Prospects and Programmes of Development of Solar Energy in India In India, the average global radiation is around 4-7 kWh per sq m per day with about 2,300-3,200 sunshine hours per year, which can be judiciously exploited to meet our ever increasing energy requirements.
Since inception the Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sottrces (MNES) has been implementing a solar energy programme to provide electricity to rural and remote areas, make energy available for pumping of water for irrigation and drinking purposes and generating thermal energy for water heating, cooking, distillation of water and drying of farm products. Significant progress has been achieved both in terms of development of various solar energy products and their utilisation. The importanc~ of solar energy as a means of energy generation and conservation has been recognised by users in a number of sectors.
Solar water heating, solar cooking, solar air heating, solar photovoltaic (SPV) cells and solar buildings are important components of the Indian solar energy programme.Besides the above-mentioned sources, biomass is also an important alternative source of power generation.
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