Solar Farming Potential in India

 By 3p Guest Author | August 1st, 2011 

250 MW concentrated solar project in Nevada- Would this work in India?

By Darshan Goswami, M.S., P.E.

The newest crop in India could be electricity from the sun. “Solar Farming” can help change India’s energy economy to clean and efficientrenewable energy during the day when it is needed the most, create millions of jobs, and could help India achieve energy independence and better national security.

Imagine a crop that can be harvested daily on the most barren desert and arid land, with no fertilizer or tillage, and that produces no harmful emissions. Imagine an energy source so bountiful that it can provide many times more energy than we could ever expect to need or use. An hour’s worth of sunlight bathing the planet holds far more energy than humans worldwide consume in a year. You don’t have to imagine it — it’s real and it’s here. Solar energy is an abundant enormous resource that is readily available to all countries throughout the world, and all the space above the earth. It is clean, no waste comes from it, and it’s “free.”