SOLAR ENERGY-FUTURE FOR INDIAN POWER
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Located preferentially in the equatorial Sun Belt of the earth, India receives abundant radiant energy from the sun. In most parts of India, clear sunny weather is experienced 250 to 300 days a year. India receives solar radiation of near to 5,000 trillion KWh per year. This equates to 4-7 KWh/sq.m/year, which is far more than India’s total energy consumption of about 848 billion KWh as projected for FY10 by the Central Electricity Authority. It is evident that India has immense potential & needs to move towards utilizing this potential with appropriate and viable technologies.
Both Solar thermal & Solar Photovoltaic (PV) technologies are rapidly advancing. The solar PV power generation potential of India has been recorded at 20 MW per sq. km., while the country’s solar thermal power generation potential is 35 MW per sq. km.