Tuesday, April 13, 2010

A step towards renewable Energy.

I have a strong feeling that India has a great potential to generate electricity from solar energy.......We have huge amount of wasteland which is neither good for agriculture,or is drought hit,or is under developed.
A positive approach towards this land can be to generate electricity through Solar Farming! 
Indeed it is a bit expensive but if we can achieve in generating electricity required for running all the house hold equipments and supply it for all residential areas in our country I think India will certainly in a short time will gain more prosperity.
A survey of wasteland in India shows approx. 63.85 million hectares of total land area ....which is almost 20% of India's land area.
This land might not be all used for soalr energy electricty generation.....but can also be categorised and utilised for different forms of energy generation....where in we can use wind energy, solar energy,biogas,..n so on.

As an Architect when I start thinking on the renewable solar electricity generation for houses then i start put my aesthetics into it....I have come accross so many areas which can be used for generation of small amount of electricity and save power.
Use of glass is not considered safe in our country.....but with latest technological security gadget we can make use of glass...which in my opinion is a wonderful material....it helps reduce use of electricity...at times can generate solar electricity...gives an excellent architectural touch to the buildings be it residential or commercial.
Will get back on this issue as I study more on it.