A Socio-technical Study of Electricity Demand, Efficiency and Flexibility in the Urban Housing Sector of Burkina Faso

布基纳法索城市住房部门电力需求、效率和灵活性的社会技术研究

• 批准号: EP/Y000935/1
• 负责人: Rory Jones
• 金额: $ 22.45万
• 依托单位: University of Reading
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FY000935%2F1
• 关键词: Socio; technical; Study; Electricity; Demand

Universal access to a secure electricity supply is essential for the economic development and welfare of the population of Burkina Faso. Rapid urbanisation and an increased use of air conditioning (AC) has led to an 8.4% annual increase in the country's electricity demand since 2010. The nation's generation capacity is unable to keep up, resulting in frequent power outages, and a 45% dependence on energy imports creating high and volatile costs for consumers.An uninterrupted and affordable electricity supply would increase household incomes; improve education of children; save time and money collecting alternative fuels, particularly for women; improve the productivity of businesses; and accelerate the installation of new electricity connections. These direct benefits would reduce current rates of social and economic poverty, unemployment, illiteracy and emigration in the country.Upgrading the country's electricity generation and supply system is a long-term challenge, but in the short-term, our project partners, the Government of Burkina Faso and national electricity utility, SONABEL, believe the implementation of demand side management (DSM) programmes (electricity efficiency and flexibility) in the housing sector (which accounts for 33% of national electricity use) would better balance supply and demand and unlock these beneficial development outcomes.The Government has also committed to reduce electricity demand and improve energy efficiency in homes to cut Green House Gas emissions and help mitigate the effects of climate change, a phenomenon that disproportionately effects the Sahel region where Burkina Faso is located and is itself further exacerbating electricity demand as households are increasingly using AC to stay cool.However, at present, there is almost no data on household electricity demand, efficiency or flexibility in Burkina Faso for a successful, evidence based implementation of DSM. The aims and objectives of this research and partnership building project will address this substantial gap in knowledge. The project has been developed collaboratively with the Government of Burkina Faso and SONABEL to ensure the research delivers the data and evidence they need. For the direct research, a socio-technical residential electricity study will be undertaken with 100 households in Ouagadougou. Field measurements of electricity demands and internal temperatures of homes will provide empirical insights into households' electricity load profiles, use of AC, time-of-use and peak loads. An efficiency and flexibility survey will be completed to understand households' current practices and opportunities for improving energy efficiency at home, as well as identifying load shifting and curtailment actions that households would be willing to implement to prevent power outages. Diversity in responses due to the socio-technical characteristics of the households and dwellings will be studied. Simultaneously a range of partnership building activities (e.g. research visits, project meetings, workshops, mini conference) will be undertaken. These are tailored to the stage of the project programme to either inform the delivery of the direct research or form a platform for discussion, dissemination and impact generation of the research findings. An international network of 6 Universities will be created where future research on energy and development challenges in Burkina Faso and other African countries will stem. The network will also act as a platform for ongoing mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and skills. To deliver development impact within the project's life time, workshops with the Government and SONABEL will turn the research findings into evidence based recommendations to inform future policy and DSM programmes. Project partner GGGI will use their extensive network, to engage wider stakeholders and beneficiaries, so a range of routes to impact are achieved.

普遍获取安全电力供应对于布基纳法索人口的经济发展和福利至关重要。自2010年以来，迅速的城市化和增加空调的使用（AC）导致该国的电力需求每年增加8.4％。该国的发电能力无法跟上，导致频繁停电，而对能源进口的依赖45％，从而造成消费者高和波动的消费者。改善儿童的教育；节省时间和金钱收集替代燃料，特别是对于女性；提高企业的生产率；并加速新的电力连接的安装。 These direct benefits would reduce current rates of social and economic poverty, unemployment, illiteracy and emigration in the country.Upgrading the country's electricity generation and supply system is a long-term challenge, but in the short-term, our project partners, the Government of Burkina Faso and national electricity utility, SONABEL, believe the implementation of demand side management (DSM) programmes (electricity efficiency and flexibility) in the housing sector (which accounts for 33% of national electricity use) would better balance supply and demand and unlock these beneficial development outcomes.The Government has also committed to reduce electricity demand and improve energy efficiency in homes to cut Green House Gas emissions and help mitigate the effects of climate change, a phenomenon that disproportionately effects the Sahel region where Burkina Faso is located and is itself further exacerbating electricity demand as households are increasingly using AC to stay cool.However, at目前，几乎没有关于家庭电力需求，效率或灵活性的数据，可以成功地基于证据的DSM实施。这项研究和伙伴关系建设项目的目的和目标将解决这一巨大知识差距。该项目已与布基纳法索和索纳贝尔政府合作开发，以确保研究提供所需的数据和证据。对于直接研究，将在Ouagadougou的100户家庭进行社会技术住宅电力研究。电力需求的现场测量和房屋内部温度将为家庭的电力负载概况，AC的使用，使用时间和峰值负载提供经验见解。将完成效率和灵活性调查，以了解家庭的当前实践和提高家庭能源效率的机会，并确定家庭愿意实施的负载转移和减少措施以防止停电。将研究由于家庭和住宅的社会技术特征而引起的多样性。同时将进行一系列的合作建设活动（例如研究访问，项目会议，研讨会，迷你会议）。这些是针对项目计划的阶段量身定制的，以告知直接研究的交付或构成讨论，传播和影响研究结果的平台。将建立一个国际网络，在布基纳法索和其他非洲国家的能源和发展挑战的未来研究中，将会造成一个国际网络。该网络还将充当互惠互利知识和技能的平台。为了在项目的终生时间内产生发展影响，与政府和Sonabel的研讨会将研究结果转变为基于证据的建议，以告知未来的政策和DSM计划。项目合作伙伴GGGI将使用其广泛的网络来吸引更广泛的利益相关者和受益人，从而实现一系列影响路线。