Impact of Solar Power

As we look around from  Metro city to Tier-1 to tier- 2 and lately to country side, the number of hours electricity is available reduces from 24 hours / day to 2-3 hours a day.  Although  situation are better in state like Gujarat , Uttrakhand but states like Uttar Pradesh , Bihar , Jharkhand observe regular frequent power cuts which runs in days .

Most affected by this problem are not Corporate which may run their operations on Diesel Generator or Urban household who have Energy Storage devices (Power Inverter – Batteries) but farmers whose main source of income is agriculture and for which they need to Run Water Pumps.

In villages, the power shortage is severe and despite government assurance’s, the availability of power during peak season of harvest remain as low as 1-2 hours. Due to which,  the dependability of farmers on monsoon is very high and possibility  to have multiple crops during a year using irrigation facility remains a dreams resulting in poor yield per square hectare of land per year .

Sun is an Infinite source of power which has been available to us since inception of life on the earth. .We have been trying  to use the sun rays in by converting it into different forms of energy as required …But a decade before , Conversion of Sun Irradiation directly into electricity was a technology available in labs only under testing condition due to High cost investment and low efficiency . But with continuous R&D work and Wide scale Production, Technology has evolved to adopt this at Mass level and available to all for use .

This tech is proving a BOOM for agriculture sector and in India the adaptation is growing faster than ever. The Reason is farmers can install the system at their farm/roof and can use to lift water from underground and run it’s drip irrigation system. As India have almost 300 Sunny days in major of states and for duration starting from morning 9 am – 5 pm, when the load demand is maximum.

These solar systems reduce the dependency of consumer on govt. to provide connection and timely electricity. This system will help farmers with having multiple crops in a year with better water availability to grow them. Also Solar system can be used to charge Batteries in idle day’s which can help run Fan/Lights/Computer/mobile at home.

So these Solar power pump goes way beyond the usual benefit and help in bring education , better healthcare facility , improved living condition , better source of income and connectivity to outer world . Solar Power is clean source of energy and it maintain the ecological balance of Land without need of any rehabilitation and can be harnessed at point of consumption without need of running kilometer length or transmission or distribution lines .

We are bound to see multiple application of Solar power including Nuclear/Coal Plants be soon be replaced by Solar farms ,  Steam generation , Hybrid Vehicles and Small application like Mobile charger , Water Purifier , Solar Fan , Solar Fencing etc.

This revolution has already been started taken place at grass root level and this gives ray of hope. An optimism that sector employing majority of Indian Population is bound to get upgraded, impacted and that too in Green form with betterment in their source of income.

Solar power has the capability to impact every aspect of life and all in positive way. 

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