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By admin, January 7, 2011 5:43 am

Usage of Solar Power in Different Countries

Solar power has been increasingly used in various countries across the world. All the countries are keeping in mind that the already available resources will deplete if they keep using the wastefully and not wisely. Therefore focus is on those sources of energy that are available naturally and are renewable as well.

The grid-connected solar photovoltaics already had an installed capacity of nearly around 21,000 MW at the end of the year 2009 which is a contrast to 600 MW of concentrating solar thermal and 149,000 MW of Solar heating. Germany and Japan have been the two leading countries in terms of cumulative photovoltaic capacity along with China being the number one in solar heating. In recent years, many countries particularly in Western Europe have started enacting financial incentives in order to encourage the production of solar power. This shows the countries all over the world are very much concerned about saving energy by using not only solar power but also other naturally produced energy sources.

Germany is at the top most position all over the world in installing photovoltaics with a solar photovoltaic capacity of 8,877 megawatts (MW) in 2009 and that of 6,200 GWh of electricity that was being generated in 2009. Solar power now meets about 1.1 percent of Germany’s demand of electricity. It is a share that some market analysts would expect to reach up to 25 percent by 2050.

Since India is densely populated as well as has a high solar insolation therefore, it is ideal for combination of solar power. Some large projects have also been proposed in India like the project of producing solar energy in the Thar Desert which can sufficiently generate 700 to 2,100 gigawatts. A plan will be executed in 2020 according to which it will become mandatory for all the government buildings including those of hospitals and hotels to keep the solar power production equipment in their premises and make a regular use of it.

The average solar radiation of the entire country of Iran is even higher than the central part of the country because of which it is making conscious efforts to as much usage of the natural resource available as possible. They have been taking steps to increase the capacity of their power plants which has sown good results as well. The power plant which is installed in Doorbid works independent of the grid system in comparison to the one installed at Hosseinian and Moalleman which are connected to the grid system. The best factor that is worth mentioning is that all the equipment of these sites is made in Iran only. Iran has taken many other steps for the wider use of solar power like the residential solar water heaters being introduced and along with 294 public baths heated with solar thermal energy.

Israel has also shown conscious efforts like it put solar water heating systems in almost all the residential buildings. It has asked the government to keep a check on their regular use by the people. It has advanced technologies competing with fossil fuels as well. Similarly, US have also been making all the possible efforts like other countries in the maximum usage of solar energy.

About the Author

Jeena Gill is an author of spheralsolar.com, One of the best Solar Panels & Home Power Kits company. He has been writing on solar powers for a many years.

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