STATUS OF SOLAR POWER CAPACITY& ITS UTILISATION IN INDIA

Energy is a strategic commodity counties loose the race of economic development due to scarcity of energy and due to not able to consume energy which is available to them in for renewable energy such as wind, solar, hydropower, geothermal and biomass energy. The Indian subcontinent enjoys a huge amount of Sun rays throughout the year yet our citizens has to spend days in heat and nights in darkness .This is due to over dependence upon the Non renewable source of energy such as coal, kerosene etc for cooking and illuminating their houses at night. This paper tries to examine the loopholes of tapping solar energy & its distribution in Uttar Pradesh.