Barriers to renewable/sustainable energy technologies adoption: Indian perspective

Rapidly increasing energy demand and growing concern about economic and environmental consequences call for renewable/sustainable energy technologies׳ adoption in India. Renewable/sustainable energy technologies have faced a number of constraints that have affected their rate of adoption. In this pa...

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Published in:Renewable & sustainable energy reviews Vol. 41; pp. 762 - 776
Main Authors: Luthra, Sunil, Kumar, Sanjay, Garg, Dixit, Haleem, Abid
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2015
Subjects:
Analytic hierarchy process
Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)
Barrier to adopt renewable/sustainable energy technologies
Barriers
Economics
India
Indian perspective
Markets
Ranking
Renewable energy
Sensitivity analysis
Sustainable energy
Technology utilization
India
Barrier to adopt renewable/sustainable energy technologies
Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)
Sensitivity analysis
Indian perspective
Renewable energy
Sustainable energy
ISSN:1364-0321, 1879-0690
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Summary:Rapidly increasing energy demand and growing concern about economic and environmental consequences call for renewable/sustainable energy technologies׳ adoption in India. Renewable/sustainable energy technologies have faced a number of constraints that have affected their rate of adoption. In this paper an attempt has been made to identify and rank the major barriers in the adoption of ‘renewable and green’ energy technologies in the Indian context. Twenty-eight barriers have been identified from an extensive literature review. These identified barriers have been categorized into seven dimensions of barriers, i.e. Economical & Financial; Market; Awareness & Information; Technical; Ecological and Geographical; Cultural & Behavioral; and Political & Government Issues. Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique has been utilized for ranking of barriers to adopt renewable/sustainable technologies in the Indian context. All pair comparisons in AHP have been made based on experts’ opinions (selected from academia and industry). Sensitivity analysis has also been made to investigate the priority ranking stability of barriers to adopt renewable/sustainable technologies in the Indian context. This paper may help practitioners, regulators and academician focus their future efforts in adoption of ‘renewable/sustainable energy technologies’ in India. Further, this understanding may be helpful in framing the policies and strategies towards adoption of renewable/sustainable energy technologies.
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ISSN:1364-0321
1879-0690
DOI:10.1016/j.rser.2014.08.077