review and expert consultations from academia and non-governmental organisations, 21 barriers were identified and grouped into five categories. These barriers were prioritised separately by 47 experts and 220 induction stove user households. Experts compared the barriers using the Saaty scale, and their inputs were analysed through the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (FAHP). While both methods rank alternatives based on expert judgements, FAHP incorporates fuzzy logic to better capture uncertainty and human subjectivity. Meanwhile, households prioritised barriers using ranking-based frequency analysis. Sensitivity analysis showed FAHP to be the most effective decision-making tool compared to AHP due to stable and reliable rankings. FAHP-based expert rankings revealed the economic criterion as the most influential category, with poor electrical wiring/metering ranked as the top barrier by 51.19 % of experts. Conversely, household rankings indicated improper peak load management as the most critical barrier, cited by 38.6 % of respondents. Both groups highlighted technical barriers as a significant challenge to the adoption of induction cooking. The study recommends retrofitting traditional metering systems to 15A connections with dedicated power outlets and safety mechanisms, helping policymakers and utilities in supporting clean and sustainable cooking solutions in Nepal.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49209,"journal":{"name":"Energy for Sustainable Development","volume":"88 ","pages":"Article 101814"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144921781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing the impact of energy utilization towards education development in rural Malawi","authors":"Jeolous Malamula Nyasulu ,&nbsp;Chunyang Wang ,&nbsp;Kumalo Evans Mtambo ,&nbsp;Tamara Eunice Chimkwasa ,&nbsp;Lazalo Zimpita","doi":"10.1016/j.esd.2025.101816","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.esd.2025.101816","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the impact of energy use on education development in rural Malawi using a mixed-methods approach across selected schools in Ntchisi, Kasungu, and Nkhotakota. The research reveals significant disparities in educational outcomes based on energy infrastructure, with grid-connected schools showing higher GPAs and attendance rates compared to off-grid renewable and non-electrified schools. Regression analysis confirms a positive influence of electricity access on student GPA, explaining a substantial variance even after controlling for socioeconomic factors. Qualitative findings highlight electricity's transformative role in teaching and learning, while also underscoring challenges related to cost and reliability. The study emphasizes the need for targeted interventions, including rural electrification with renewable energy, infrastructure upgrades, and community involvement, to promote equitable access and sustainable education.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49209,"journal":{"name":"Energy for Sustainable Development","volume":"88 ","pages":"Article 101816"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144907776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Energy poverty and household health in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence and mechanisms","authors":"Hong Zhang ,&nbsp;Helian Xu ,&nbsp;Yuping Deng","doi":"10.1016/j.esd.2025.101813","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.esd.2025.101813","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Energy poverty remains a critical barrier to human development in sub-Saharan Africa, where limited access to clean, reliable, and affordable energy affects various aspects of household well-being. This study focuses on understanding the extent of household energy poverty and its implications for health outcomes in the region. Using the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program datasets for 2000–2021, we comprehensively analyze household energy poverty by constructing a multidimensional energy poverty index (MEPI) for 20 sub-Saharan African countries. We then investigate the effects of energy poverty on household health. The results show that the multifaceted energy poverty index scores exceed 0.5 across these regions, and sub-Saharan African countries face severe energy poverty. Meanwhile, we find a significant and negative association between energy poverty and healthy outcomes. Our further analysis also reveals that access to medical care, education and nutrition are the main mechanisms through which energy poverty affects household health. These findings highlight the urgent need for integrated energy and social policies to mitigate the health burdens of energy poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. And this study fills a gap in multi-country microdata analyses linking energy poverty to health outcomes in Africa.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49209,"journal":{"name":"Energy for Sustainable Development","volume":"88 ","pages":"Article 101813"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144907775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Agrivoltaics in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Assessing the geo-spatial potential for sustainable development","authors":"Gaurav Ashokkumar Gadhiya ,&nbsp;Suprava Chakraborty","doi":"10.1016/j.esd.2025.101807","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.esd.2025.101807","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study explores agrivoltaics (AV) as a solution for energy generation and efficient land use in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, aiming to reduce dependence on diesel power. Using GIS, the study identified 1422.28 ha as highly suitable and 9648.54 ha as moderately suitable for AV systems. This translates to a potential 4428.328 MW_P of power, roughly 63 times the islands' current consumption, achievable by utilizing only 1.34 % of the total land area. The analysis also presented a financial view with PVsyst simulations and LCOE analyses revealing monofacial Si Poly-crystalline technology has been most cost-effective at $24.07/MWh (1$ = 86.70₹) for ground-mounted and $31.08/MWh for elevated AV systems; and the CDTE PV technology, which had the highest Specific production values at 1696.90 kWh/kWp/year. A sensitivity analysis indicated that the capital cost is the most influential determinant on LCOE because ±50 % changes in capital cost resulted in a ±48–49 % change effort on LCOE. Literature suggests that AV can be advantageous to land productivity by decreasing crop heat stress and improving soil moisture which, in turn, can benefit pulses, vegetables, and fruit as examples. The findings suggest that AV systems can significantly improve energy security, provide financial benefits to farmers, and support Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2 (Zero Hunger), 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), 13 (Climate Action), and 15 (Life on Land) in the A&amp;N Islands.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49209,"journal":{"name":"Energy for Sustainable Development","volume":"88 ","pages":"Article 101807"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144878189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"System dynamics based qualitative framework for solar PV recycling","authors":"Saurabh Kumar,&nbsp;Rhythm Singh,&nbsp;Sonal K. Thengane","doi":"10.1016/j.esd.2025.101806","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.esd.2025.101806","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With the increasing demand for energy, solar PV continues to grow steadily. A massive volume of solar PV waste is expected in the coming decades, but the economic viability of the current recycling methods is questionable. While techno-economic assessments of recycling methods have been conducted, they rely on linear recycling models with an event-oriented perspective. Given the growing emphasis on clean, sustainable energy and the circular economy, a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics and cause-effect relationships shaping solar PV recycling is essential. This study presents a qualitative framework, incorporating critical feedback loops, to better understand these dynamics. The causal loop diagram includes four key domains: energy demand, solar PV growth, landfill disposal and recycling. The developed model identifies key leverage and intervention points. Additionally, by analysing the evolving interactions of various reinforcing and balancing loops, this study categorizes the evolution of solar PV recycling in India into three distinct phases: Development Phase (2025–2035), Growth and Optimization Phase (2035–2050), and Saturation Phase (2050–2075). The defining characteristics of each phase are explored in detail.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49209,"journal":{"name":"Energy for Sustainable Development","volume":"88 ","pages":"Article 101806"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144878188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of safety incidents in household and industrial anaerobic digestion for biogas energy production in Asia","authors":"Ji-Qin Ni","doi":"10.1016/j.esd.2025.101809","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.esd.2025.101809","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Anaerobic digestion is a technology that offers renewable energy (biogas) production and significant environmental benefits for sustainable development. However, anaerobic digestion systems, like other production systems, pose potential hazards, yet limited research has been conducted to examine these safety incidents and raise awareness of the risks for saving lives and property. The primary objective of this collective case study was to enhance the safety of sustainable biogas production. A total of 163 biogas accidents from 1958 to 2023 were identified in Asia. Poisoning, mainly due to high concentration of hydrogen sulfide (H₂S), constituted 81.6 % of the total cases, followed by explosions and/or fires at 17.2 %, and digester structure collapse at 1.2 %. There were 2.8 and 312.2 accidents per million household and industrial digesters, respectively. China reported the highest number of accidents (128 cases), followed by Vietnam (12), Thailand (11), India (8), Malaysia (2), the Philippines (1), and Taiwan (1). Among these accidents, 124 involved household biogas digesters, and 39 occurred at industrial digester facilities. The accidents have resulted in 321 deaths and 220 injuries in 157 cases, and the remaining six cases solely caused property damage. The male to female victim ratio was approximately 6.4:1, with victim ages ranging from 2 to 75 years. Occupational and non-occupational accidents represented 79.6 % and 20.4 % of the identifiable circumstances, respectively. The highest incident occurring months for household digesters were from March through August. An increase in reported biogas accidents was witnessed from the 1990s through the 2010s. Case reports were primarily sourced from online news, scholarly publications, and other miscellaneous channels. Evidence suggests an underrepresentation of the number of actual cases. Biogas accidents in Asia demonstrate a markedly severe nature than other regions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49209,"journal":{"name":"Energy for Sustainable Development","volume":"88 ","pages":"Article 101809"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144878974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Improving vaccination access through off-grid electrification: An assessment in Ghana","authors":"Andrés Andrade Velásquez ,&nbsp;Abdulrahman Alsanad ,&nbsp;Katrin Lammers ,&nbsp;Avia Linke ,&nbsp;Nathan Johnson ,&nbsp;Elena van Hove ,&nbsp;Catherina Cader","doi":"10.1016/j.esd.2025.101794","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.esd.2025.101794","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Access to reliable, clean energy is essential for quality healthcare, particularly during global health crises like COVID-19. While electricity access in Ghana has improved, a significant urban–rural divide leaves many rural communities without a stable power supply, limiting their access to quality healthcare. Although electrification and healthcare planning are inherently connected, they are often approached separately.</div><div>This study develops a stepwise methodology to integrate both sectors by combining open-source spatial analysis, energy system modelling, and multi-criteria analysis. Using Ghana as a case study, it quantifies the population with restricted healthcare access and analyses electricity demand, including additional needs for COVID-19 care. Based on this, electrification strategies are formulated for underserved health care facilities, along with a prioritisation framework.</div><div>Findings reveal that seven percent of Ghana’s health care facilities are in weak- or off-grid areas, including 172 public facilities responsible for vaccine distribution, which require reliable electricity to maintain cold chains. Electrifying these health care facilities could improve healthcare services for nearly one million people. Additionally, specialised COVID-19 treatment could increase electricity demand by up to 60 percent, leading to higher energy costs. The open-source approach of this study allows for adaptation to other country contexts, providing a scalable framework for healthcare electrification planning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49209,"journal":{"name":"Energy for Sustainable Development","volume":"88 ","pages":"Article 101794"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144866417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Addressing the energy trilemma: Progress and evaluation of electricity market reform in China","authors":"Jiale Li ,&nbsp;Guodong Li ,&nbsp;Feng Song ,&nbsp;Yanbo Feng","doi":"10.1016/j.esd.2025.101808","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.esd.2025.101808","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With the growing global emphasis on energy transition, achieving the simultaneous goals of accessibility, reliability, and sustainability—commonly referred to as the “energy trilemma”—has become a central challenge in the energy sector. As the world's largest electricity consumer, China has launched two rounds of power market reforms in 2002 and 2015 to address the trilemma challenges in the electricity sector. However, significant regional disparities in reform progress persist. This study develops a comprehensive evaluation framework using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to assess the performance of 26 provincial electricity markets under the State Grid across three key dimensions: energy affordability, supply security, and environmental sustainability. The findings indicate that electricity market reforms have advanced across all provinces, with relatively small variations in progress observed at the provincial level. However, achieving a balance among multiple objectives remains a challenge. Composite scores range from 86.5 to 93.4, with 88 % of provinces scoring above 90 in supply security, but greater variation is observed in environmental sustainability (scores ranging from 82.4 to 92.9). Notably, while spot markets have contributed to enhancing efficiency, they could potentially undermine supply security, and some power-exporting provinces are unexpectedly facing certain supply security risks. This study provides important policy insights into how electricity market reform can better align with China's energy transition strategy, ensuring coordinated and sustainable development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49209,"journal":{"name":"Energy for Sustainable Development","volume":"88 ","pages":"Article 101808"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144860900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nigeria's climate responsiveness: Navigating energy-climate and techno-financial conundrums in the low-carbon energy transition","authors":"Godwin Oghenebrozie Atedhor","doi":"10.1016/j.esd.2025.101810","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.esd.2025.101810","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper reviewed contexts of climate responsiveness in Nigeria's energy sector, focusing on energy-climate complexities, techno-financial challenges in the low-carbon energy transition (ET), adopting a narrative review approach. Findings reveal that Nigeria's climate responsiveness in the energy sector is marked by contradictory paths–promoting a low-carbon ET while simultaneously expanding fossil fuel development amid rising trend in CO₂ emissions. The technological challenges that limit the country's low-carbon ET include old grid infrastructures, poor grid maintenance, inadequate generation and transmitting capacity, shortage of critical CC mitigation technologies, reliance on imported technologies, poor integration of RE into national grid, poor research, development, and innovation, and inadequate skilled manpower. Financial threats to the low-carbon ET include mounting debt burden, poor fiscal policy implementation, fossil energy-skewed investment, lack of investment guarantee, perceived high-risk of RE investment, weak domestic-driven funding mechanisms, corruption, poor harnessing of funding opportunities, and high initial cost of low-carbon technologies. The paper concludes that without bold and well-coordinated techno-financial measures, Nigeria's low-carbon ET is likely to remain sluggish and far from its intended targets. Proposed pathways to mitigating the technological challenges include grid modernization and decentralization, advancing research, development and innovation, promotion of energy efficient development, and facilitation of local manufacturing and technological transfer, while financial strategies for low-carbon ET include adoption of innovative financing models, such as PPPs, cooperatives, and third-party ownerships, promotion of cost reduction strategies, de-risking RE investments, adoption of carbon pricing and subsidy reforms, canvassing for debt forgiveness, and leveraging international climate financing. The insights provided could foster replicable climate-friendly energy development while simultaneously enhancing energy access in developing countries with similar energy trajectories.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49209,"journal":{"name":"Energy for Sustainable Development","volume":"88 ","pages":"Article 101810"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144866418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sustainable development study of biomass new energy in rural buildings based on LCA-emergy-carbon footprint and machine learning methods","authors":"Ze Wang ,&nbsp;Junxue Zhang ,&nbsp;Ashish T. Asutosh ,&nbsp;He Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.esd.2025.101811","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.esd.2025.101811","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study delves deeply into the impact of the application of biomass new energy in rural buildings on overall sustainability, particularly in terms of energy conservation and emission reduction. The research comprehensively considers the energy value and carbon emissions of biomass energy throughout its entire life cycle, from production to consumption, ensuring the comprehensiveness and accuracy of the assessment. The study employs a random forest model, going through steps such as data preprocessing (cleaning, feature selection, standardization), data splitting (80 % training set, 20 % test set), model training (random sampling, feature selection, decision tree construction), hyperparameter optimization (number of decision trees, maximum depth, number of features), and performance evaluation (mean squared error, coefficient of determination, etc.), to ensure the scientificity and accuracy of the model. Key parameters include the number of decision trees (100-500), maximum depth, and the number of features selected, which are optimized through grid search and random search to enhance the model's predictive ability. The main research findings include: Based on the data from the case study in this paper, at a 95 % confidence level, it is believed that farmers' heating and cooking costs could be reduced by 30 % to 50 % through the use of biomass energy. According to the technological improvements, market conditions, policy changes and other factors in this case, a rural community can reduce about 3000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually by replacing 1000 tons of coal with biomass energy, with an error range of 3 % to 6 %. Replacing coal with biomass energy can reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions by approximately 90 %. Future research will deepen data analysis, explore the impact of economic activities and energy prices and other factors, and focus on the issue of carbon emissions growth in the long-term operation of biomass energy systems to explore effective emission reduction pathways.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49209,"journal":{"name":"Energy for Sustainable Development","volume":"88 ","pages":"Article 101811"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144852618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}