Solar Power Distribution

The development of renewable energy sources (RES) is necessary for the sustainable development of any country due to depleting fossil fuel level, climbing fossil fuel prices across the world and more recently pressure for the reduction of CO2 emissions levels. Among various renewable energy sources based technologies, the photovoltaic technology for power generation is considered well-suited technology particularly for distributed power generation because of the fact that India has a large land area and most parts of India receives solar energy of 5 kWh / m2 per clear day over 300 days a year. India has a large land area. Most parts of India receive solar energy of 5 kWh / m2 per day over 300 clear days a year. India is thus endowed with rich solar energy resource. With a geographical area of ¿¿3.287 million square km, this amounts to 657. 4 million MW. However, 87.5% of the land is used for agriculture, forests etc. 6.7% for housing, industry etc. and 5.8% are barren, Snowbound or generally inhabitable.