Barriers in the Advancement of Solar Energy in Developing Countries like India

Suprava Chakraborty

suprava@ee.ism.ac.in
Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India-826004 (India)

Pradip Kumar Sadhu


Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India-826004 (Poland)

Utpal Goswami


Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India-826004 (Poland)


Abstract

The present paper puts an emphasis on the current energy market scenario and different types of barriers associated with the advancement of solar energy in a developing countries like India. Solar energy, best suited for urban environment, can be housed in a limited space and is characterized as a pollution free, environmentally friendly, as well as noise-free source of electricity. Among the available renewable energies, solar energy is considered to be an integral one, owing to its reduction in cost at an exponential rate day-by-day. The present study deals with the potential of solar energy market in the Indian sub-continent along with several other problems that it needs to overcome in order to be established as an independent system.    


Keywords:

solar energy, solar market, renewable energy

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2016-07-01

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Chakraborty, S., Sadhu, P. K., & Goswami, U. (2016). Barriers in the Advancement of Solar Energy in Developing Countries like India. Problemy Ekorozwoju, 11(2), 75–80. Retrieved from https://ph.pollub.pl/index.php/preko/article/view/4945

Authors

Suprava Chakraborty 
suprava@ee.ism.ac.in
Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India-826004 India

Authors

Pradip Kumar Sadhu 

Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India-826004 Poland

Authors

Utpal Goswami 

Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India-826004 Poland

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