Socio-Economic Determinants for Household Uptake of Modern Energy Technologies: Evidence from Rwanda Panel Data (2016-2017)

The major causes of deforestation worldwide from human activities is the reliance of world population on the biomass fuel for domestic energy consumption through cooking, heating and lighting, the usage of biomass in inefficient way increase the fuel demand for the household. This paper provides evidence of household driving factors that play a crucial role in the uptake of improved cook stove empirically in Rwanda. The study used data from fifth integrated household living standards survey (EICV-5) carried of by National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda. Using binary logistic regression analysis, the study shows that homeownership, age of household head, household location and household size are the main significant household factors influencing the adoption of improved cook stove while time spend on cooking fuels is the most significant stove and fuel factors determining the adoption of usage of improved cook stove. The study shown that for substantially improved rate of adoption they should be consistent and focused cooperation of government and non -governmental organizations to work in parallel for developing energy policy frameworks.