Improving Energy Access, Climate and Socio‐Economic Outcomes Through Off‐Grid Electrification Technologies: A Systematic Review
Abstract
ABSTRACT Halfway through the final decade of actions towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), progress toward SDG7 is off track. It is estimated that by 2030, 660 million people, mainly rural populations within Sub‐Saharan Africa, will be without electricity. One promising avenue to counteract this trend is the provision of decentralised, or off‐grid, renewable energy. Our systematic review synthesised the rigorous evidence evaluating off‐grid electrification interventions and provides policymakers, practitioners and researchers across the sustainable energy field with an updated and comprehensive analysis of the impact of off‐grid electrification interventions. Our systematic review synthesised the available rigorous evidence on the effects of off‐grid technologies in low‐ and middle‐income countries. We assessed which off‐grid interventions are effective at supporting access, climate and socio‐economic development outcomes, how these effects vary by region, population and other intervention characteristics and the main challenges and facilitators for interventions to benefit participants. We conducted a systematic search in 18 academic databases and 29 grey literature sources. We supplemented our searches by conducting backward and forward citation tracking, publishing a call for additional studies and contacting subject experts. To identify additional qualitative studies, we performed additional searches for studies related to interventions from our included…
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