Overcoming political, social and economic barriers to promote solar photovoltaic technology in a developing country

Conference · Sat Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:191246

Wijesooriya, P ^[1]; Hande, H ^[2]; Gunaratne, L

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1. Solanka Associates, Colombo (Sri Lanka)
2. Solar Electric Light Fund, Washington, DC (United States)

This paper narrates the experiences of a private sector commercial company and that of a private developers (non-profit organization) in their efforts to promote solar PV in a developing country. The country chosen is Sri Lanka, in which a considerable PV effort has already been witnessed. However, substantial political, economic and social barriers exist which have hindered PV promotion in that country. The authors point that similar constraints may impede promotional efforts in many developing countries and recommend that a global paradigm to promote the technology must assign an important role to the issue of obstacles.

• OSTI ID: 191246
• Report Number(s): CONF-941203-; ISBN 0-7803-1459-X; TRN: IM9610%%247
• Resource Relation: Conference: 1. world conference on photovoltaic energy conversion, Waikoloa, HI (United States), 5-9 Dec 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of 1994 IEEE first world conference on photovoltaic energy conversion: Conference record of the twenty-fourth IEEE photovoltaic specialists conference -- 1994. Volume 2; PB: 1268 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR INDUSTRY
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
SRI LANKA
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SUPPLIES
ENERGY POLICY
ECONOMIC POLICY