Sustainable Thermal Energy Service Partnerships (STEPs)

可持续热能服务合作伙伴关系 (STEP)

基本信息

批准号：
EP/L002655/1
负责人：
Tadj Oreszczyn
金额：
$ 84.05万
依托单位：
University College London
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2013
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2013 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FL002655%2F1
关键词：
Sustainable Thermal Energy Service Partnerships

项目摘要

The research we propose will address the challenge of thermal energy service delivery in rural areas of developing countries, where it is projected that more than 2.6 billion people could remain without service in 2030. The research will study the existing experience in providing thermal energy for cooking, space heating and sanitation using different approaches. The research will study a particular business model called "fee-for-service" (where users pay for the energy service delivered) and different energy delivery options to provide thermal energy in rural places. The fee-for service approach relies on the delivery of a service by a private provider against a small monthly fee. The private provider makes the investment and the end-users can benefit of a service without having to pay large sum up-front. This is of particular importance in rural areas where people cannot afford to pay for a Solar Water Heater. The fee-for-service approach has been quite successfully used for the dissemination of Solar Home Systems (and also LPG) in a number of African countries. This research will build the conditions to replicate this to the sector of thermal energy services. This research will study applicable energy conversion and end-use application technologies, analyse institutional arrangements, develop business and enterprise models which needs to be implemented to promote thermal energy services in rural areas developing countries The research will analyse the respective role of government and private partners to form Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) models for energy services like thermal energy in rural areas. It will study innovative financing models that are relevant to the issue. All these components are linked and contribute to the sustainability of the model. Based on these extensive research the description of a sustainable model for thermal energy services will be developed as a generic Public-Private-Partnership model. Scholarly publications and reports will be written on the research findings to address the research gap in this area. The fee-for service thermal energy service model will be used to influence the implementation of a rural energy pilot project in Lesotho and support will be provided by the team of researchers to the government of Lesotho during implementation. Lessons will be drawn from the implementation and possibility for replication will have been explored in a second developing country -Kenya.

我们提出的研究将解决发展中国家农村地区热能服务提供的挑战，预计到 2030 年，该地区将有超过 26 亿人仍无法获得服务。该研究将研究提供烹饪热能的现有经验、空间供暖和卫生设施采用不同的方法。该研究将研究一种称为“按服务付费”（用户为所提供的能源服务付费）的特定商业模式以及在农村地区提供热能的不同能源输送选项。按服务收费的方法依赖于私人提供商提供的服务，每月收取少量费用。私人提供商进行投资，最终用户可以受益于服务，而无需预先支付大笔费用。这对于人们买不起太阳能热水器的农村地区尤其重要。按服务收费的方法已相当成功地用于在许多非洲国家推广家用太阳能系统（以及液化石油气）。这项研究将为将其复制到热能服务领域创造条件。本研究将研究适用的能源转换和最终用途应用技术，分析制度安排，开发需要实施的商业和企业模式，以促进发展中国家农村地区的热能服务。研究将分析政府和私营合作伙伴各自的作用形成农村热能等能源服务的政府和社会资本合作（PPP）模式。它将研究与该问题相关的创新融资模式。所有这些组成部分都是相互关联的，并有助于该模型的可持续性。基于这些广泛的研究，热能服务可持续模型的描述将被开发为通用的公私伙伴关系模型。将根据研究结果撰写学术出版物和报告，以弥补该领域的研究空白。按服务收费的热能服务模式将用于影响莱索托农村能源试点项目的实施，研究团队将在实施过程中向莱索托政府提供支持。将从实施中吸取经验教训，并在第二个发展中国家——肯尼亚探索复制的可能性。