Solar cooking technology in India: Identification and prioritization of potential challenges

Akshay Thakur, Rajat Kumar, Ankur Dwivedi and Varun Goel

Renewable Energy, 2023, vol. 219, issue P1

Abstract: To meet their energy demands, many households and institutions still rely on conventional fuel-based energy systems; especially in developing countries, besides several harmful health and environmental repercussions. Solar energy offers a viable renewable solution to such issues and can also be used for cooking purposes. Despite several positive economic, environmental, and qualitative advantages associated with solar cooking technology, its adoption statistics are still unsatisfactory, contrary to expectations. This work takes an opportunity to identify various potential challenges hindering its social acceptance, and hence; affecting the country's pace towards its sustainable development goals considerably. Further, the identified barriers are prioritized systematically by elucidating the general societal outlooks through the application of multiple attribute decision-making (MADM) tools. The decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) scheme is utilized for the barrier prioritization based on computed priority weights. Based on the analysis, inadequate promotional policies are identified as the most significant factor responsible for poor market deployment statistics. Also, various suggestions have been contributed to deal with several identified potential barriers in promoting solar-based cooking strategies in the Indian perspective.

Keywords: Solar cooking; Barriers; MADM; Robustness assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2023.119437

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