Determinants of success for promoting solar energy in Rajasthan, India

A Review of a Successful Unsubsidized Market-Based Rural Solar Development Initiative in Laikipia District, Central Kenya

“…Similar findings were also reported by Jacobson (2007). Some other battery challenges found in some households and reported by others (Foley 1991;Jacobson 2007;Hajat et al 2010;Liu et al 2010;Mekhilef et al 2012;Pandey et al 2012;and Zhao et al 2013) are one; the use of car batteries not designed for frequent deep charging and discharge cycles -therefore lasting only a year or so at most. Two, excessive charging and discharging and neglecting to top up with distilled water which results in rapid failures.…”

“…As noted by others, available disposable capital seems to play such a prominent role and is most closely associated with solar energy development (Ellegård et al 2003;Rockström, et al 2005;Jacobson 2007;Brent & Kruger 2009;Pandey et al 2012;Moosavian 2013). As solutions to capital building will not solely rely on subsidies or individual farmer inputs, strategies must be found to mobilize the essential and tested tools for success including sustainable capital generation, building local institutions and capacities that integrate rural people, local participation in rural development activities and public education and training (Pandey et al 2012). Such tools in Wiyumiririe might take the form of encouraging voluntary savings as the main capital base for rural people, integration of rural markets with national and international markets and bottom-up government and other donor funding approaches aimed at broad-based rural development policies and activities.…”

“…To expand and maintain growth momentum, a "stalled threshold" has to be jumpstarted with additional resource infusion that will engage more landowners with a common mission of improving their rural livelihoods. As noted by others, available disposable capital seems to play such a prominent role and is most closely associated with solar energy development (Ellegård et al 2003;Rockström, et al 2005;Jacobson 2007;Brent & Kruger 2009;Pandey et al 2012;Moosavian 2013). As solutions to capital building will not solely rely on subsidies or individual farmer inputs, strategies must be found to mobilize the essential and tested tools for success including sustainable capital generation, building local institutions and capacities that integrate rural people, local participation in rural development activities and public education and training (Pandey et al 2012).…”

“…In a world dominated by pertinent environmental issues like global warming, loss of biodiversity, dwindling fossil-fuel supplies, loss of top soil, desertification and declining air and water quality; rethinking our interactions with the environment and adopting new strategies of life is becoming a matter of necessity for our own survival on this planet particularly in this century (Hajat et al 2010;Pandey et al 2012). According to Chua and Oh, "solar energy is projected to supply 30% of the world's energy demand by 2050, and create an industry far bigger than the global automotive industry… and focused to provide about 64% of the electricity supply in 2100" (2012, p.569).…”

Socio-Technical Drivers for Community Renewable Energy Systems – Analysis of Case Studies from India

“…With energy policies, regulations and outlook shifting from one state to the other, some states have capitalized on the available resources whereas other states have failed to do so. S. Pandey, et al, (2012) discussed determinants for success in promotion of solar energy in the state of Rajasthan, highlighting the significance of the policy, infrastructure, facilitation and governance aspects. Similarly, the progress in the state of Tamil Nadu in wind energy promotion and implementation has especially been considerable with 51 percent of installed capacities vis a vis the state's wind energy potential.…”