Opportunities and Challenges for Producing Solar Energy in Every Indian Home – A Case Study

Abstract

The energy from the sun is abundant for essential requirements of every home. But due totechnological reasons, it is not so easy to use the solar energy by converting it into electricalenergy efficiently in all places. The important factors which would be affecting the efficiencyof the solar panels (which is presently in the range of 20% to 30%,) are the cost involved inimplementing the same at each house, lack of knowledge on investment return etc. Thesemiconductor technology for fabricating solar cells contributes to the performance. Theimpurities in the semiconductor technology, the heat from the sunlight are the negative factorsfor the performance. The variation in the angle of sunlight incident from morning to eveningis also a negative factor for the performance. The climate condition of the environment likecloudy weather which limits the sunlight falling into the panel is another limiting factor.Considering all these limiting factors this paper proposes the different modes of installation ofsolar energy. This paper contains the normal power requirement of the house and methods foreither partial or complete solar energy installation to the individual house