After reading for years about Solar Energy generation and different ways to generate tap the solar energy , I am somewhat convinced that, Solar Thermal power plants using "Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) solar collector" holds the future. Installing PV cells roof by roof will not only take much longer but also, we are expecting the end consumer who is used to getting electricity @ the click of a switch to spend time & money to get a PV installer home and install it on their roof top.
Needless to say, if the customer is located remotely, where Govt...is unlikely to pull a transmission line to their premises , it makes most sense to install a PV system on their rooftop.
For grid-connected areas , we need to stop augmenting power generation with Coal or other Fossil fuel based generation techniques. Instead, we must encourage (or force by means of a law:-) and make all private and govt.. players starting to build new plants with Solar Thermal technology..
If we could build Solar Thermal plants across the whole of Thar Desert in Rajasthan , all our Northern states which are reeling with 10s of hours of power cut a day would get the much needed relief . It can generate employment for millions of farmers who can be turn into support industries... And by the way, we could also save the planet by avoid millions of tons of carbon-di-oxide emissions into the earth's atmosphere..
I have been watching this company called "Ausra" who have commoditized building solar thermal power plants and I would approach them to help us set up a plant in Thar desert which we can then replicate to other Desert areas..
Would anyone who read this blog agree with me ?
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