Discuss the importance of solar energy in the future economic development of India.
Answer: Solar energy is obtained from the sun and can be converted into thermal or electrical energy. Solar energy is the cleanest and most abundant renewable energy source available. Solar technologies can harness this energy for a variety of uses, including generating electricity, providing light or a comfortable interior environment, and heating water for domestic, commercial, or industrial use.
- Thus, solar energy has environmental as well as social and economic advantages. If solar infrastructure would be established across length and breadth of India it would cater energy needs of hitherto backward region. Also, if solar technologies to harness solar ....
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