 Firewood electrification in Chile: effects on household expenditure and energy povertyAlejandro Navarro-Espinosa and Mauricio Thomas-Galán Energy Policy, 2023, vol. 173, issue C Abstract: The use of firewood for heating is massively extended in the south of Chile, producing levels of particulate matter, above international and national standards, that are harmful for human health. To face this problem, one replacement alternative, that also minimizes the use of fossil fuels, is the firewood electrification. That means, supplying the same heat requirements through electricity, taking advantage of the large adoption of renewable energy in Chile. However, since electricity is much more expensive than firewood, this solution may have significant costs. To determine those costs, heating consumption profiles were constructed for different thermal zones and socioeconomic level in the south of Chile (56% of the territory and 33% of the population). These profiles were transformed into electricity profiles, considering temperature vectors and efficiency curves of real heat pumps. Finally, based on residential tariffs, the additional household expenditure and the energy poverty levels were determined. Keywords: Heat electrification; Firewood electrification; Energy poverty; Electric heat pump; Energy consumption (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:enepol:v:173:y:2023:i:c:s0301421522005560 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113337 Access Statistics for this article Energy Policy is currently edited by N. France More articles in Energy Policy from Elsevier |
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