Solar energy is a clean, renewable source with no emissions and low recurring costs. In recent years the technology of solar energy and its usage has experienced unprecedented change and rapid growth. Promotional and encouraging government policies about solar energy, technological improvements in less setup and maintenance cost, growing public awareness of environmental issues easy ways to cut down the users’ electricity bills with assured power supply 24×7 are some of the facts that have facilitated and sustained this intense interest in the minds of users about solar technology worldwide, including in Sri Lanka.