Rajasthan Commissioned Maximum Solar Park Projects: Govt

Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy RK Singh said that India currently hosts 20 solar parks with a total capacity of 10.5 GW. The minister also shared details of the current status of solar parks in the country in a written reply before the Parliament. 

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In his reply, he told the Parliament, “So far, 58 Solar Parks with an aggregate capacity of 40,000 MW have been sanctioned in 13 States in the country. Whereas 20 Solar Parks with an aggregate capacity of 10,576 MW of solar projects have been commissioned.”

The shared data mentioned, “A total of 10576 solar projects have been commissioned in the country with which Rajasthan has commissioned largest projects of about 3065 MW out of sanctioned projects of 9568 MW for 10 parks, followed by Andra Pradesh with 3050 MW project out of 4200 MW for five parks, Karnataka with 2000 MW project with sanction capacity of 2500 for two projects and Madhya Pradesh with 1000 MW project with sanctioned capacity of 4780 MW for nine projects.”

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Last year, the data from Lok Sabha shared by the Union Minister of New and Renewable Minister RK Singh indicated that solar parks have entered 12 Indian states. At the same time, it is still a non-starter in many other states.

A written reply by the minister then said that these 12 states hosted 50 solar parks, which had a cumulative sanctioned production capacity of 37,990 Megawatt (MW). The minister indicated that the government had not received any proposal from states like Bihar and others to set up such a solar park until 30th June 30, 2023.

The minister shared this data in his response to the parliament on the plans to develop solar parks in Bihar. Per the minister’s statement before the Lower House, these parks were sanctioned under the ‘Development of Solar Parks and Ultra-Mega Solar Power Projects’.

The state-wise data, as shared by the minister, claimed that some of the western Indian states, like Rajasthan and Gujarat, took the lion’s share in hosting solar parks. For example, Gujarat has the highest sanctioned capacity of 12,150 MW from seven state solar parks. It is followed by Rajasthan, which has a total sanctioned capacity of 8,276 MW coming from nine such solar parks in the state. Others who are front runners after Rajasthan and Gujarat included Madhya Pradesh (4680 MW), UP (3730 MW) and Karnataka (2500 MW).