Renewable Energy
Types of Renewable Energy
- Solar Energy: It is estimated that during a year India receives the energy equivalent to more than 5,000 trillion kWh. Under clear (cloudless) sky conditions, the daily average varies from 4 to 7 kWh/m2.
- The solar energy reaching unit area at outer edge of the earth’s atmosphere exposed perpendicularly to the rays of the Sun at the average distance between the Sun and earth is known as the solar constant. It is estimated to be approximately 1.4 kJ per second per square metre or 1.4 kW/m2.
- Tidal Energy: Due to the gravitational pull of mainly the ....
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Geography Of India
- 1 Coastal and Desert Landforms of India
- 2 Origin and Characteristics of Major River Systems
- 3 Integrated River Basin Governance
- 4 Interlinking of Rivers and their Ecological-Economic Trade-offs
- 5 Groundwater Stress Mapping
- 6 Patterns of Regional Disparities and Spatial Development in India
- 7 India’s Strategic Location in the Global and Regional Contexts
- 8 Geological Evolution of the Indian Subcontinent
- 9 India’s Geological Uniqueness: Some Salient Aspects
- 10 Peninsular Block, Himalayan Region, and Indo-Gangetic Plains: Comparative Features
