Concept Of Solar Energy

I am 10th class student of CBSE board and got an assignment to make presentation on the topic Solar Energy and looking for details related to Solar Energy. Will you tell me what the concept and other details of Solar Energy and also provide me list of solar power plants located in India?

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Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun harnessed using a range of technologies such as:

Solar heating
Photovoltaics
Solar thermal energy
Solar architecture and
Artificial photosynthesis.

Thermal energy

Early commercial adaption
Water heating
Heating, cooling and ventilation
Cooking
Process heat
Water treatment

Energy conservation

Cogeneration Energy efficiency Heat pump Green building Low-carbon power Microgeneration Passive solar

Renewable energy

Anaerobic digestion Geothermal Hydroelectricity Solar Tidal Wind

Sustainable transport

Carbon-neutral fuel Electric vehicle Fossil-fuel phase-out Green vehicle Plug-in hybrid

List of some Solar power plants in India:

DonBosco, Kurla, Omega Natural Polarity (ONP) Mumbai-Maharashtra
Ushodaya Project - Smarttrak Solar Systems, Midjil, Telangana
Charanka Solar Park - Charanka village, Patan district, Gujarat [32]
Welspun Solar MP project 151 MW Neemuch Solar Plant - Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh [33]
Sakri solar plant- Maharashtra
Green Energy Development Corporation Ltd (GEDCOL) - Odisha [34]
Tata Power Solar Systems Ltd (TPS) - 50 MW NTPC - Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh [35]
Welspun Energy 50MW Rajasthan Solar Project - Phalodhi, Rajasthan [36]
Green Energy Development Corporation Ltd (GEDCOL) - Odisha [37]
Bitta Solar Power Plant (Adani Power) - Bitta, Kutch District, Gujarat [38]
Dhirubhai Ambani Solar Park, Pokhran, Rajasthan [39]
Welspun 34 MW, Bathinda, Punjab [40]
Moser Baer - Patan, Gujarat [41]
Mithapur Solar Power Plant (Tata Power) - Mithapur, Gujarat [42]
Green Energy Development Corporation Ltd (GEDCOL) - Odisha [43]
Vivaan Solar - Madhya Pradesh
Sunark Solar - Odisha
NTPC Limited - Odisha
Raajratna Energy Holdings - Bolangir Solar Power Project - Odisha
Azure Power - Sabarkantha, Khadoda village, Gujarat [44]
Green Infra Solar Energy Limited - Rajkot, Gujarat [46][47]
Waa Solar Power Plant (Madhav Power) - Surendranagar, Gujarat [48]
Tata Patapur - Odisha
Skygen Infrabuild - Odisha
Konark Kranti Energy - Odisha
Mahindra & Mahindra Solar Plant, Jodhpur, Rajasthan [49]
Sivaganga Photovoltaic Plant, Tamil Nadu [50]
Citra and Sepset Power Plants, Katol, Maharashtra [51]
Sunark Solar - Odisha