Robyn Meeks

Robyn Meeks is an Assistant Professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University.
Her research is at the intersection of environmental and development economics with much of her work focusing on understanding individual, household, and firm responses to the introduction of various water and energy technologies, policies, and types of infrastructure in developing countries.
She has implemented research in a number of countries, including India, Kyrgyzstan, Kenya, Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, and United States. Her prior and on-going energy-related research addresses topics such as the impacts of off-grid renewable energy versus grid electrification on enterprise development, barriers to adoption of solar energy in developing countries, and the demand for and impacts of energy efficient technologies on household electricity consumption and local electricity reliability.

सौर ऊर्जा को अपनाने के लिए सूचना-संबंधी बाधाओं को कम करना: भारत से प्रायोगिक साक्ष्य
अभी भी बड़ी संख्या में लोगों को विश्वसनीय और उच्च गुणवत्ता वाली बिजली आपूर्ति नहीं हो रही है। इस अंतर को ऑफ-ग्रिड सौर प्रौद्योगिकियां कम कर सकती हैं,तथापि इन्हें कम अपनाया गया है। इस लेख में तीन भारतीय राज्यों में सौर गृह-प्रणालियों को अपनाये जाने संबंधी सूचना प्रावधान की भूमिका पर प्रकाश डाला गया है, और यह पाया गया कि भले ही इन प्रौद्योगिकियों में वास्तविक रूप में टेक-अप आय और क्रेडिट बाधाओं के कारण कम रहा हो, संभावित ग्राहक जिन्हें इनकी बेहतर जानकारी दी गई थी,उन्होंने सौर उत्पादों में अधिक रुचि व्यक्त की है।

Reducing information barriers to solar adoption: Experimental evidence from India
A large number of people lack access to reliable and high-quality electricity supply. Off-grid solar technologies can fill this gap, but adoption remains low. This article looks at the role of information provision on the adoption of solar home-systems in three Indian states, and finds that potential customers who were better informed expressed a greater interest in solar products, even though actual take-up remained low due to income and credit constraints.
