An Economic Analysis of Determining Factors of Solar Energy Consumption of Rural Household in Villupuram District of Tamil Nadu

Growing consumption of energy has also resulted in the country becoming increasingly dependent on fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas. Rising prices of oil, gas and coal and potential shortages in future lead to concerns about the security of energy supply needed to sustain our economic growth. Photovoltaic converts solar energy in to electricity that can be used for myriad purposes such as lighting, pumping and generation of electricity. This study focused determinants factors for adopting solar energy in the selected villages in the study area. Based on the comprehensive energy survey 300 households in Villuppuram district, researchers present the structure of rural household solar energy consumption in the study area. The study has been conducted with pre-structured interview schedule. Present study elaborated the benefits and difficulties faced by the respondents for using solar energy in Villuppuram district.