Who has launched the Solar Power Tree, innovative way to generate electricity by harnessing maximum solar energy in a limited space.

2016

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Who has launched the ‘Solar Power Tree’, innovative way to generate electricity by harnessing maximum solar energy in a limited space.

A	Radha Mohan Singh
B	Harsh Vardhan
C	Jagat Prakash Nadda
D	Kalraj Mishra

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences in New Delhi, launched the solar power tree project. CSIR-CMERI (Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute), the constituent laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) developed it.

Detailed explanation-2: -India’s first Solar Power Tree has been designed by Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI) in Durgapur, West Bengal. India.

Detailed explanation-3: -Professor William Grylls Adams and his student Richard Evans Day demonstrated in 1876 that selenium could be used to transform solar energy directly into electricity. In 1883, American inventor Charles Fritts created the first photovoltaic cell using Selenium wafers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ludhiana: To promote the use of solar energy, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s (CSIR) Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI) has developed the “world’s largest” solar tree near GNE College here.

Detailed explanation-5: -China-340 GW With a whopping 340 GW, the country is the largest producer of solar energy in the world.

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