Air Cdre (R) Azfar A Khan In these days of escalating oil
prices, itâ€™s becoming extremely difficult for a common citizen
to pay off monthly electricity bills. The bills keep soaring day
by day and there seems to be no respite in foreseeable future.
These bills can be reduced by resorting to other methods of
generating electricity, solar being one of them. This article
dwells on the discussion regarding production of electricity
through solar means and discusses a cost-effective strategy to
achieve this end. The photo above shows Solar Panels being used
for water extraction in village Rarkou in Nagarparkar, Sindh The
use of solar energy for the generation of electricity is not
something new. Most of the countries are doing it successfully
for decades and their population benefiting through the use of
this free resource. But, to most of the people, it may still
look like a mystery. These days, this energy is being utilized
to light our homes, run fans, provide power to our fridges and
microwave ovens, assist