What are the major applications and advantage of deploying solar Thermal power plants for India?
Solar Thermal technology offers a wide range of applications ranging from large scale centralize energy generation (50 MW and above) o distributed rural electrification (2.5 MW) and commercial steam and hot water generation. The biggest advantage of the Solar Thermal technology lies in the fact that contrary to most of the other solar technologies, all the components required o build solar thermal power plant can be indigenized. Most of critical components like mirrors, turbines, boilers and cooling towers already have large manufacturing setups in India. This ensures that there is miniscule cash outflow from India in terms of equipment imports. Solar power is a very high digresses of predictability and availability in India, where most of the regions enjoy sunlight for 8-10 hours over 300 days every year. Furthermore, Solar Thermal plants are labor intensive and are poised to become huge employment generators for the country by employing local semi-skilled workers. How would solar The
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