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Electrical power is the fulcrum for leveraging the economies, as most activities of the present civilization like agriculture and manufacturing revolve with it and change the living standard of people.

India, a rapidly growing economy in the world, is now the third largest producer of electric power with the production of 1,643 TWh of electric energy in the year 2019. It deploys diverse ways of generating electrical energy. Although Indian power sector is dominated by fossil fuels, the Government of India with a view of sustainable development set an ambitious target of renewable installed capacity of 175 GW by FY22. The total installed capacity as of 21 July 2020 is 371,654.13 MW. The thermal generation accounts for 62.29% as shown in Figure 2.1 [1, 2]. After thermal generation, hydropower generation stands second in the list. Wind power and solar power generation are two main renewable energy sources exploited in India [3].