INTRODUCTION

World Economic growth is driven by energy, whether in the form

of finite resources such as coal, oil and gas or in renewable
forms such as hydroelectric, wind, solar and biomass or its
converted for this energy generation and consumption
strengthens the nation's Industries vehicles, homes and offices.
It also has significant impact on the quality of the country's all
water and and forest resources. For future growth to be both
rapid and sustainable, it needs to be as resource efficient and
environmentally benign as possible

GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY IMPORTANCE OF

RENEWABLE ENERGY
The growth in Installed power generating capacity has not kept
pace with the projected demand To solve this problem, it is
necessary to set up more power plants and most of these power
plants will be either fossil fuel based or hydro electric units.
However, the conventional power stations cause enormous
damage to be environment due to pollution and other side
effects.
Renewable energy sources energy source are wonderful
options because they are limities. These will not be exhausted
though fossil fuel will be gradually exhausted in course of time
Also another great benefit from using renewable energy is that
most of these sources do not pollute the environment the way
burning of fossil fuels dose.
SOLAR POWER

Solar power is the conversion of energy from sunlight into

electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV), indirectly
using concentrated solar power, or a combination. Concentrated
solar power systems use lenses or mirrors and tracking systems
to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam. Photovoltaic
cells convert light into an electric current using the photovoltaic
effect.
Photovoltaics were initially solely used as a source of electricity
for small and medium-sized applications, from the calculator
powered by a single solar cell to remote homes powered by an
off-grid rooftop PV system.
Solar power in India is a fast developing industry. The country's
solar installed capacity reached 31.124 GW as of 30 September
2019.[1] India has the lowest capital cost per MW globally to
install the solar power plants.
India expanded its solar-generation capacity 8 times from 2,650
MW on 26 May 2014 to over 20 GW as on 31 January 2018. The
country added 3 GW of solar capacity in 2015–2016, 5 GW in
2016–2017 and over 10 GW in 2017–2018, with the average
current price of solar electricity dropping to 18% below the
average price of its coal-fired counterpart.[2],[3]
PHOTOVOLTAICS

Solar Photovoltaic (PV) is known to be an important energy

source for developing countries like India its importance is now
being reamed even by developed countries in view of its
renewable and environment friendly character in our country
also, optimum utilization of solar energy could not only lead to
savings in conventional energy but also result in many indirect
benefits in India 2MW solar PV now are commercially operated
by independent power producer But till now solar technology is
expensive compared to other technology and significant
financial assistance from government is needed to the
developers and operators of new plants.

In view of this, the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy

Sources has been promoting electricity generation from Solar
PV in Mega-Watt level These projects are covered under the
Grid Interactive Solar PV Power Generation Projects of
Ministry of New & Renewable Energy Sources Govt. of India.
The Ministry initiated the programme to establish as a viable
and environment friendly electricity generation option.
SOLAR POWER PLANT

Solar power plant is any type of facility that converts sunlight

either directly, like Photovoltaics, or indirectly, like Solar Thermal
plants, into electricity.

Solar PV power plants work in the same manner as small

domestic-scale PV panels or the tiny one on your calculator but
Most solar PV panels are made from semiconductor materials,
usually some form of silicon. When photons from sunlight hit the
semiconductor material free electrons are generated which can
then flow through the material to produce a direct electrical
current.
This is known as the photo-effect in physics. The DC current
then needs to be converted to alternating current (AC) using an
inverter before it can be directly used or fed into the electrical
grid.
PV panels are distinct from other solar power plants as they use
the photo-effect directly without the need for other processes or
devices. For example, no liquid heat-carrying agent, like water,
is needed as in solar thermal plants.
PV panels do not concentrate energy they simply convert
photons into electricity that is then transmitted somewhere else.
TYPES OF SOLAR POWER PLANT

 Off Grid Solar power plant-

Off-grid solar power Plant is system with battery Bank, this type of
power plants also stores DC electricity in batteries bank provided with
the system. The addition of an inverter allows this system to convert
DC electrical current coming from the batteries into AC (alternating
current). AC is the standard form of electricity for anything that "plugs
in" to utility power and is the appropriate current for common
household appliances.
 On Grid Solar power plant-

On-Grid Systems are solar PV systems that only generate power

when the utility power grid is available. They must connect to the
grid to function. They can send excess power generated back to
the grid when you are overproducing so you credit it for later use
]through Net Metering System by Indian Govt.
Hybrid Solar power plant-

 Hybrid Solar System or Power Plant is a combination of both

previously said solar systems.

[1]
"India's solar capacity to cross 20GW in next 15 months: Piyush Goyal". Economic Times.

[2]
"Achieving 2022 target four years ahead of schedule". Retrieved 4 February 2018