How Solar Energy can be used most effectively in India ?

Answer 1

In rural sector. In remote areas where it is uneconomical to pull distribution line and install a transformer, solar power will be definitely economical as well as useful.

Another area is highways - automated telephonebooths using solar power.

Solar power plants can be installed in desert areas of Thar where sunlight and land have no limits.

Providing telecom in rural areas using setellite and solar power will make stand alone units.

Answer 2

Solar energy can be used for heating water and thus save electricity, firewood etc. Solar energy can be used for cooking food, again saving firewood, gas and kerosene etc.

Solar energy can be directly converted to electricity and used for lighting, air-conditioning, pumping water etc. but the energy efficiency of the PhotoVoltaic Cells needs to be improved much more than the present levels.

Wind power is an indirect application of solar energy since strong winds are generated by the heating of land and the flow of air from cooler places.

Answer 3

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