Use of Solar Energy for Energy Savings in Dairy Processing Industry

Due to increase in population, there is a large demand for electricity in India and it is difficult to supply this required energy from conventional energy resources because of environmental constraints and scarcity of resources. The best alternative is to generate electricity from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind which are environmentally friendly and freely available in nature. Indian government is providing subsidies, in order to encourage the electricity generation from solar. According to the Ministry of new and renewable energy Government of India, Dairy industry is suggested as one of the most suitable industrial areas for the commercialization of solar energy. Major developments in this field will however take a long time to reach a commercially feasible level. Dairies have considerable advantages in that as they are high energy users with a relatively constant demand for electricity throughout the year. The use of solar energy which is more adaptable to the dairy can be effectively and directly utilized as alternative and supplement to the existing energy supply. In this paper study is carried out to find the opportunities for electrical energy generation from solar in dairy processing unit. [1]