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SPIS Toolbox - Evaluate the Business Environment
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3. Evaluate the Business Environment
While adoption of SPIS within a region may be feasible from a geophysical perspective, the operative business environment plays a key role in the actual uptake of the technology. There are various factors that contribute to an enabling environment for the adoption of SPIS, and whose significance varies with the entity promoting SPIS adoption. The 9 parameters presented in this chapter are seen to play the most significant role.
The 9 parameters are as follows:
3.1 Government Interventions
3.2 Development Organization Interventions
3.3 Financing
3.4 Availability and Cost of Alternative Fuels
3.5 Technical Capacity
3.6 Awareness of Solar PV Technology
3.7 Significance of Agriculture in the Local Economy
3.8 Land Access and Tenure
3.9 Transport and Communication Infrastructure
