SOLAR ENERGY CONTRIBUTION IN DIGITAL INDIA & CHALLENGES OF CONSUMER AWARENESS TO SOLAR ENERGY

Solar energy is not harmful as well as easier to use. But in India consumer awareness is the greatest challenge to solarenergy. It is a great need to aware everyone about this technology so that uses of this resource of energy can be increased.Solar energy can contribute in Digital India dreams of Indian Government. It can complete electricity requirements ofDigital India to spread internet up to villages & rural areas.The increasing prices for petroleum products, projection that petroleum resources would be exhausted in a relativelyshort period of time and the use of fossil fuel resources for political purposes will adversely affecting worldwide economicand social development. In addition, global warming caused largely by greenhouse gas emission fromfossil fuelgenerating systems is also a major concern. These problems can be overcome by alternative sources that are renewable,cheap, easily available, and sustainable. And the solar energy is best promising source. But unfortunately this source ofenergy has been get neglected.In this paper researcher has aimed to find out the consumer aware of solar energy, solar energy systems and its uses aswell as its contribution for digital India