Cultural And Socio-Economic Determinants Of Clean Energy Utilization In Southwest, Nigeria

Abstract

Studies have focused on how why they use alternatives not on why they choose to combine or remained with inefficient sources of energy These studies have identified that the energy adoption and utilisation does not transit through the normal energy ladder linear pathway. This study identifying whether or not cultural factors play a role in energy adoption. Household survey was conducted in three hundred and forty households from seventeen local government areas of the Six states in south-west Nigeria. The study concluded that socio-economic status and religious beliefs were responsible factors for fuel switching and energy stacking in rural communities of south- west Nigeria. It found that marital status and electricity tariff significantly related to likelihood of utilising electricity for lighting. Belief in the traditional cooking was inversely related to the use of Gas for cooking.