Photovoltaic Power: The Role Of Solar Energy In India

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The fossil fuel and nuclear fission are the energy sources which are needed to produce electric power. The burning of fossil fuel produces the harmful gases and other toxic metals to the environment. In case of nuclear fission, material will remain deadly for thousands of year and produces radioactive waste. Renewable energies are playing a vital role in supplying the world’s required power demands. The photovoltaic power generation system keeps growing in the last few decades to produce promising source of energy. Solar energy is so enormous and free in most parts of the world has become economical source of energy in many applications. On a clear sunny day the sun 's radiation reaching on the earth can be 3000 watts per square meter depending on the location. The photovoltaic process is completely solid state and self-contained and there is no moving parts and no …show more content…

India is the fourth biggest energy nation after China,USA and Rusia.The primary energy consumption of India comes from crude oil (29.45%), natural gas (7.7%), coal (54.5%), nuclear energy (1.26%), hydro electricity (5.0%), wind power, biomass electricity and solar power is 595 Mtoe in the year 2013. India is highly dependent on fossil fuel imports to meet its energy demands by 2030, India 's dependence on energy imports is expected to exceed 53% of the country 's total energy consumption. In 2009-10, the country imported 159.26 million tons of crude oil which amounts to 80% of its domestic crude oil consumption and 31% of the country 's total imports are oil imports. Due to fast economic expansion, India has one of the world 's fastest growing energy markets and is expected to be the second-largest contributor to the increase in global energy demand by 2035, accounting for 18% of the rise in global energy

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