Solar powered multilevel smart city architecture for rural areas in India: A prototype

Abstract

At present, solar energy has transformed into a prominent energy source to meet certain need around the globe owing to the unsteadiness of the global warming issues and decrease in non-renewable energy source. India is intensely reliant on fossil fuels for its energy requirements and now it is important to handle the energy disaster through the use of renewable energy resources, for example, Wind energy, Biomass energy, geothermal energy. This paper describes about the simple solar smart city development for the rural areas where the electricity is not accessible. India is a humid country, where sunshine is accessible for longer hours per day and in huge power. Therefore, the solar energy has great potential as future energy source. With ongoing improvements, the solar energy systems are effortlessly available for factory and household use with least maintenance. By utilizing solar energy, the framework is designed to create a solar smart city which consist of proper city waste management by using solar waste decomposer, to reduce household electricity by using solar panel for energy storing, solar charger for mobile, surveillance camera and electric-car, solar street lighting, solar disaster detection alarm for every city, solar roof top, underground wiring which doesn’t create problem in rainy season etc. The study is to illustrate a multilevel solar smart city architecture based on solar energy and it is described in terms of its functionality and some real time scenarios to enhance the rural areas.