PRESENT SCENARIO OF SOLAR ENERGY

IN INDIA

M Tech 1st Year (2015)

Power system

Presented By
Durgesh Choudhary
Pritish Pradhan
Bappi Kumar
Avinash Pataila

Sources of energy

SOLAR ENERGY
The ultimate source of Solar energy is the SUN.
Large magnitude of solar energy available makes it a highly
appealing source of electricity
Sun gives 1000 times more power than what we need.
Just this tiny fraction of the suns energy that hits the earth is
enough to meet all our power needs.
Using present solar techniques some of the solar energy
reaching the earth is utilized for generating electricity etc.
India is very fortunate that it has abundant amount of SUN
throughout the year
Currently, the worlds population consumes 15 terawatts of
power from a combination of these energy sources

POWER DEMAND IN
INDIA
India is the 3rd largest
electricity producing
country in the world.
The utility electricity
sector in India had an
installed capacity of
258.701 GW as of end
March 2015
Renewable Power plants
constituted 28% of total
installed capacity and
Non-Renewable Power
Plants constituted the
remaining 72%
Solar only 1%

Initiatives by Government of INDIA

In June, the Union Cabinet approved a plan to increase India's solar
power capacity target five-fold to 100,000 megawatts by 2022
Current intalled capacity is 4,060 MW
The goal can be reached if an average of about 15,000 MW of solar
power is added every year
Madhya Pradesh will house the world's largest solar power station - 750
megawatts (MW) - in Rewa district

PRESENT SCENARIO
The fossil fuels are non
renewable sources so we
can not depend on them
forever.
Though nuclear energy is a
clean and green energy ,as
said by Dr.A.P.J Abdul
Kalam, there are always
some problems associated
with it.
So the only option we have
is solar energy because it
is a nonpolluting and silent
source of electricity and
also low maintainence and
long lasting energy.

USES OF SOLAR ENERGY

Heaters
Cars
Lights
Satellites
Dryers
Calculators

Green houses
water pumps
Desalination
Chilling
Solar ponds
Thermal

Commercial use

On an office building , roof areas can be covered

with solar panels .
Remote buildings such as schools , communities
can make use of solar energy.
In developing countries , this solar panels are very
much useful.
Even on the highways , for every five kilometres
,solar telephones are used.

How solar energy is used

We can use solar energy by converting it to electrical
energy . So we must use a device called solar panels
which can convert the light energy into electrical
energy.
Solar panel is a group of solar cells.
Solar cells works on the principle of photoelectric
effect.
PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT
When a light of certain frequency falls on the surface
of a metal , electrons will absorb the energy . If
incident light energy is greater than the work
function(minimum energy required to remove the
loosely bound valence electrons)of the metal ,then
the photo electrons will be emitted and the excess
energy is converted to the kinetic energy of electron.

Working of solar cells

When solar panels are placed in the sunlight ,
photons will strike the surface and emits electrons.
As a result electron hole pair is created in the solar
cell.
When external circuit is connected to the solar cell ,
electrons flow in the circuit and the current is
generated.

Photovoltaic Cells

Parabolic Trough
Sunlight focused on heat transfer
fluid (HTF), which then runs steam
turbine

Advantages
Traditional model of distribution
No fuel costs
Flexibility
Almost no maintenance
Negligible environmental impact
Power can be either centralized in
individual homes or distributed by electrical
companies.

Disadvantages
Non-Constant Power
Vulnerability
Inefficient and costly equipment
Reliability Depends On Location

Future Plan of solar energy in India

Thank You