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The sources of energy which are being produced continuously in nature and are in exhaustible are called renewable

sources of energy (or) non-conventional energy.

Renewable energy is growing in importance and popularity:


because of the desire and necessity to avert irreversible climate damage; because of increasing oil prices; because of the unreliability of nonrenewable resources (e.g. the depletion of oil wells). In view of all these and other factors, governments worldwide support renewables with various incentives. This, in turn, encourages entrepreneurs to make large-scale investments in renewable energy.

Solar energy Wind power

Hydropower Biomass Bio-fuel Geothermal energy

Street lighting system:


It is consists of two photo-voltaic modules, mounting frame, 4m long pole, battery box, tubular type lead-acid battery, charge controller, investor and day light senses . Time module sensing is used to switch on lights on the evening. It works for one fluorescent tube lights of 20 watts for whole night

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