Date of Publication :6th June 2017

Abstract: According to the present situation it is observed that the energy demands are increasing day by day. This is the outcome of our growing population and henceforth it’s increasing energy demands. Thus comes into action the need of hour i.e. uses of several forms of renewable energy. These days the recent trend is to focus on sustainable ecofriendly development. Due to increased load demands and rapidly declining conventional sources like fossil fuels including coal, natural gas and petroleum, there comes the alarming need of introducing interest in development of renewable energy sources including sun, wind, etc. Among these the major development and scope lies in the field of solar energy using photovoltaic cells and panels and their alignment with sun in order to harness maximum possible energy. This paper provides an overview of technical, economic and policy aspects of solar energy development. This paper also provides a review of the recent advances in the field of solar energy including the present scenario, available sources and potential, ongoing projects and future scope to have a better and efficient tomorrow.

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