Power sector is one of the key sectors contributing significantly to the growth of country’s economy.

Power sector needs a more useful role to be played in defining, formulating and implementing the research projects

with close involvement of all utilities such that the benefits reaches the ultimate consumer. Power sector being

highly technologies intensive, Research and Development plays a major role in its developmental plans and to find

solutions for the problems existing in the power systems. A Country largely depends on the thermal power

generation and a right fuel mix, based on well-diversified portfolios of indigenous and imported fuel would be

required. The another advantage using renewable resources is that they are distributed over a wide geographical

area, ensuring that developing regions have access to electricity generation at a stable cost for the long-term future.

This is not the case with fossil fuels in particular petroleum products.