நியூக்ளியர் எனர்ஜி சயின்ஸ் & பவர் ஜெனரேஷன் டெக்னாலஜி ஜர்னல்

An Overview of Solar Energy and Its Applications

Vikram Mor*, Sonia Bhardwaj and Rishi Sikka

Solar energy is a thermal energy that can be harnessed by utilizing the wide range of the advanced emerging technologies including photovoltaic as well as solar thermal energy etc. The conventional harnessing technologies are utilized nonrenewable energy resources that have huge adverse effect on the environment because it emits the various harmful as well as toxic gases. Solar energy can be considered one of the most promising and best alternatives of the non-renewable energy resources that can be used as a primary energy resource and for the production of the secondary energy resources such as electricity and steam. There are two major advantages are associated with the solar energy including availability and negligible air pollution generation. Electricity production is one of the major applications of the solar energy and widely employed across the world. This review paper highlighted an overview of the solar energy and its possible applications. In the future, solar energy can help to fulfil the energy requirement by growing population in the more efficient manner