A comprehensive study of solar power in India and World

Sharma, Atul

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2010.12.017

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“…The USSE capacity in this country quadrupled in 2010 from 2009, while both residential and nonresidential capacity increased over 60% during that same period. Similar increases in USSE have also been observed in Australia, China, Germany, India, Italy, and Spain [90,111,113,128,139].…”

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confidence: 74%

Environmental impacts of utility-scale solar energy

Hernandez

Easter

Murphy-Mariscal

et al. 2014

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Greenhouse gas emissions Land use and land cover change Photovoltaic Renewable energy a b s t r a c t Renewable energy is a promising alternative to fossil fuel-based energy, but its development can require a complex set of environmental tradeoffs. A recent increase in solar energy systems, especially large, centralized installations, underscores the urgency of understanding their environmental interactions. Synthesizing literature across numerous disciplines, we review direct and indirect environmental impacts -both beneficial and adverse -of utility-scale solar energy (USSE) development, including impacts on biodiversity, land-use and land-cover change, soils, water resources, and human health. Additionally, we review feedbacks between USSE infrastructure and land-atmosphere interactions and the potential for USSE systems to mitigate climate change. Several characteristics and development strategies of USSE systems have low environmental impacts relative to other energy systems, including other renewables. We show opportunities to increase USSE environmental co-benefits, the permitting and regulatory constraints and opportunities of USSE, and highlight future research directions to better understand the nexus between USSE and the environment. Increasing the environmental compatibility of USSE systems will maximize the efficacy of this key renewable energy source in mitigating climatic and global environmental change.

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Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 74%

Environmental impacts of utility-scale solar energy

Hernandez

Easter

Murphy-Mariscal

et al. 2014

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

467

307

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“…This can be direct as with photovoltaics (PV) or indirect as with concentrating solar power (CSP), where the sun's energy is focused to boil water which is then used to provide power (Sharma 2011 ). Since solar radiation is intermittent, solar power generation is combined either with storage or other energy sources to provide continuous power.…”

Section: Solar Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

A Comprehensive Overview of Renewable Energy Status in India

Sharma

Srivastava

Kumar

2014

Environmental Sustainability

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“…Solar energy from the sun experienced by us as heat and light, can be used for thermal applications like water heating, water purification, cooking, drying, power generation, and other applications, and photovoltaic applications such as lighting, communications, pumping and power supply. Solar energy, especially the Solar PV, has one of the highest capital costs among all renewable energy sources, but it has the lowest operational cost, owing to the very low maintenance and repair needs [5]. The increasing efficiency, lower capital cost, and minimal maintenance, and pollution are the advantages of the solar photovoltaic systems [3].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%