PicoPV Diffusion - Revision history

Johanna at 10:59, 13 January 2017

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Ranisha at 15:20, 8 July 2014

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Overview

Rammelt at 09:15, 4 April 2014

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Katharina Wiedemann at 15:20, 22 July 2013

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Wiki Gardener at 14:46, 18 June 2013

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Anna Natascha Pfisterer at 10:41, 14 March 2011

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-It should be highlighted up-front that for PicoPV products, in contrast to more complex higher-priced solar products, it will be relatively easy to find already existing distribution channels firmly rooted in the private sector, into which PicoPV products can be integrated in a competitive and efficient manner. Already established distribution and financing infrastructure for household electronics and ICT products, for example, can offer ready entry points for the inclusion of PicoPV products, which fall into similar consumer price ranges and require a similar maintenance and repair service structure. However, reaching the so-called "last mile" customers, those living in remote rural areas, where lack of infrastructure for transport and marketing make distribution difficult, poses a key challenge to those involved in the picoPV market.<ref name="Last Mile Distribution of Offgrid Solar Products Workshop Report">Last Mile Distribution of Offgrid Solar Products Workshop Report https://energypedia.info/images/f/f6/Last_Mile_Distribution_of_Offgrid_Solar_workshop_report_-_Feb2014_-_Full....pdf</ref><br/>
+It should be highlighted up-front that for PicoPV products, in contrast to more complex higher-priced solar products, it will be relatively easy to find [[Inclusive_Energy_Distribution_Strategies_for_Energy_Access_Programmes_and_Companies|already existing distribution channels]] firmly rooted in the private sector, into which PicoPV products can be integrated in a competitive and efficient manner. Already established distribution and financing infrastructure for household electronics and ICT products, for example, can offer ready entry points for the inclusion of PicoPV products, which fall into similar consumer price ranges and require a similar maintenance and repair service structure. However, reaching the so-called "last mile" customers, those living in remote rural areas, where lack of infrastructure for transport and marketing make distribution difficult, poses a key challenge to those involved in the picoPV market.<ref name="Last Mile Distribution of Offgrid Solar Products Workshop Report">Last Mile Distribution of Offgrid Solar Products Workshop Report https://energypedia.info/images/f/f6/Last_Mile_Distribution_of_Offgrid_Solar_workshop_report_-_Feb2014_-_Full....pdf</ref><br/>
 Concerning cash sales models, experience with solar home systems have already proven most sustainable solutions in studies. <u>Therefore with regard to PicoPV systems, it can also be relied on those models:</u><br/>
-*[[Solar_-_Marketing|Diffusion and Marketing Methods]]
-*[[Solar_Lantern_Dissemination_Models_and_Their_Economic_Viability|Dissemination Models and their Economic Vability for Users and Entrepreneurs]]<br/>
+*[[Solar - Marketing|Diffusion and Marketing Methods]]
 [[File:Contracts PicoPV.JPG|thumb|center|200px|Contracts PicoPV|alt=Contracts PicoPV.JPG]]
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 <u>Further down the supply chain, the following hurdles to enter into PicoPV markets for business owners at local level have emerged from the preliminary findings of the qualitative PicoPV surveys:</u><br/>
 *lack of knowledge about PicoPV products;<br/>
 *lack of certainty about the willingness and ability to pay for PicoPV products among local customers;<br/>
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 Concerning cash sales models, experience with solar home systems have already proven most sustainable solutions in studies. <u>Therefore with regard to PicoPV systems, it can also be relied on those models:</u><br/>
-*[[Marketing|Diffusion and Marketing Methods]]
+*[[Solar_-_Marketing|Diffusion and Marketing Methods]]
-*[[Solar Lantern Dissemination Models and Their Economic Viability|Dissemination Models and their Economic Vability for Users and Entrepreneurs]]<br/>
+*[[Solar_Lantern_Dissemination_Models_and_Their_Economic_Viability|Dissemination Models and their Economic Vability for Users and Entrepreneurs]]<br/>
 [[File:Contracts PicoPV.JPG|thumb|center|200px|Contracts PicoPV|alt=Contracts PicoPV.JPG]]
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-It should be highlighted up-front that for PicoPV products, in contrast to more complex higher-priced solar products, it will be relatively easy to find already existing distribution channels firmly rooted in the private sector, into which PicoPV products can be integrated in a competitive and efficient manner. Already established distribution and financing infrastructure for household electronics and ICT products, for example, can offer ready entry points for the inclusion of PicoPV products, which fall into similar consumer price ranges and require a similar maintenance and repair service structure. However, reaching the so-called "last mile" customers, those living in remote rural areas, where lack of infrastructure for transport and marketing make distribution difficult, poses a key challenge to those involved in the picoPV market.<ref name="Last Mile Distribution of Offgrid Solar Products Workshop Report">https://energypedia.info/images/f/f6/Last_Mile_Distribution_of_Offgrid_Solar_workshop_report_-_Feb2014_-_Full....pdf</ref><br/>
+It should be highlighted up-front that for PicoPV products, in contrast to more complex higher-priced solar products, it will be relatively easy to find already existing distribution channels firmly rooted in the private sector, into which PicoPV products can be integrated in a competitive and efficient manner. Already established distribution and financing infrastructure for household electronics and ICT products, for example, can offer ready entry points for the inclusion of PicoPV products, which fall into similar consumer price ranges and require a similar maintenance and repair service structure. However, reaching the so-called "last mile" customers, those living in remote rural areas, where lack of infrastructure for transport and marketing make distribution difficult, poses a key challenge to those involved in the picoPV market.<ref name="Last Mile Distribution of Offgrid Solar Products Workshop Report">Last Mile Distribution of Offgrid Solar Products Workshop Report https://energypedia.info/images/f/f6/Last_Mile_Distribution_of_Offgrid_Solar_workshop_report_-_Feb2014_-_Full....pdf</ref><br/>
 Concerning cash sales models, experience with solar home systems have already proven most sustainable solutions in studies. <u>Therefore with regard to PicoPV systems, it can also be relied on those models:</u><br/>
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-It should be highlighted up-front that for PicoPV products, in contrast to more complex higher-priced solar products, it will be relatively easy to find already existing distribution channels firmly rooted in the private sector, into which PicoPV products can be integrated in a competitive and efficient manner. Already established distribution and financing infrastructure for household electronics and ICT products, for example, can offer ready entry points for the inclusion of PicoPV products, which fall into similar consumer price ranges and require a similar maintenance and repair service structure. However, reaching the so-called "last mile" customers, those living in remote rural areas, where lack of infrastructure for transport and marketing make distribution difficult, poses a key challenge to those involved in the picoPV market.<ref>Last Mile Distribution of Offgrid Solar Products Workshop Report</ref><br/>
+It should be highlighted up-front that for PicoPV products, in contrast to more complex higher-priced solar products, it will be relatively easy to find already existing distribution channels firmly rooted in the private sector, into which PicoPV products can be integrated in a competitive and efficient manner. Already established distribution and financing infrastructure for household electronics and ICT products, for example, can offer ready entry points for the inclusion of PicoPV products, which fall into similar consumer price ranges and require a similar maintenance and repair service structure. However, reaching the so-called "last mile" customers, those living in remote rural areas, where lack of infrastructure for transport and marketing make distribution difficult, poses a key challenge to those involved in the picoPV market.<ref name="Last Mile Distribution of Offgrid Solar Products Workshop Report">https://energypedia.info/images/f/f6/Last_Mile_Distribution_of_Offgrid_Solar_workshop_report_-_Feb2014_-_Full....pdf</ref><br/>
 Concerning cash sales models, experience with solar home systems have already proven most sustainable solutions in studies. <u>Therefore with regard to PicoPV systems, it can also be relied on those models:</u><br/>
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 [[File:Contracts PicoPV.JPG|thumb|center|200px|Contracts PicoPV|alt=Contracts PicoPV.JPG]]
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 *[[Dissemination Models and their economic Vability|Dissemination Models and their Economic Vability for Users and Entrepreneurs]]<br/>
-[[File:Contracts PicoPV.JPG|frame|center|316px|Contracts PicoPV|alt=Contracts PicoPV.JPG]]<u></u>
+[[File:Contracts PicoPV.JPG|thumb|center|200px|Contracts PicoPV|alt=Contracts PicoPV.JPG]]
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 <u>Regarding PicoPV systems a few specifications already can be summed up:</u><br/>
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 Lack of cash availability on the side of potential importers / master distributers as a market entry barrier is of course less eminent in the PicoPV market than it may be in markets for other more expensive PV products. Compared to markets for higher-priced PV technologies, there will be a larger number of domestic businesses who are able to enter the market as importers of PicoPV products, which is desirable from a market efficiency perspective as there is less leeway for mo- nopoly pricing or price discrimination.<ref name="Difference">GTZ. 2010. What difference can a PicoPV system make? Early findings on small Photovoltaic systems - an emerging low- cost energy technology for developing countries: [[Media:Gtz picopv booklet.pdf|GIZ PicoPV Booklet]]</ref><br/>
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 == PicoPV Retailers at the Local Level<br/> ==
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 *lack of expertise and lack of availability of well-trained staff to provide after-sales service to customers.<ref name="Difference">_</ref><br/>
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 == Models for After-sales Service for PicoPV Systems<br/> ==
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 In a market-based dissemination model, chances for sustain- ability are higher if sellers also play a key role in after-sales service (van Vleuten 2007). In rural areas, PicoPV vendors will have an intrinsic interest in putting into place service structures to ensure customer satisfaction, which is crucial as their business success will depend to a large degree on word- of-mouth recommendations. In addition, service delivery will be easier to organize by those supply side actors who al- ready have gained a minimum of the required technical ex- pertise to make informed decisions for the choice of the right lamp model etc.<br/>However, PicoPV systems, in contrast to SHSs or other com- plex innovative energy solutions, are portable and not fixed to the house, which enables users to bring back the entire product to the shop or market where they have bought in case of technical problems. It is therefore relatively easy for retailers to offer after-sales services, as they do not have to visit customers in their homes, if they make the investment to gain the technical know-how for repair and maintenance of lamps.<ref name="Difference">_</ref><br/>
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 = References =
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-It should be highlighted up-front that for PicoPV products, in contrast to more complex higher-priced solar products, it will be relatively easy to find already existing distribution channels firmly rooted in the private sector, into which PicoPV products can be integrated in a competitive and efficient manner. Already established distribution and financing infrastructure for household electronics and ICT products, for example, can offer ready entry points for the inclusion of PicoPV products, which fall into similar consumer price ranges and require a similar maintenance and repair service structure.<br>
+= Overview =
-Concerning cash sales models, experience with solar home systems have already proven most sustainable solutions in studies. Therefore with regard to PicoPV systems, it can also be relied on those models: <br>
+It should be highlighted up-front that for PicoPV products, in contrast to more complex higher-priced solar products, it will be relatively easy to find already existing distribution channels firmly rooted in the private sector, into which PicoPV products can be integrated in a competitive and efficient manner. Already established distribution and financing infrastructure for household electronics and ICT products, for example, can offer ready entry points for the inclusion of PicoPV products, which fall into similar consumer price ranges and require a similar maintenance and repair service structure.<br/>
-*[[Marketing|Diffusion and Marketing Methods]]
+Concerning cash sales models, experience with solar home systems have already proven most sustainable solutions in studies. <u>Therefore with regard to PicoPV systems, it can also be relied on those models:</u><br/>
-*[[Dissemination Models and their economic Vability|Dissemination Models and their Economic Vability for Users and Entrepreneurs]]<br>
+*[[Marketing|Diffusion and Marketing Methods]]
-[[Image:Contracts PicoPV.JPG|460x345px|Contracts PicoPV.JPG]]
+[[File:Contracts PicoPV.JPG|frame|center|316px|Contracts PicoPV|alt=Contracts PicoPV.JPG]]<u></u>
-Regarding PicoPV systems a few specifications already can be summed up:<br>
+= <u></u>Specifications =
-=== PicoPV Importeurs and master distributers<br> ===
+<u>Regarding PicoPV systems a few specifications already can be summed up:</u><br/>
-Lack of cash availability on the side of potential importers / master distributers as a market entry barrier is of course less eminent in the PicoPV market than it may be in markets for other more expensive PV products. Compared to markets for higher-priced PV technologies, there will be a larger number of domestic businesses who are able to enter the market as importers of PicoPV products, which is desirable from a market efficiency perspective as there is less leeway for mo- nopoly pricing or price discrimination.<ref name="Difference">GTZ. 2010. What difference can a PicoPV system make? Early findings on small Photovoltaic systems - an emerging low- cost energy technology for developing countries: [[Media:Gtz picopv booklet.pdf|GIZ PicoPV Booklet]]</ref><br>
+== PicoPV Importeurs and Master Distributers<br/> ==
-=== PicoPV Retailers at the local level<br> ===
+Lack of cash availability on the side of potential importers / master distributers as a market entry barrier is of course less eminent in the PicoPV market than it may be in markets for other more expensive PV products. Compared to markets for higher-priced PV technologies, there will be a larger number of domestic businesses who are able to enter the market as importers of PicoPV products, which is desirable from a market efficiency perspective as there is less leeway for mo- nopoly pricing or price discrimination.<ref name="Difference">GTZ. 2010. What difference can a PicoPV system make? Early findings on small Photovoltaic systems - an emerging low- cost energy technology for developing countries: [[Media:Gtz picopv booklet.pdf|GIZ PicoPV Booklet]]</ref><br/>
-=== Models for after-sales service for PicoPV systems<br> ===
+== PicoPV Retailers at the Local Level<br/> ==
-The importance of maintenance and after-sales service structures has also been highlighted by several respondents across countries in the GIZ PicoPV field survey.<br>
+<u>Further down the supply chain, the following hurdles to enter into PicoPV markets for business owners at local level have emerged from the preliminary findings of the qualitative PicoPV surveys:</u><br/>
-<references />&nbsp;<br>
+== Models for After-sales Service for PicoPV Systems<br/> ==
-[[Category:Solar]] [[Category:PicoPV]]
+The importance of maintenance and after-sales service structures has also been highlighted by several respondents across countries in the GIZ PicoPV field survey.<br/>