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Implementation of renewable energy (solar) for rural development

2016

Fuels are the major sources of energy with the help of fuels we done our manufacturing part in chemical, food, pharmaceuticals, beverages industries etc. Fuels are depleting day by day so we can try to generate the energy with the help of renewable energy in low cost. Energy is of generally two types Renewable and Non renewable energy. Renewable energy are hydropower, biomass, solar energy, wind, geothermal, and ocean energy is generally defined as energy that comes from resources which are naturally replenished on a human timescale such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves and geothermal heat where as non renewable energy (fossil fuels) are coal, crude oil, natural gas, nuclear fuel etc. While many renewable energy projects are large-scale, renewable technologies are also suited to rural and remote areas and developing countries, where energy is often crucial in human development. Our aim is towards the development of energy or electricity from solar energy by using photovoltaic c...

A STUDY ON SOLAR ENERGY AND ITS IMPACT ON RURAL INDIA

isara solutions, 2016

Solar energy can be defined simply as the conversion of sunlight into useable energy. Solar energy is the primary renewable energy and only 16% renewable use in India (Dr. Pellegrino & Dr. Arsel, 2008). In the future, this energy system will contribute to the security of the energy supply and reduce co2 emissions (Yue, Chang-Dar Huang, and Guo-Rong). The majority of the population lives in rural areas, and the provision of electricity to these areas is difficult and costly. This paper explores the possibility of sustainable development through solar technology, which is environmentally sound technology. Solar technology is pollution control technology, clean technology, and electricity generates technology (Islan et al., 2010). In the energy crisis in rural areas, only 28% live in urban areas, and 72% live in rural areas. Only 40% of the rural area population covered electricity, and 60% of the population had no access to the modern form of soneeded electricity of solar technology for rural development (Germany, Shakts, 2010). Solar energy technologies convert the sun's light into usable electricity, and these technologies promote sustainable development. The advantage of solar technology is that solar power has no fuel requirement, solar modules have a long life, create new business, and these technologies are environmentally safe and less polluted (Pelece et al., 2010). Solar technology fulfills the need of people and provided electricity for domestic use. There are several barriers to using these technologies in rural areas like lack of awareness and high initial cost; pollution generates technology and lack of technological skill. The author first describes environment sound technology: solar energy technology, classification of solar energy technology, need of solar energy technology in rural areas, adoption, and barrier of solar energy technology, and focuses on solar energy technology use in the domestic sector.

A Study of Solar Energy and Ways to Improve its Economic Viability and New Business Scopes -Review

International Journal of Advanced Science and Engineering, 2019

Energy supplies from renewables such as from biofuels, solar heat, photovoltaics, wind, hydro, wave, tidal, geothermal, and ocean-thermal are essential components of every nation’s energy strategy, not only because of concerns for the local and global environment, but also for energy security and sustainability. Solar energy, amongst other renewable sources of energy, is both promising and freely available energy source. It has the capacity for managing long term issues in energy crisis. The fast growth in area of solar technologies comes with various pitfalls. It is limited by the technology of the time which includes low efficiency of solar cells, economic hindrances for example high upfront costs and a dearth of financing processes and technical obstacles which include old and inadequate infrastructure and a shortage of skilled workforce. New methods can be implemented and ways of using solar energy in medium and large scale business can be designed. A novel idea would be to install medium to large scale solar plants to produce power and to commercialize it as the demand for electricity from alternative sources will be ever increasing.

Sustainable production of solar electricity with particular reference to the Indian economy

Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2005

Fossil fuel reserves are diminishing rapidly across the world, intensifying the stress on existing reserves day-by-day due to increased demand. Not only that, fossil fuels, presently contributing to 80% of world primary energy, are inflicting enormous impacts on environment. Climatic changes driven by human activities, in particular the production of greenhouse gas emissions, directly impact the environment. Energy sector has a key role in this regard since energy during its production, distribution and consumption is responsible for producing environmentally harmful substances. A secure and accessible supply of energy is thus very crucial for the sustainability of modern societies. There is an urgent need for a quicker switch over of energy systems from conventional to renewables that are sustainable and can meet the present and projected world energy demand. Solar power is one of the most promising renewables. It is reliable and less vulnerable to changes in seasonal weather patterns. Hydrogen, in the capacity of energy vector, is expected to be the optimum solution for intermittency and storage of energy produced by renewables. Thus, coupled with hydrogen as an energy carrier, solar energy has a large potential to become the fuel of the future. The present study is aimed to explore such potential for India in 2025. India is expected to have a high growth rate in energy demand over the coming years due to its huge population and rapid economic development.

Solar energy and possibilities of its usage

Journal of Civil Engineering, Environment and Architecture, 2013

This paper represents ways to produce electric power and heat by means of solar radiation. There are described advantages and disadvantages of using solar energy in modern conditions. There are shown examples of using Sun energy in variety of manufacturing branches and transport. Solar energy is assumed a solar radiation which is used to produce some kind of power. Solar power uses renewable source of energy and can become one which would be, in perspective, ecologically clean so as to not produce hazardous wastes. Now solar power is being widely used when scarce of other sources of energy added by plenitude of solar radiation is economically reasonable. Theoretically the advantage of solar energy is in its total safety for environment (however manufacturing photo-cells uses harmful substances). There's potential risk that total implementing of solar power can change albedo of the Earth surface and bring to changes in its climate. But in the modern level of using this power it's highly unlikely. The problem of having large spaces of the ground under solar installations is solved by using solar aerostat power stations, applicable to land, sea or air bases. Solar energy flow that reaches the Earth surface strongly depends on latitude and climate. For different places the average annual amount of sunny days can vary significantly. The problem that power of solar power station depends on time of the day and weather is solved by solar aerostat power stations. The next problem is the high price set on solar photocells. This disadvantage can be probably eliminated with developing technology. Today prices for photocells lower at the average by 4% annually.

Solar Energy - Sustainable Energy Option

We have been experiencing good times and bad times too--they are coming in so close sequence that also makes us to understand that we are passing through more challenging time that the globe has ever faced. More people are recognizing that energy plays an important role --nay, more important role, and is a unique tool to handle both matter and spirit! At AEE India Chapter, IISWBM we had a memorable experience in last six months. Our Master Degree students and AEE Student Members Mr. Senthil A Kumar, Mr. Dipayan Sarkar and Mr. Pratim Raha worked for the people without electricity and some people rejected by society. They used energy-knowledge as their tool and humanity as their guide to design & deploy a standalone SPV system on the community hut roof-top in a remote village and design efficient environmentally benign home for the handicapped with the help of Ramakrishna Mission and Missionaries of Charity. The society recognized the effort with national and state-level first prizes/awards to them

Renewable Energies, Option of Future

Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal

The solar photovoltaic power, solar thermal power, wind power, biomass, biofuels, energy from waste power & small hydro power stations, etc. are part of the installations that allow the use of a huge number of different energies, called renewable energies, clean energies or new energies. In fact the innovation resides fundamentally in technologies applied today to obtain energy, and the role assigned to these methods of power generation in the world of energy generation. This paper presents the development of this type of energies emphasizing its use to generate electricity. The advantages and trade-offs will be analyzed, as well as short and mid term expectations, studying their incidence on the environment. Moreover, the main renewable energies will be described: Minihydroelectric power stations, solar thermal stations, solar photovoltaic stations, wind power stations biomass and urban waste power stations.

Renewable Energy Sources‐ An Application Guide Energy for Future

This article presents a review about the application of various non‐conventional & renewable energy sources especially solar energy. Renewable energy sources are indigenous, and can therefore contribute to reducing dependency on energy imports and increasing security of supply. Development of renewable energy sources can actively contribute to job creation, predominantly among the small and medium sized enterprises which are so central to the community economic fabric, and indeed themselves form the majority in the various renewable energy sectors. Deployment of renewables can be a key feature in regional development with the aim of achieving greater social and economic cohesion within the community. Finally, this paper explores six broad types of renewable energy sources, their characteristics and typical application: solar energy, wind energy, bio energy, hydro energy, geothermal energy, wave and tidal energy.

Introduction to India's Energy and Proposed Rural Solar-PV Electrification

Proceedings of the 2nd …, 2011

India's energy outlook from fossil fuels sources, in particular in the sector of oil and gas, point out to a very high import dependence in the next twenty years. On the other hand, the prospect of obtaining energy from renewable energy sources has a positive outlook due to abundant availability of such resources in various parts of the country. Out of all these sustainable resources, solar, wind and biomass energy are some of the fields where past and present development have already witnessed major achievement. The above development has benefited certain areas of the country, while at the same time; it has helped, to a certain level, to develop the local economy. Solar energy in particular, from a recent governmental policy, has gained the momentum as one of the most important sources of energy for the country.