Ever since I moved to India in May 2009, leading news papers like Business Line and The Hindu have been regularly publishing articles about promoting Solar power usage in India and the world trends in this direction.
Today I was reading an interesting article about the world Solar Thermal Energy increased by 19GW in the last 10 years.
It seems that, India receives 270 days of full sunshine and what a lot of power that is. Wow!!
If you happen to be in Bangalore, almost every 5th rooftop has a Solar Thermal water heater. Do all those people effectively use Solar water heater ? I doubt .. because one big house that we visited recently , the people were proud when they showed us their Solar water heater. But also added that, they have a Geycer and use it when it is cloudy and rainy.
In this hurry burry world, when everyone in the household has to get out before 8.30am in the morning for School, work or other things, it is difficult to rely on Solar water heater to supply the needed hot water. They would eventually turn on the geycer and hence I feel that Solar water heaters are not effectively used.. This may not be the case just in India but all over the world.
But it is still a big improvement over no solar heater at all. It would definitely prove useful when used in Hostels and large establishments where more people use water.
And how nice it would be , if hot water is supplied allover the house , kitchen , bathroom sinks etc. in one of the taps..and not just for bathing..
I hope the construction industry learns this tip for atleast the newer constructions.
If anyone has more ideas of Solar thermal usage in daily lives please send your comments and we can discuss it further.
More in next post.
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