Solar energy is the energy derived from the sun's rays. It is very important to understand that solar energy is the most widely available and least polluting form of energy, which is abundantly found in nature. Its all around us.
Nature is perfect in itself. Everything designed to be a part of nature has its own importance. Everything, everybody, has its own role to impart. Things are interconnected to each other. If one goes wrong, the whole system goes down. Its like a giant engine structured together, where even a small screw is as important for the functionality of the engine, as the engine itself.
Sun is the center of our solar system. The Earth, being the 3rd member of the solar family, is placed in such a manner that it has the perfect balance of every element to support the greatest gift from nature: Life.
Sun apart from holding the solar system together, supports life.
Solar energy was first collected in the year 1767, by a Swiss scientist names Horace-Benedict de Saussure, who had created the first solar collector, which was nothing but an insulated box covered with three layers of glass tp absorb heat energy. Saussure's box was widely known as the first ever solar "oven", and it could reach temperatures of 230 degrees fahrenheit.
Since then the basic models of solar oven or cookers were enhanced, and today we get advanced model, and cooking with solar energy has more nutritional value to the food, as direct heat is not involved, as the processing is slow.
The year of 2012, was a Record Breaking year for Solar Power Plants installation in India. As the researches done in the the past few years have seen an enormous investment in utility-scale solar plants, so is the advancement in this field has been. The results were unexpected, with India stealing away the show by breaking the records for the largest production of solar energy. India today is the leading producer of solar energy in the world, surpassing even the history’s largest producer of solar energy, by boasting a combined installed capacity of 605 megawatts, whereas China, which is supposed to be the largest producer so far, only produced with an installed capacity of 200 megawatts.
