The photovoltaic programme in India: An overview

Sastry, E.V.R.

doi:10.1016/s0927-0248(97)00025-1

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“…• Solar Lighting (Sastry 1997, Devraj andHaribabu 2015) • Water heating (Peter and Nayar 2002) • Telecommunications (Adurodija, Asia and Chendo 1998;Chaurey and Kandpal2010) • Power generation during peak loads (Koner & Dutta 1998;Deng and Liu 2012) • Captive power generation (Sastry 1997, Devraj andHaribabu 2015) • Remote area applications (Bugaje 1999;Chaurey and Kandpal 2010) • Water Pumping (Sastry 1997;Devraj and Haribabu 2015)…”

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“…• Solar Lighting (Sastry 1997;Devraj and Haribabu 2015) • Water heating (Peter and Nayar 2002) • Telecommunications (Adurodija et al 1998;Chaurey and Kandpal 2010) • Power generation during peak loads (Koner & Dutta 1998;Deng and Liu 2012) • Captive power generation (Sastry 1997;Devraj and Haribabu 2015) • Remote area applications (Bugaje 1999;Chaurey and Kandpal 2010) • Water Pumping (Sastry 1997;Adurodija et al 1998;Devraj and Haribabu 2015) Five more items FAM8 to FAM12 use a Likert type scale from 1 = Not Comfortable to 7 = Very Comfortable as the end points. These variables assess the degree of comfort expressed by the respondents toward each of the following statements:…”

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Experience and Familiarity’s Role in the Diffusion of Photovoltaic Technologies

2018

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Due to large shortfalls of electric-power generation, solar photovoltaic energy is one of the special-purpose decentralized forms of power-generating units that the government is trying to promote in an attempt to alleviate the power problem in India. Rogers' innovation decision model comprises of a sequence of stages progressing from knowledge acquisition to persuasion or interest followed by the adoption/rejection decision. Rogers emphasizes knowledge as the means to persuading decision makers to adopt or reject an innovation. Another major variable in Rogers' model is persuasion, the formation of a favourable or unfavourable attitudes toward the innovation being considered for adoption. Kaplan proposed an improved way of explaining how potential adopters mature to a level of innovation interest. In an attempt to fill the gap between Knowledge and Interest, Kaplan identified Motivation, Context, Experience and Familiarity, variables that were hither to ignored. The present study explores the importance of decision makers' Experience and Familiarity with solar based technologies in the diffusion of these technologies. The data was collected from managers in hotels, using a structured questionnaire. The results of descriptive analysis shows that these managers had a moderate level of Experience and Familiarity with applications such as solar water heating, solar lighting etc. Therefore, concerted efforts must be directed toward providing potential adopters with more direct Experience with different PV based applications. Familiarity with the existing efforts to demonstrate and use different PV based applications in India can be increased through appropriate measures taken by the government.

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