An initiative has been jointly taken by India and the United States to develop solar energy through photovoltaic (PV) projects and concentrated solar power (CSP), also known as solar thermal. This comes four months after India experienced one of the worldÂ’s biggest blackouts, which affected more than 680 million people.
Titled ‘SERIIUS’ (Solar Energy Research Initiative of India and the United States), the $50 million project would be conducted by the Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Science and the Washington-based National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Rajeev Deshpande, a senior energy official concerned told an energy conference in Mumbai that it is expected that the project to produce desirable results within five years. Unlike traditional solar panels, CSP projects concentrate a large area of sunlight onto a small area of contained liquid. The liquid heats up, emits steam, and a generator converts the steam into electricity.
India, US join hands to develop solar energy
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