Lok Sabha Question No. 1473 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Setting up of Solar Power Plants
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: MEENAKASHI LEKHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1473

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.03.2017

## SETTING UP OF SOLAR POWER PLANTS

## 1473.   SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

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

- (a) the number of solar power plants set up in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the energy generation capacity of these plants, State-wise; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  industries  which  are  powered  exclusively  by  the  solar  power  in  the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (b): State-wise details of solar power generation capacity installed in the country with the help of Public as well as private companies are given at Annexure.
- (c): Electricity generated from solar power projects is fed to the Grid and any industry can take power from the Grid for their use.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1473 FOR ANSWER ON 09.03.2017

## State/UT-wise details of solar energy generation capacity installed

(As on 28.02.17)

| Sr. No.   | State/UT                                     |   Total cumulative capacity (MW) |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh                               |                           989.26 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh                            |                             0.27 |
| 3.        | Bihar                                        |                           105.91 |
| 4.        | Chhattisgarh                                 |                           135.19 |
| 5.        | Gujarat                                      |                          1160.77 |
| 6.        | Goa                                          |                             0.05 |
| 7.        | Haryana                                      |                            73.27 |
| 8.        | Jharkhand                                    |                            17.51 |
| 9.        | Karnataka                                    |                           511.69 |
| 10.       | Kerala                                       |                            15.86 |
| 11.       | Madhya Pradesh                               |                           850.35 |
| 12.       | Maharashtra                                  |                           430.46 |
| 13.       | Odisha                                       |                            77.64 |
| 14.       | Punjab                                       |                           592.35 |
| 15.       | Rajasthan                                    |                          1382.64 |
| 16.       | Tamil Nadu                                   |                          1590.97 |
| 17.       | Telangana                                    |                          1113.41 |
| 18.       | Tripura                                      |                             5.02 |
| 19.       | Uttar Pradesh                                |                           299.26 |
| 20.       | Uttarakhand                                  |                            45.1  |
| 21.       | West Bengal                                  |                            23.07 |
| 22.       | Andaman & Nicobar                            |                             5.4  |
| 23.       | Delhi                                        |                            38.78 |
| 24.       | Lakshadweep                                  |                             0.75 |
| 25.       | Puducherry                                   |                             0.03 |
| 26.       | Chandigarh                                   |                            16.2  |
| 27.       | Daman & Diu                                  |                            10    |
| 28.       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                         |                             0.6  |
| 29.       | J&K                                          |                             1    |
| 30.       | Himachal Pradesh                             |                             0.33 |
| 31.       | Mizoram                                      |                             0.1  |
| 32.       | Nagaland                                     |                             0.5  |
| 33.       | Manipur                                      |                             0.01 |
| 34.       | Meghalaya                                    |                             0.01 |
| 35.       | Sikkim                                       |                             0.01 |
| 36.       | Assam                                        |                            11.18 |
| 37.       | Others data from rooftop division cumulative |                            61.7  |
|           | TOTAL                                        |                          9566.65 |