Productive use can be said to be the productive uses of electricity through means of agricultural, commercial and industrial activities involving electricity services as a straight source to the production of goods or service provisions.
This also gives a clear context of measuring energy that is productive in monetary terms Education, health, and other welfare related activities can be said to be included in the use of productive use of energy.
In small village businesses where we have the agricultural sector the use of productive energy through appliances such as the rice miller can increase quality of products and generate more income.
Productive use can be used in rural areas to exponentially generate income for those aiming to amplify income generation opportunities, this invariably helps to improve quality of life and increase local resilience and self-reliance.
A clear scenario of where productive use was implemented to generate income was in the case of the owner of a small farm at Gwagwalada, Abuja Nigeria, who sells her Rice paddy at a giveaway price but with the use of a Rice Thresher that is connected to the solar mini-grid in her area, she has added value to her products and now generates more revenue which in time has improved the livelihood of her family.
Similarly, a man who simultaneously run a game center and a barbing salon and rely on the unstable source of power provided by the national gird electricity distributing company decided to invest in the energy excell solar panels.
The social economic focus is a vital part for the growth of any community and if in the rural areas it is given the attention that it deserves will thrive, on the basis of the productive use of energy this can be achieved as we can expect an increase in rural productivity, high economic growth, and a high rise in employment, this would subsequently reduce the migration of the rural poor to the urban areas as well as generate income.
An instant would be the use of electricity as a derivation of lighting and power suitable for rural industries. If the productive use of energy is made available in these rural industries, it would expand and the quality of rural production would improve in such cases of welding, carpentry.
For agricultural production purposes, energy would be provided to power agricultural based industries and farm machinery as well such as water pumps, grinders and dryers resulting in the agricultural modernization products. The overall output of these modernized farms would provide input to large commercial enterprises.
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