In the last few years the price of
solar panels has come down drastically at the same time the price of
coal and petroleum has shot up even natural gas prices are high and
in the coming years they may get even more expensive since petroleum
is a limited natural resource non recycle able. As in the previous blog
I pointed out whether its wood,coal or petroleum all the sources of
energy that we use has come from the energy of the sun so why not tap
the original source of energy directly. It has been many decades since
solar cells have come into existence these solar cells were till
recently very expensive but now the prices have come down to an
extent that it is cheaper to have electricity from solar panels than
diesel electric generators not only that as the production increases
and production processes improve along with improved technology the
solar panels will not only be even cheaper but also will be more
efficient than the ones today.
There are still huge
number of people in developing countries who are devoid of
electricity even if electricity is there the
quality of electricity is very poor. Solar panels and inverters will
end this problem since harnessing solar electricity won't entail
laying of power cables all one needs is a solar panel and an inverter
to avail the benefits of solar electricity. With solar electricity a
certain amount of transmission quality will always be guaranteed. In
a country like India which is blessed with lots of sunlight for the
entire year where a large section of the population has access to a
very bad quality of electricity or no electricity at all this would
be a blessing.
The present solar power
prices in India are between Rs 7.90 to Rs 10 which are likely to come
down to Rs 5-7 in the coming years same as gird electricity charges
and just at that point there would be an avalanche of people
converting to solar electricity , the world would be vastly
benefited from solar energy since it would save millions of tonnes
of unrecycleable and pollution producing coal. Solar energy would
cause no pollution at all its totally green electricity there is lot
of research that is being done in producing cars that runs on
electricity those electric cars would be fed by the power generated
by solar cells. India has to import hundreds and thousands of tonnes
of coal and petroleum this bills would come down with solar power.
Also being green the atmosphere of the cities would be much less
polluted thus our cities would be far more live able than today should
every car , every truck be run totally or partially from electricity
harnessed from the sun.
Lets hope the sun be the
everlasting solution to our never ending energy problems.
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