Lok Sabha Question No. 4786 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-15
Subject: Setting up of Solar Parks
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: RENUKA BUTTA, UDAY PRATAP SINGH, B.V. NAYAK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 4786

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2016

## SETTING UP OF SOLAR PARKS

## 4786.  SHRIMATI BUTTA RENUKA: SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH:

SHRI B.V. NAIK:

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  solar  parks  and  solar  cities  set  up/being  set  up  in  various  States including Madhya Pradesh in the country, location and State-wise;
- (b) the financial assistance provided for the said purpose, State-wise;
- (c) the additional capacity of power likely to be created as a result of setting up of these solar parks and cities, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Union Government has collaborated with World Bank for setting up of solar parks in the country;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) whether any solar parks funded by World Bank proposed in the country including Andhra Pradesh, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR POWER, COAL, NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY & MINES (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a): State-wise  details  of  solar  parks  and  solar  cities  approved  in  various  States,  including Madhya Pradesh, indicating their location are given at Annexure-I.
- (b): State-wise details of financial assistance provided for setting up of solar parks and solar cities are given at Annexure-II.
- (c): State-wise  details  of  solar  power  capacity  sanctioned  for  the  solar  parks  are  given  at Annexure-II. A solar city aims at minimum 10% reduction in projected demand of conventional energy at the end of 5 years, through a combination of enhancing supply from renewable energy sources in the city and Energy Efficiency measures.
- (d) and (e): At present, there is no collaboration in this regard.
- (f): Question does not arise.

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## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4786 FOR 15.12.2016

## (I) List of Solar Parks

|   Sl. No. | State             |   Capacity (MW) | Location identified                                                                                                                                   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    |            1500 | N.P.Kunta and P.Kothapalli Villages of N.P.Kunta Mandal, Ananthapuramu District Thumukunta & Veligallu villages of Galiveedu Mandal, Kadapa District. |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh    |            1000 | Gani and Sekunala Villages of Kurnool District                                                                                                        |
|         3 | Andhra Pradesh    |            1000 | Thalamanchipatnam, Ramachandrayapalli, Dhodium, Vaddirala, Ponnampally and Kona Ananthapuram Villages of Mylavaram Mandal, Kadapa District            |
|         4 | Andhra Pradesh    |             500 | Talaricheruvu, Aluru and Bhogasamudram Villages of Tadipathri Mandal, Ananthapuramu District                                                          |
|         5 | Arunachal Pradesh |             100 | Near Tezu township, Lohit district                                                                                                                    |
|         6 | Assam             |              69 | Amguri in Sibsagar district                                                                                                                           |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh      |             500 | Rajnandgaon, Janjgir Champa districts                                                                                                                 |
|         8 | Gujarat           |             700 | Radhnesada village, Vav, Distt. Banaskantha                                                                                                           |
|         9 | Haryana           |             500 | Bugan in Hisar district, Baralu and Singhani in Bhiwani district and Daukhera in Mahindergarh district                                                |
|        10 | Himachal Pradesh  |            1000 | Spiti Valley of Lahaul & Spiti District                                                                                                               |
|        11 | Jammu & Kashmir   |             100 | Mohagarh and Badla Brahmana, District-Samba                                                                                                           |
|        12 | Karnataka         |            2000 | Tirumani, Vallur, Rayacherlu, Kyataganacherlu & Balasamudra in Nagalamadike Hobli, Pavagada Taluk, Tumkur Dist.                                       |
|        13 | Kerala            |             200 | Paivalike, Meenja, Kinanoor, Kraindalam and Ambalathara villages of Kasargode district                                                                |
|        14 | Madhya Pradesh    |             750 | Villege- Badwar, ItarPahad, Ramnagar, Barseta Tehsil- Gurh District- Rewa                                                                             |
|        15 | Madhya Pradesh    |             500 | Neemuch and Mandsaur                                                                                                                                  |
|        16 | Madhya Pradesh    |             500 | Agar and Shajapur                                                                                                                                     |
|        17 | Madhya Pradesh    |             500 | Chhattarpur                                                                                                                                           |
|        18 | Madhya Pradesh    |             500 | Rajgarh-Morena                                                                                                                                        |
|        19 |                   |             500 | Sakri, Dhule district of Maharashtra                                                                                                                  |
|        20 | Maharashtra       |             500 | Dondaicha, district Dhule, Maharashtra                                                                                                                |

| Sl. No.   | State         | Capacity (MW)                                     | Location identified                                                                                                                                     |
|-----------|---------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 21.       |               | 500                                               | Taluka Patoda, district Beed, Maharashtra                                                                                                               |
| 22.       | Meghalaya     | 20                                                | West Jaintia Hills & East Jaintia Hills districts                                                                                                       |
| 23.       | Nagaland      | 60                                                | Dimapur, Kohima and New Peren districts                                                                                                                 |
| 24.       | Odisha        | 1000                                              | Balasore, Keonjhar, Deogarh, Boudh, Kalahandi and Angul                                                                                                 |
| 25.       | Rajasthan     | 680                                               | Bhadla Phase II, village Bhadla, Rajasthan                                                                                                              |
| 26.       | Rajasthan     | 1000                                              | Bhadla Phase III, village Bhadla, Rajasthan                                                                                                             |
| 27.       | Rajasthan     | 750                                               | Villages Ugraas, Nagnechinagar & Dandhu, tehsil Phalodi, dist Jodhpur (400 MW) and villages Lavan & Purohitsar, tehsil Pokaran, dist Jaisalmer (350 MW) |
| 28.       | Rajasthan     | 500                                               | Bhadla Phase IV, village Bhadla, Jodhpur Rajasthan                                                                                                      |
| 29.       | Rajasthan     | 421 (421MW through support of GoI out of 1500 MW) | Fatehgarh & Pokaran, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan                                                                                                               |
| 30.       | Telangana     | 500                                               | Gattu, Mehboob Nagar Distt.                                                                                                                             |
| 31.       | Uttar Pradesh | 600                                               | Jalaun, Allahabad, Mirzapur and Kanpur Dehat districts                                                                                                  |
| 32.       | Uttarakhand   | 50                                                | Sitarganj and Khurpia farm in US Nagar district                                                                                                         |
| 33.       | West Bengal   | 500                                               | East Mednipur, West Mednipur, Bankura                                                                                                                   |
| 34.       | Tamil Nadu    | 500                                               | Initially proposed in Ramanathapuram district. Site under revision.                                                                                     |
| TOTAL     |               | 20000                                             |                                                                                                                                                         |

(II) List of  Solar Cities (As on 30.11.2016)

| Sr. No   | States/UTs            | Approved Solar Cities                                                  |
|----------|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh        | 1. Vijayawada 2. Kakinada* 3. Narsapur Town                            |
| 2        | Assam                 | 4. Guwahati 5. Jorhat                                                  |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh     | 6. Itanagar                                                            |
| 4        | Bihar                 | 7. Gaya*                                                               |
| 5        | Chandigarh            | 8. Chandigarh                                                          |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh          | 9. Bilaspur 10.Raipur                                                  |
| 8        | Goa                   | 13.Surat                                                               |
|          |                       | 14.Panaji City                                                         |
| 9        |                       | 15.Gurgram                                                             |
|          | Haryana               | 16.Faridabad                                                           |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh      | 17.Shimla 18.Hamirpur                                                  |
| 11       | Karnataka             | 19.Mysore 20.Hubli-Dharwad                                             |
| 12       | Kerala                | 21.Thiruvananthapuram* 22.Kochi                                        |
| 13       | Maharashtra           | 23.Nagpur 24.Thane 25.Kalyan-Dombivli 26.Aurangabad 27.Nanded 28.Pune* |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh Odisha | 32.Bhopal 33.Jabalpur* 34.Rewa 35.Imphal 36.Aizawl 37.Kohima           |
| 15 16    | Manipur Mizoram       |                                                                        |
| 17       |                       | 40.Bhubaneswar                                                         |
| 19       |                       |                                                                        |
| 18       | Nagaland Delhi        | 38.Dimapur 39.New Delhi (NDMC                                          |
|          |                       | area)                                                                  |
| 20       | Punjab                | 41.Amritsar                                                            |

| Sr. No   | States/UTs      | Approved Solar Cities                         |
|----------|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|          |                 | 42.Ludhiana                                   |
|          |                 | 43.SAS Nagar (Mohali)                         |
| 21       | Rajasthan       | 44.Ajmer 45.Jaipur*                           |
|          |                 | 46.Jodhpur                                    |
| 22       | Tamil Nadu      | 47.Coimbatore                                 |
| 23       | Telangana       | 48.Mahbubnagar*                               |
| 24       | Tripura         | 49.Agartala                                   |
| 25       | Uttarakhand     | 50.Dehradun                                   |
|          |                 | 51.Haridwar & Rishikesh 52.Chamoli -Gopeshwar |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh   | 53.Agra                                       |
|          |                 | 54.Moradabad 55.Allahabad                     |
| 27       | West Bengal     | 56.Howrah 57.Madhyamgram                      |
|          |                 | 58.New Town Kolkata                           |
| 28       | Jammu & Kashmir | 59.Leh*                                       |
| 29       | Puducherry      | 60.Puducherry                                 |

*In-principle approval given.

## ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4786 FOR 15.12.2016

## (I) STATE WISE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE RELEASED AND CAPACITY OF SOLAR PARKS

|   Sl. No. | State             | Name of Solar Park          |   Capacity (MW) |   Total (Rs. in Crore) |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Ananthapuramu solar park    |            1500 |                136.4   |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh    | Kurnool solar park          |            1000 |                 91.15  |
|         3 | Andhra Pradesh    | Kadapa solar park           |            1000 |                 10.35  |
|         4 | Andhra Pradesh    | Ananthapuramu-II solar park |             500 |                  5.3   |
|         5 | Arunachal Pradesh | Lohit solar park            |             100 |                  1.075 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh      | Solar Park in Chhattisgarh  |             500 |                  0.25  |
|         8 | Gujarat           | Radnesada solar park        |             700 |                 33.45  |
|         9 | Haryana           | Solar Park in Haryana       |             500 |                  0.25  |
|        10 | Himachal Pradesh  | Solar Park in HP            |            1000 |                  0.25  |
|        11 | Jammu and Kashmir | Solar Park in J&K           |             100 |                  0.25  |
|        12 | Karnataka         | Pavagada solar park         |            2000 |                181.8   |
|        13 | Kerala            | Kasargode solar park        |             200 |                  2.27  |
|        14 | Madhya Pradesh    | Neemuch-Mandsaur solar park |             500 |                  0.27  |
|        15 | Madhya Pradesh    | Rewa solar park             |             750 |                 68.32  |
|        16 | Madhya Pradesh    | Rajgarh-Morena Solar Park   |             500 |                  0.25  |
|        17 | Madhya Pradesh    | Chhatarpur solar park       |             500 |                  0.25  |
|        18 | Maharashtra       | Sai Guru solar park         |             500 |                  5.3   |
|        19 | Maharashtra       | Patoda solar park           |             500 |                  5.3   |
|        20 | Maharashtra       | Dandoicha solar park        |             500 |                  0.25  |
|        21 | Meghalaya         | Solar Park in Meghalaya     |              20 |                  0.25  |
|        22 | Nagaland          | Solar Park in Nagaland      |              60 |                  0.25  |
|        23 | Odisha            | Solar Park in Odisha        |            1000 |                  0.25  |
|        24 | Rajasthan         | Bhadla Ph-II solar park     |             680 |                 61.8   |
|        25 | Rajasthan         | Bhadla Ph-III solar park    |            1000 |                 50.75  |
|        26 | Rajasthan         | Bhadla Ph-IV solar park     |             500 |                 15.4   |
|        27 | Rajasthan         | Phalodi-Pokaran solar park  |            1000 |                  0.25  |
|        28 | Rajasthan         | Fatehgarh 1B solar park     |             421 |                  0.25  |
|        29 | Telangana         | Gattu solar park            |             500 |                  0.36  |
|        30 | Uttar Pradesh     | UP solar park               |             600 |                 20.97  |
|        31 | Uttarakhand       | SIIDCUL Solar Park          |              50 |                  2.61  |
|        32 | West Bengal       | Solar Park in West Bengal   |             500 |                  2.37  |

(II) State-wise funds released to Solar Cities (As on 30.11.2016) (Rs. in crore)

| Sr. No   | States/UTs        | Approved Solar Cities    |   Funds Released |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------|------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 1. Vijayawada            |             0.9  |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 2. Kakinada*             |             0    |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 3. Narsapur Town         |             0    |
| 2        | Assam             | 4. Guwahati              |             0.08 |
| 2        | Assam             | 5. Jorhat                |             0.24 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh | 6. Itanagar              |             0.16 |
| 4        | Bihar             | 7. Gaya*                 |             0    |
| 5        | Chandigarh        | 8. Chandigarh            |             8.11 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      | 9. Bilaspur              |             0.12 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh      | 10.Raipur                |             0.12 |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 11.Rajkot                |             0.35 |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 12.Gandhinagar           |             0.14 |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 13.Surat                 |             1.11 |
| 8        | Goa               | 14.Panaji City           |             0.02 |
| 9        |                   | 15.Gurgaon               |             0.07 |
| 10       | Haryana           | 16.Faridabad             |             0.28 |
| 10       | Himachal          | 17.Shimla                |             1.52 |
| 10       | Pradesh           | 18.Hamirpur              |             0.27 |
| 11       | Karnataka         | 19.Mysore                |             0.85 |
| 11       | Karnataka         | 20.Hubli-Dharwad         |             0.02 |
| 12       | Kerala            | 21.Thiruvananthapuram*   |             0    |
| 12       | Kerala            | 22.Kochi                 |             0.19 |
| 13       | Maharashtra       | 23.Nagpur                |             2.14 |
| 13       | Maharashtra       | 24.Thane                 |             0.51 |
| 13       | Maharashtra       | 25.Kalyan-Dombivli       |             0.25 |
| 13       | Maharashtra       | 26.Aurangabad            |             0.08 |
| 13       | Maharashtra       | 27.Nanded                |             0.04 |
| 13       | Maharashtra       | 28.Pune*                 |             0    |
| 13       | Maharashtra       | 29.Shirdi                |             0.02 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 30.Indore*               |             0    |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 31.Gwalior               |             0.1  |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 32.Bhopal                |             0.19 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 33.Jabalpur*             |             0    |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 34.Rewa                  |             0.14 |
| 15       | Manipur           | 35.Imphal                |             0.04 |
| 16       | Mizoram           | 36.Aizawl                |             2.53 |
|          |                   | 37.Kohima                |             0.2  |
| 17       | Nagaland          | 38.Dimapur               |             0.04 |
| 18       | Delhi             | 39.New Delhi (NDMC area) |             0    |
| 19       | Odisha            | 40.Bhubaneswar           |             0.04 |

| Sr. No   | States/UTs      | Approved Solar Cities   |   Funds Released |
|----------|-----------------|-------------------------|------------------|
| 20       | Punjab          | 41.Amritsar             |             0.12 |
| 20       | Punjab          | 42.Ludhiana             |             0.12 |
| 20       | Punjab          | 43.SAS Nagar (Mohali)   |             0.02 |
| 21       | Rajasthan       | 44.Ajmer                |             0.01 |
| 21       | Rajasthan       | 45.Jaipur*              |             0    |
| 21       | Rajasthan       | 46.Jodhpur              |             0.02 |
| 22       | Tamil Nadu      | 47.Coimbatore           |             0.24 |
| 23       | Telangana       | 48.Mahbubnagar*         |             0    |
| 24       | Tripura         | 49.Agartala             |             1.37 |
| 25       | Uttarakhand     | 50.Dehradun             |             0.13 |
| 25       | Uttarakhand     | 51.Haridwar & Rishikesh |             0.05 |
| 25       | Uttarakhand     | 52.Chamoli -Gopeshwar   |             0.14 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh   | 53.Agra                 |             0.39 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh   | 54.Moradabad            |             0.25 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh   | 55.Allahabad            |             0.02 |
| 27       | West Bengal     | 56.Howrah               |             0.04 |
| 27       | West Bengal     | 57.Madhyamgram          |             0.26 |
| 27       | West Bengal     | 58.New Town Kolkata     |             0.11 |
| 28       | Jammu & Kashmir | 59.Leh*                 |             0    |
| 29       | Puducherry      | 60.Puducherry           |             0    |
|          | Total           |                         |            24.16 |

*In-principle approval given.