Solar Power

Solar energy is the greatest forms of energy that mankind has ever encountered. Besides, it is the driving factor behind every form of life on earth. It is the most important form of energy. It being free and inexhaustible becomes the best benefit for mankind. It is a vast and clean energy. It serves as an alternative to fossil fuels.
What is solar power? In simple words, it is conversion of sun’s energy into electricity through solar energy technologies. It can be made use of heating, lighting, electricity etc.

In India, there are so many villages in the World which are inaccessible from the point of village electrification. 100% village electrification in any country may not be possible when there are so many inaccessible villages are electrified.

Therefore, these villages can be considered for electrification through non-conventional methods including the one of solar system. This method is known to be one of the best available options for village electrification particularly when there is a bleak power scenario situation prevalent in under-developed or developing countries. This World is blessed with so many resources including Solar Energy from the Sun. One has to make maximum use of this solar energy from the Sun.
Further, the solar electric systems work on photovoltaic principle. The heart of the system is the solar cell. The single crystal silicon solar cells convert solar energy directly to electricity. This electricity then charges the battery through a battery charger.

The electrical energy thus stored in the battery is then utilized through inverter (DC to AC) or converter (DC to DC) for various purposes such as lighting, pumping and running of the TV.
The benefits of solar photovoltaic energy are numerous – such as it operates on the freely available solar energy thus saving the expenditure on electricity and fossil fuels, no fear of power cuts, it is trouble free, pollution free and noise free and has a long life and are reliable, it is easy to handle and operate.

What is important is that there is negligible cost of operation and maintenance. Therefore, it is better if we promote the use of solar photovoltaic (SPC) systems such as SPV home light systems, SPV street light systems, small capacity SPV power plants, solar generators, building integrated photovoltaic systems and solar lanterns.

This way, there would be a greater contribution towards improvement of quality of life in rural areas through use of environment-friendly solar lighting systems, which don’t need any fossil fuels or emit any pollutants and are free from health and fire hazards.

This would also contribute to providing an alternative to the conventional grid electrification for meeting rural energy requirements.