Financial attractiveness of decentralized renewable energy systems -Â A case of the central Himalayan state of Uttarakhand in India

Improved biomass cookstove, domestic solar water heater, solar lantern and solar home system are found to be financially viable under almost all scenarios for household applications while dish type solar cooker, solar PV pump and solar dryer are not so attractive for household applications. It has also been found that the financial attractiveness of DRESs improve significantly with the removal of subsidy presently being given to fossil fuel based energy supply options.