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SolarPowerCapacityCrossesMilestoneof5,000MWinIndia

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GovernmentofIndia
MinistryofNewandRenewableEnergy
15January201613:37IST

SolarPowerCapacityCrossesMilestoneof5,000MWinIndia
On the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranti/Pongal, the installed capacity of solar power in India crossed the
milestoneof5,000MWyesterday.Thecumulativeinstalledcapacityhasreachedto5,130MWwithinstalledcapacityof
1385MWincurrentFY.Thestatewisebreakupof5,130MWisgivenintheTablebelow.ThestateofRajasthanstands
1st in the country with 1264 MW, followed by Gujarat (1024MW), Madhya Pradesh (679 MW), Tamil Nadu (419 MW),
Maharashtra(379MW)andAndhraPradesh(357MW).
TheGovernmenthassettheambitioustargetofgenerating100GWofsolarpowerbytheyear202122under
theNationalSolarMission.Itisenvisagedtogenerate60GWgroundmountedgridconnectedsolarpowerand40
GWthroughrooftopgridinteractivesolarpowertofulfillthe100GWofsolarpower.TheMinistryhasalsofixed
yearwisetargetstomonitorthesolarpowergenerationinthecountry.Thetargetforthecurrentyearis2,000MW
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
shouldbeoutby31stMarch,2016.
To achieve above stated objective, the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has initiated several projects like
SchemeforDevelopmentofSolarParksandUltraMegaSolarPowerProjectsSchemeforDevelopmentofSolarPVPower
PlantsonCanalBanks/CanalTopsSchemeforsettingup300MWofGridconnectedSolarPVPowerProjectsbyDefense
EstablishmentsunderMinistryofDefenseandParaMilitaryForceswithviabilityGapFundingSchemeofsettingup1000
MWofGridConnectedSolarPVPowerProjectsbyCPSUswithViabilityGapFundingSchemeforSettingupof15000
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
ambitiousschemehasbeenlaunchedbytheMinistryforrooftopsolarinstallation.Variousstategovernmentsarecoming
upwithsolarpowerprojectsundertheirownpolicies.
StateWisetotalCommissioningStatusofGridConnectedSolarPowerProjectsason14.01.2016isgivenbelow:

Sr.No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

State/UT

Totalcommissionedcapacity
till140116(MW)

AndhraPradesh
ArunachalPradesh
Chhattisgarh
Gujarat
Haryana
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
MadhyaPradesh
Maharashtra
Odisha
Punjab
Rajasthan

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357.34
0.265
73.18
1024.15
12.8
16
104.22
12.025
678.58
378.7
66.92
200.32
1264.35

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14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26

TamilNadu
Telangana
Tripura
UttarPradesh
Uttarakhand
WestBengal
Andaman&Nicobar
Delhi
Lakshadweep
Puducherry
Chandigarh
Daman&Diu
Others
TOTAL

418.945
342.39
5
140
5
7.21
5.1
6.712
0.75
0.025
5.041
4
0.79
5129.813

RM/PS

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