Energy is the basic input required to sustain economic growth and to provide basic amenities of life to the entire population of a country. Energy can be an effective weapon in the battle against abject poverty in the country like India. Like other developing countries, India is also in the process of planning and development as such needs a quantum of energy for its development plans. It is the level and pattern of utilization of energy from different sources in any country, which is an index of industrial development and standard of living. Basically energy is utilized in four key sectors of our economy namely Agriculture, industry, commercial and the households.

Due to increasing gap between demand and supply of energy there is an urgent need to utilize the different forms of non-conventional energy sources such as solar, wind, biomass etc. Among these energy sources one of the most important sources is solar energy.