Finally, the era has come where the Solar energy is being used widely for residential purposes too. Days were gone, when Solar energy was been used only for commercial purposes, mainly by factories and industries. There were various reasons why it was no popular in homes.

1. The set-up cost was so high that a household cannot afford
2. Lack of awareness among the households
3. No scarce of electricity
4. People were not much bothered about the electricity bills

In recent days, people have become more concerned about the solar power and how it can be utilised. They also have realised with one time investment, a good amount of money can be saved, instead of paying huge bills every month. The reasons behind the popularity of solar powered homes:

1. Power can be saved and utilized later
2. Get rid of voltage drop and lack of electricity
3. Emergency purposes
4. Get rid of paying big sum for bills

In the year 1998, a report says around 15,000 households were using solar power. But a report at the end of the year 2007 reads that more than 280,000 households were moved towards solar power. Within a decade, 265,000 turned to solar power. This is more than 1700% turn around.

Getting more deeper into the study, people started noticing the benefits of the solar energy in the 2003 – 2004 period. The proof for this statement is, in the year 2003, nearly 48,000 photovoltaic cells were shipped for residential purposes. By the year 2004, it was 78,000, a noticeable increase of 30,000 photovoltaic cells.

Since then, the increase was enormous. At the end of the year 2005, over 134,000 solar power scells were shipped. The difference is 56,000 which is even more high. In 2006, it was 206,000, the difference this time is 72,000. At the end of year 2007, the shipments were 280,000, a rise of 74,000. It was predicted that this rise will be keep increasing since then.

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