7: Innovations of the future of solar energy and COVID-19 impact

Dipti Shukla      O.P. Jindal University, Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India

Abstract

This chapter focuses on the breakthroughs that are demonstrating the future of solar energy. Solar energy is the most plentiful and long-lasting source of energy on the planet. We already know that solar power accounts for less than 2% of global electricity generation. Solar energy may be converted directly or indirectly into different energy types that we use in our everyday lives, such as light, heat, electricity, fuels, and so on. In order to expand the use of solar energy, energy conservation, efficiency, and transdisciplinary and system methods are necessary. Heat is not a friend of solar ...

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