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5. INTRODUCTIONThis chapter presentsconclusions drained from the results and also presents recommendations made andpolicy recommendations. The conclusions and recommendations made were based onaddressing the aim of the study which is to analyze the factors affecting theadoption of Solar Technology in village Regi, District Peshawar.5.1.

CONCLUSIONSIn the light of aboveresults, it is concluded that price of solar system such as initialinstallation cost does not influence the adoption of solar technology. Thisimplies that the adoption of solar system will not affected by high price ofsolar system. By observing the results, Load shedding is significant andpositively influences the adoption of solar system. This implies that more theload shedding, the more will be adoption of solar energy. In the light of abovefindings, it is concluded that most of the respondents are aware of solarsystems through shopkeepers, neighbours and friends and minority of therespondents are not aware of solar systems. Looking to the findings of thestudy, it is concluded that most of the respondents i.

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e., 54.3% of therespondents have never received any formal or informal training on solarsystems and 45.7% of the respondents had received any formal or informaltraining on solar systems in those 38%of the respondents had received through shopkeepers, 4.3% of therespondents through neighbours and 3.3% of the respondents through friends. This means that the majority of therespondents have never received any formal or informal training on solarsystems.

This indicates that the level of knowledge and awareness ofsolar energy and how to utilize it was relatively low. In the light of abovefindings, it is concluded that majority of the respondents i.e.

, 43% of therespondents had attained 11 years of schooling. This implies that most of therespondents had attained low education level and minority had received higheducation level. It is probably to be concluded that the adoption of solarsystem will be not significantly influenced by the education level ofrespondents. This implies that the levelof knowledge and awareness and number of years of schooling attained will notaffect the demand for and adoption of solar technology.

From the findings of the study, itis concluded that most of the people in village Regi adopted the solar energy.Looking at the consumption pattern of PV-users, we can see that majority ofthem are relying on this technology for their most immediate needs i.e.lighting, running fans and charging phones. It is concluded that purposes ofsolar energy is positively significant.

This means that more the number of appliancesusages, the more will be adoption of solar energy. It is also concluded fromresults that Alternative of solar energy available (As) has positivelysignificant and it depicts that more the number of alternative available, themore will be adoption of solar energy because solar energy is relativelycheaper than other energy.The result shows that income levelof respondents has a positively insignificant impact on sustainability of solarsystems. This implies that the level of income does not influence thesustainability of solar system.Looking to the findings of thestudy, Maintenance cost has a positive impact on sustainability of solar systemand is statistically significant. This implies that the more the respondentsspend on repairing of solar system, the more will be sustainability of solarsystem.This implies from the results Durabilityhas a highly significant positive relationship with sustainability of solarsystem. This concluded that the more the durability of solar system, the morewill be sustainability of solar system.

In the light of above findings, itis concluded that number of years of schooling which as proxy of Educationlevel is positively insignificant and linked to awareness .i.e. educationcreates awareness.

But here number of years of schooling that is educationlevel has found to be has no impact on sustainability of solar energy. 5.2. RECOMMENDATIONSIn the light of theabove findings, the researcher recommends that1.      InPakistan, the Government and particularly the Ministry of Energy needed tooffer free training and schooling to raise the level of knowledge and awarenesson the usage of sun based energy. This can be accomplished via seminarsand workshops where people are invited for free guidance, training anddemonstration on the utilization and advantages of solar power.

2.      TheGovernment of Pakistan have to impose zero rating tax on solar gadget inorder to affect to decrease prices of solar appliances thus  it lower the cost for buyerof sun based energy. This would be of help particularly for those who aresettled in villages.

On other hand, it is be needed to arrange such a plan thatpermits the people to pay agreeable little sum of cash per month in a bid toraise the usage of solar electricity.3.      The village used different resources of power, which had been in most cases wood based totally. TheGovernment and particularly the Ministry of Energy have to find the solution for deforestation by given theawareness to community about this renewable energy i.e., solar energy. And neededto be encouraged society to usesolar power because it is less expensive, more easily available and renewableenergy than the alternative assets of electricity.

  5.4POLICY RECOMMENDATIONSAccess to energy plays asignificant role in attaining sustainable development as strong correlationexists between human development index and energy development index, (Bhattacharyya, 2012). Given the huge potentialfor Solar energy in Pakistan, remote villages and communities can significantlybenefit from it. Nevertheless, absence of vibrant policies and institutes forpromotion of solar energy are responsible for a slower and limited transitiontoward it.

This study shows a strong social acceptance for the technology. Asper the survey, proper markets and relevant expertise are available in thelocal areas for solar technology. Trust in the technology is quite high amongstthe users. But high installation cost and absence of fiscal tool for itspromotion are major barriers impeding its growth. In the light of the resultsof this study, following initiatives can speed up the transition to solarenergy:1.      Oneof the principal factors responsible for slower transition to solar orrenewable energy is lack of competition. Procurement of solar technology isvery costly compared to its fossil fuel counterpart given the subsidizedprovision of the latter.

Supply of conventional energy at lower tariff ishindering investment in Renewable Energy Technology. Initiatives shall be takenfor revision of the said subsidies. Equal opportunities for investors inRenewable energy shall be made. Furthermore, incentives to the private sectorin the form of tax holidays and the like can accelerate investment in thissector.2.      Subsidizedprovision of solar PV panels to the poor class can ensure electricity access tothe deserving. Devolution of this task to local bodies can help inidentification of poor and thus extension of the project to the needy.

3.      Feedin Tariff (FIT) has been a very effective tool for promotion of Renewableenergy across the globe. It offers long term contracts and cost-basedcompensations to Renewable Energy producers. Government also guaranteespurchase of the electricity produced.

This policy should be extended toresidential scale where home-owners can benefit from it.4.      Batterieswhich are used as energy storage devices are a routine maintenance cost linkedwith solar electrification. This cost represents a major financial challengefor users. Allocation of energy funds to local bodies and establishment oflocal institutions which can partially finance maintenance funds will help inmaking the Solar PV system more useful and will relieve the poor customers fromthis financial burden.5.      Lackof adequate funding for renewable energy is one of the major challenges forslow uptake of solar energy in the country. The government should make the mostof opportunities as offered by the ADB, particularly in terms of low interestloans, for setting up environmentally clean energy infrastructure and forextending solar energy to villages which have not yet been connected to thenational grid.

6.      Lastbut not least, government needed to advertise any designed policies forpromotion of Renewable Energy Technology, so that maximum people could benefitfrom it. 5.5.LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDYThe limitations of this study were 1.      Firstly,the resource and finance constraint were the biggest limitation of the study.2.

      Secondlythe majority of the respondents were not easily understands the questions andgives the irrelevant answers to the questions because they are lesseducated.  3.      Thirdly,there are no secondary data available and no documents of such data might befound, thus, gathering the primary data from respondent is too difficult task.4.

      Fourthlimitation is unlimited time were required to collect the primary data from therespondents and then analyzed it.5.      Lastly,The Remoteness of the area was also a limitation of it its own kind.

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