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Annual Meeting of the
International Energy Workshop 2005
jointly organized by RITE, CRIEPI, EPRI, IEEJ, JSER, NEDO, EMF, IEA(ETSAP), and IIASA
5-7 July 2005 at the Pa-lu-lu Plaza Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

Submittd Papers
Last modified: 19 Jul 2005

Alain L. BERNARD Ministry of Equipment, Transportation and Housing, Paris, FRANCE	Assessing Equity Effects of Climate Change Policy through the American Consumer Expenditure Survey: New Results on Housing and Transportation
Geoffrey J. BLANFORD, John WEYANT Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, USA Corresponding author: Geoffrey J. Blanford	A Global Portfolio Strategy for Climate Change Technology Development
Mark HOWELLS^a, Josh HOUSE^b, John “Skip” LAITNER^c ^aEnergy Research Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA ^bProgram on Energy and Sustainable Development, Stanford University, Stanford, USA ^cOffice of Atmospheric Pollution, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA Corresponding author: Mark Howells	Beyond the Baseline – Large Scale Climate Friendly Development
Shuichi ASHINA, Toshihiko NAKATA Management of Science and Technology (MOST), Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, JAPAN Corresponding author: Shuichi Ashina	Strategy for Reducing CO2 Emissions in the Residential Sector in Japan: Case Study on Energy Saving Measures in the Residential Sector in Iwate Prefecture
Makoto KANAGAWA, Toshihiko NAKATA Management of Science and Technology (MOST), Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, JAPAN Corresponding author: Makoto Kanagawa	Analysis of the Energy Access Improvement and its Socio-economic Impacts in Rural Areas of Developing Countries
Snorre KVERNDOKK^a, Knut Einar ROSENDAHL^b, Thomas F. RUTHERFORD^c ^aRagnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Oslo, NORWAY ^bResearch Department, Statistics Norway, Oslo, NORWAY ^cDepartment of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, COLORADO Corresponding author: Thomas F. Rutherford	Climate Policies and Induced Technological Change: Impacts and Timing of Technology Subsidies

Analysis of the Energy Access Improvement and its Socio-economic Impacts in Rural Areas of Developing Countries

Makoto KANAGAWA, Toshihiko NAKATA
Management of Science and Technology (MOST), Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, JAPAN

In this study, we have developed an energy-economic model of rural areas in India to analyze optimal energy system for alleviating energy poverty, and evaluate socioeconomic effects of the energy access improvement in terms of health hazard. Relying on traditional biomass, households in the areas are consuming fuelwood in manner of unsustainable way, and are harmed by hazardous pollutants. As a result of the analysis, it is revealed that, considering opportunity cost of collecting fuelwood, LPG is widely adopted by the households and the exposure to the pollutants is largely alleviated to the same level to Japanese environmental criteria.

Keywords: Energy poverty, Energy access, RSPM exposure, rural area, developing country

Corresponding author: Makoto Kanagawa

Session: Methodology

Last modified: 19 Jul 2005




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