Scope for solar hydrogen power plants along Indian coasts

Debdyut Hajra; Swarnav Mukhopadhyay

doi:10.1117/12.2237947

26 September 2016 Scope for solar hydrogen power plants along Indian coasts

Debdyut Hajra, Swarnav Mukhopadhyay

Proceedings Volume 9935, Solar Hydrogen and Nanotechnology XI; 99350V (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237947
Event: SPIE Optics + Photonics for Sustainable Energy, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Energy is at the core of economic growth and development in the present day world. But relentless and unchecked use of harmful energy resources like fossil fuels (coil and oil), nuclear energy has taken a toll on mother nature. The energy coffers are being rapidly depleted and within a few years all of them will become empty, leaving nothing for the future generations to build on. Their constant usage has degraded the air quality and given way to land and water pollution. Scientists and world leaders have initiated a call for action to shift our dependence from currently popular energy sources to cleaner and renewable energy sources. Search for such energy sources have been going on for many years. Solar energy, wind energy, ocean energy, tidal energy, biofuel, etc. have caught the attention of people. Another such important which has become popular is 'Solar Hydrogen'. Many visionary scientists have called hydrogen the energy of the future. It is produced from water by direct or indirect use of sunlight in a sustainable manner. This paper discusses the current energy scenario, the importance of solar-hydrogen as a fuel and most importantly the scope for solar hydrogen power plants along Indian coastline.

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Debdyut Hajra and Swarnav Mukhopadhyay "Scope for solar hydrogen power plants along Indian coasts", Proc. SPIE 9935, Solar Hydrogen and Nanotechnology XI, 99350V (26 September 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2237947

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