A Review Paper on Solar Tracking System for Photovoltaic Power Plant

Abstract

In today's era the biggest problem World is facing is energy crises and we know that fossil fuels are available in very limited amount. Also there overuse in last 30-40 years has reduced them further. So, now to meet our energy demands the only option we are left is to utilize the Renewable resources of energy that is available in abundance. There are various sources of renewable energy like wind, sun and geothermal but most cost effective among them is Solar Energy. Solar energy can not only meet our existing energy demands but can also provide us clean and cheap energy. Solar Panels once installed can give energy for several years without having any maintenance cost. Solar photovoltaic systems are such systems which are used for harnessing solar energy but we since the earth is rotating around the sun due to which solar energy in existing Solar panels is available only for a limited time throughout the day. To overcome this problem solar trackers are used. Authors in this study have tried to explore the possibility of solar trackers and their cost effectiveness in solar photovoltaic.