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systems, so that water shall remain in circulation all times. Solar driven pumps can
be erected in such areas to fulfill the household as well as irrigation water supply
necessities. Solar dryers can be employed for drying of agricultural products. The
people can be made aware about the construction of their houses so that cool air shall
remain in circulation and serve the purpose of air conditioning.
Conventional means for production of electricity to meet the energy demands is
Diesel Generator which is considered as an economic burden to remotely located
poor and backward communities. These systems are non-environment friendly and
less reliable. Solar dependent energy systems could be better option to meet routine
energy demands (Khatib et al. 2018).
An anticipated solar energy potential of INDIA is about 748 GW, according
to MNRE, INDIA (Padmanathan et al. 2018). In India, about 61% of the overall
installed electricity generation is generated using coal/lignite however contribution
of renewable energy resources is only about 13%. Despite growth in power generation
capacity of about 272.5 GW, around 75.02 million inhabitants of rural and remote
areas are deprived of electricity. According to Census 2011, among 75.02 million
inhabitants, 72.04 million people uses kerosene as a primary illumination source
and 0.92 million households use renewable (solar) energy as a primary light source.
The success with erection of solar photovoltaic (PV) technology is quite limited
although it is a better alternative in terms of quality of lighting, permanence and
resourcefulness. The challenges faced in deploying solar PV panels in remotely
located areas contains unavailability of solar PV products market in order to build
connectivity between service providers and the end user(s), unavailability of active
financing agencies in order to make the products quite affordable to the consumers,
and unawareness among the society members about the solar based technologies
e.g., PV or other renewable energy technology based appliances like solar cookers,
solar water heaters, solar air heaters etc. (Anand and Rao 2016).
3.2 Challenges/Limitations of Concentrating Solar Power
Technology in Remote Regions
For individual house power generation, concentrating solar power technology is
realistic and convincing in remote areas. Lots of challenges are to be faced for efficient and uninterrupted operation of such systems. The limitations comprise: water
consumption, water availability, transmission of electricity, power supply security,
materials design, selection of heat transfer fluids, viability of thermal energy storage
& design of receiver subsystems in addition to commercial feasibility and ecological
effects. Some of the technical challenges are discussed as follows (Xu et al. 2016).
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systems, so that water shall remain in circulation all times. Solar driven pumps can
be erected in such areas to fulfill the household as well as irrigation water supply
necessities. Solar dryers can be employed for drying of agricultural products. The
people can be made aware about the construction of their houses so that cool air shall
remain in circulation and serve the purpose of air conditioning.
Conventional means for production of electricity to meet the energy demands is
Diesel Generator which is considered as an economic burden to remotely located
poor and backward communities. These systems are non-environment friendly and
less reliable. Solar dependent energy systems could be better option to meet routine
energy demands (Khatib et al. 2018).
An anticipated solar energy potential of INDIA is about 748 GW, according
to MNRE, INDIA (Padmanathan et al. 2018). In India, about 61% of the overall
installed electricity generation is generated using coal/lignite however contribution
of renewable energy resources is only about 13%. Despite growth in power generation
capacity of about 272.5 GW, around 75.02 million inhabitants of rural and remote
areas are deprived of electricity. According to Census 2011, among 75.02 million
inhabitants, 72.04 million people uses kerosene as a primary illumination source
and 0.92 million households use renewable (solar) energy as a primary light source.
The success with erection of solar photovoltaic (PV) technology is quite limited
although it is a better alternative in terms of quality of lighting, permanence and
resourcefulness. The challenges faced in deploying solar PV panels in remotely
located areas contains unavailability of solar PV products market in order to build
connectivity between service providers and the end user(s), unavailability of active
financing agencies in order to make the products quite affordable to the consumers,
and unawareness among the society members about the solar based technologies
e.g., PV or other renewable energy technology based appliances like solar cookers,
solar water heaters, solar air heaters etc. (Anand and Rao 2016).
3.2 Challenges/Limitations of Concentrating Solar Power
Technology in Remote Regions
For individual house power generation, concentrating solar power technology is
realistic and convincing in remote areas. Lots of challenges are to be faced for efficient and uninterrupted operation of such systems. The limitations comprise: water
consumption, water availability, transmission of electricity, power supply security,
materials design, selection of heat transfer fluids, viability of thermal energy storage
& design of receiver subsystems in addition to commercial feasibility and ecological
effects. Some of the technical challenges are discussed as follows (Xu et al. 2016).