Question

how the people of India are harnessing the solar energy and how the people are making use of it in their day-to-day life.'

Pls write a long paragraph Im giving 55 points

Answer 1

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Most of the people today know about the uses of solar energy and why we should use it. With the rapid depletion of conventional, non-renewable sources of energy like coal, gas and oil, finding out ways to harness and increase the production of alternate, renewable sources of energy is on the rise. Can we harness solar energy and produce solar power in India?

India, being partly tropical and sub-tropical, receives sunlight all round the year. The amount of solar energy received by India is a whopping 5000 trillion KWH per year (Indian Power Sector, August 2014). But due to India’s land usage pattern, the country’s harness-able solar power potential has been estimated to be 750 GW. The National Solar Mission (NSM) was launched in 2010 by then Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh with a target to achieve 20 GW installed solar capacity by 2022. This figure was re-revised by current Prime Minister in 2014 and a huge target of 100 GW installed solar capacity was set by 2022 (MNRE). This mission is the world’s largest energy expansion program. The 20 GW installed capacity milestone was hit in the beginning of 2018, increasing the solar capacity of India by 370 per cent (Economic Times, January 2018). The International Solar Alliance, which has 121 solar resource rich members with its headquarters at Gurgaon, Haryana, has given India ‘JagatGuru’ status which means ‘world leader’.

Answer 2

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The Indian government had an initial target of 20 GW capacity for 2022, which was achieved four years ahead of schedule.[2] In 2015 the target was raised to 100 GW of solar capacity (including 40 GW from rooftop solar) by 2022, targeting an investment of US$100 billion.[3][4] India has established nearly 42 solar parks to make land available to the promoters of solar plants.[5]

Rooftop solar power accounts for 2.1 GW, of which 70% is industrial or commercial.[6] In addition to its large-scale grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) initiative, India is developing off-grid solar power for local energy needs.[7] Solar products have increasingly helped to meet rural needs; by the end of 2015 just under one million solar lanterns were sold in the country, reducing the need for kerosene.[8] That year, 118,700 solar home lighting systems were installed and 46,655 solar street lighting installations were provided under a national program;[8] just over 1.4 million solar cookers were distributed in India.[