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Does Self-Generating Energy Technology Adoption Increase Residential Electricity Consumption Inequality in an Emerging Country? Evidence From Brazil

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: We identified the impact of adopting self-generating energy technologies on electricity demand in Brazil. Using the Household Budget Survey database and the unconditional quantile treatment effect estimator to analyze heterogeneous treatment effects, we find that adopting self-generating energy technologies leads to an increase in residential electricity consumption, mainly in the highest quantiles of consumption distribution, thereby imposing inequality in residential electricity consumption.

Source: Energy RESEARCH LETTERS

DOI: 10.46557/001c.123308

Authors: Daniel de Abreu Pereira Uhr, Maria Laura Victória Marques, Júlia Gallego Ziero Uhr, Cíntia Amaral Pinto Cezar

Institutions: Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

Language: English

Topic: Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies

Subfield: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Field: Energy

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Affordable and clean energy, Reduced inequalities, Industry, innovation and infrastructure, Climate action

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4404810645