Solar Power Capacity Crosses Milestone of 5,000 MW in India
Solar
Power Capacity Crosses Milestone of 5,000 MW in India
On the auspicious
occasion of Makar Sankranti/Pongal, the installed capacity of solar power in
India crossed the milestone of 5,000 MW yesterday. The cumulative
installed capacity has reached to 5,130 MW with installed capacity of 1385 MW
in current FY. The state-wise break-up of 5,130 MW is given in the Table
below. The state of Rajasthan stands 1st in the country
with 1264 MW, followed by Gujarat (1024MW), Madhya Pradesh (679 MW), Tamil Nadu
(419 MW), Maharashtra (379 MW) and Andhra Pradesh (357 MW).
The Government has
set the ambitious target of generating 100 GW of solar power by the year
2021-22 under the National Solar Mission. It is envisaged to generate 60
GW ground mounted grid-connected solar power and 40 GW through roof-top grid
interactive solar power to fulfill the 100 GW of solar power. The Ministry has
also fixed year-wise targets to monitor the solar power generation in the
country. The target for the current year is 2,000 MW and next year target is
12,000 MW. The Ministry is putting all efforts through various schemes of
Central Government and State Governments to achieve the targets. It has
been planned that around 18,000 MW tender should be out by 31st March,
2016.
To achieve above
stated objective, the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has
initiated several projects like Scheme for Development of Solar Parks and
Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects; Scheme for Development of Solar PV Power
Plants on Canal Banks/ Canal Tops; Scheme for setting up 300 MW of Grid
connected Solar PV Power Projects by Defense Establishments under Ministry of
Defense and Para Military Forces with viability Gap Funding; Scheme of setting
up 1000 MW of Grid- Connected Solar PV Power Projects by CPSUs with Viability
Gap Funding ; Scheme for Setting up of 15000 MW of Grid connected to achieve
this target. Solar PV Power Projects by NTPC/NVVN; Setting up of 2000 MW Grid
connected solar power with Viability Gap Funding through Solar Energy
Corporation of India (SECI). This apart, an ambitious scheme has been launched
by the Ministry for roof-top solar installation. Various state governments are
coming up with solar power projects under their own policies.
State Wise total Commissioning Status of Grid Connected Solar Power
Projects as on 14.01.2016 is given below:
|
Sr. No.
|
State/UT
|
Total commissioned
capacity till 14-01-16 (MW)
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
357.34
|
|
2
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
0.265
|
|
3
|
Chhattisgarh
|
73.18
|
|
4
|
Gujarat
|
1024.15
|
|
5
|
Haryana
|
12.8
|
|
6
|
Jharkhand
|
16
|
|
7
|
Karnataka
|
104.22
|
|
8
|
Kerala
|
12.025
|
|
9
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
678.58
|
|
10
|
Maharashtra
|
378.7
|
|
11
|
Odisha
|
66.92
|
|
12
|
Punjab
|
200.32
|
|
13
|
Rajasthan
|
1264.35
|
|
14
|
Tamil Nadu
|
418.945
|
|
15
|
Telangana
|
342.39
|
|
16
|
Tripura
|
5
|
|
17
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
140
|
|
18
|
Uttarakhand
|
5
|
|
19
|
West Bengal
|
7.21
|
|
20
|
Andaman & Nicobar
|
5.1
|
|
21
|
Delhi
|
6.712
|
|
22
|
Lakshadweep
|
0.75
|
|
23
|
Puducherry
|
0.025
|
|
24
|
Chandigarh
|
5.041
|
|
25
|
Daman & Diu
|
4
|
|
26
|
Others
|
0.79
|
|
TOTAL
|
5129.813
|
|
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