EAN: 9783960234265

THE HOUSEHOLD ENERGY TRANSITION FROM GLOBAL AND...

The energy transition is associated with different topics in the Global North and South. While
countries of the Global North have to reduce their per capita energy consumption and at the
same time to switch from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy  countries of the Global
South are challenged by providing access to clean and modern energy to their population. These
processes take place at different levels and in different sectors. The study about the
household energy transition in Mumias brings together global discourses about basic energy
needs and energy statistics with an ethnographic view on domestic energy consumption in a rural
town in Western Kenya. The ethnography reveals the diversity in household settings and
challenges simple models of the 'household' or the 'family'  which are also inherent in the
dominant approaches explaining the household energy transition: the energy ladder and fuel
stacking model. Switching the perspective to the individual and his life course  hence adding a
biographical and temporal dimension  contributes to be able to explain when and how a choice
for a certain source of energy is made. Awareness of people's real life situations and
challenges behind a simple statistical view is a key factor in order to develop adequate
support programmes in the household energy sector in any country.

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