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SOLAR ENERGY REVOLUTION trillion kWh per year energy is
incident over India's land area
India Paving the Way for a Cleaner Future with most parts receiving 4-7
kWh per sq. m per day. Effectively
harnessing this energy has the
ability to generate power on a
distributed basis, thus providing
huge scalability. From an energy
Solar Energy is a subject With the increase in security perspective, solar is the
today, in which the whole world population across the globe, most secure of all sources since
is looking at its future and for there has been a massive
India, the Sun God has not only demand for energy to fuel the it is abundantly available. Timely
been worshiped for centuries, rapid growth and development action to tap this energy source
but has also been the focus in India has resulted in the solar
of world economies. But, as the
of our way of life. Today, India power sector emerging as the
need for energy increased, the
is combining its traditional fastest growing renewable
experiences with modern heavy reliance on exhaustible energy sources in the country
science, that is why, today, natural resources no longer over the last few years.
we have become one of the remained sustainable. The
largest countries to generate extensive use of non-renewable The Government of India
electricity from solar energy. resources caused rapid increase has been driving a vibrant solar
energy programme across the as one which is ‘Sure, Pure &
-Prime Minister Narendra Modi in pollution worldwide further
nation. And now, India is home Secure’. Under his leadership,
(in his ‘Mann ki Baat’ address) leading to a situation of climate
to the country's first 24×7 solar- the Government of India has
crisis. It is the need of the hour
powered village - Modhera in introduced several initiatives to
to switch to greener and cleaner
Gujarat where Ground Mounted promote the production of solar
energy resources to meet the
Solar power plant and more power in the nation to scale up
energy needs of our constantly
than 1,300 Rooftop solar systems energy generation, including the
advancing world. And, it has
on residential & Government National Solar Mission (NSM),
become imperative that most
buildings have been installed. Solar Park program, the Off-
of the new energy demand is
Prime Minister Shri Narendra grid and Decentralised Solar
met by low-carbon, renewable
Modi has described Solar Energy Thermal Application Scheme
sources.
"India has taken steps to set
From Vedas to Yoga, Indian
up solar PV plants of 100GW
culture has always worshiped
by 2022 and 280 GW by 2030,
the Sun as the life-giver of this
to achieve net-zero carbon
planet and as a source of our
emissions by 2070. India stood
internal energy. The industrial
th
at 5 position in global solar
revolution familiarised people
power deployment in 2021,
with the usage of sunlight as an
jumping 16 places from 2010
energy source, paving the way
to 2021."
for a solution for our external
-Rabindra Kumar Satpathy
energy requirements through
Member, Board of Directors,
the power of modern science. As
International Solar Energy
India is located in the equatorial
Society
sun belt of the earth, about 5,000
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