Eugene Adjei

Project Summary: This project is driven by the need to shift to renewable energy sources and determine its impact on community well-being. The success of this program requires understanding of how communities can access, adopt and integrate renewable energy sources to improve living standards without threatening economic activities and cultural identities. Thus, an impact analysis will be conducted using primary data and causal inference methods to evaluate the project's effect on the community's welfare, renewable energy adoption, climate change adaptation, alternative energy substitute use and local energy prices. An integrated cost-benefit and transaction cost analysis will evaluate the preference for clean energy alternatives in pursuit of social benefits rather than financial benefits. The proposed project will seek to improve our understanding of how the living standards of Northern, remote and Indigenous communities can be strengthened by adopting and integrating renewable energy sources in ways that enhance community identities through sustainable energy use, as well as mitigate global environmental change.  

Internal Mentors: Dr. Greg Poelzer and Dr. Oscar Zapata

External Mentors: Guy Lonechild, First Nations Power Authority