Can individual replace hydro electricity by solar electricity?
A6. Technically, yes but is very expensive in terms of investment costs (economic part of it). The experience with PV dissemination show that the actual livelihood improvement potential on the economic level of power generated by PV is somewhat limited. PV based power alone cannot meet substantial energy need for productive use (e.g. irrigation pumps, flour mills, agro-processing, small machinery, etc) at reasonable cost. The development of willingness to pay and of the market on a sustainable basis can only occur if the affordability becomes better for lower income households.
