The importance of the increasing role of renewable energy sources in the overall energy scenario in India was recognized in the early 1970s. Today India has among the world's largest programme for deployment of renewable energy products and systems. As pointed out by the Former President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalams Independence Day address August 14, 2005 the strategic goals for energy Independence by 2030 would thus call for a shift in the structure of ...