Lok Sabha Question No. 3130 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-04
Subject: Target of Solar Energy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Sarmistha Sethi, Kotagiri Sridhar, Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3130

ANSWERED ON 04.08.2022

## TARGET OF SOLAR ENERGY

## 3130. SHRIMATI SARMISTHA SETHI SHRI SRIDHAR KOTAGIRI SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM

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

- (a) the details of the target of solar energy to be achieved by the Government during the current year and the next three years along with the actual installed capacity during the last three years, year-wise;
- (b) the details of on-grid solar capacity target along with the current installed capacity during the current year and the next three years, State and year-wise;
- (c) the classification of installed on-grid and off-grid solar energy capacity in the country, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government is on course to achieve the target and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether it is possible to reuse or recycle solar panel waste so generated and if so, the details  thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) The Government is working towards achieving 500 GW of installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuels by 2030, in line with the Hon'ble Prime Minister's announcement at CoP26. Year-wise solar capacity installed during the last three years is as under:

| Year    |   Capacity added during year (MW) |
|---------|-----------------------------------|
| 2019-20 |                           6510.1  |
| 2020-21 |                           5628.77 |
| 2021-22 |                          13677    |

(b)&(c) Government has set a target of achieving 100 GW capacity of solar power by 2022. State-wise  details  of  utility-scale,  roof-top  and  off-grid  solar  capacity  installed  as  on 30.06.2022, are given at Annexure .

- (d) As on 30.6.2022, a solar capacity of 57.71 GW has been installed in the country. This apart, solar projects of 48.71 GW capacity are under implementation and 16.69 GW are at tendering stage.  Thus,  123.11  GW  solar  power  capacity  has  either  been  commissioned  or  is  in  the pipeline.
- (e) A Committee was constituted by NITI Aayog under the Chairmanship of Secretary, MNRE with the mandate inter-alia to propose an action plan to evolve a circular economy in solar panels through reuse/recycling of the waste generated. The draft report of the Committee has been submitted to NITI Aayog.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) AND (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3130 FOR 04.08.2022

## STATE-WISE DETAILS OF UTILITY SCALE, ROOF-TOP AND OFF-GRID SOLAR CAPACITY INSTALLED (as on 30-06-2022)

(Capacity in MW)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                |   Utility-scale |   Roof-top |   Off-Grid |    Total |
|-----------|-------------------------|-----------------|------------|------------|----------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar       |           25.05 |       4.59 |       0.27 |    29.91 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh          |         4149.29 |     152.85 |      88.34 |  4390.48 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh       |            1.27 |       4.34 |       5.62 |    11.23 |
| 4         | Assam                   |          100.03 |      33.48 |       9.43 |   142.94 |
| 5         | Bihar                   |          138.93 |      30.55 |      21.21 |   190.69 |
| 6         | Chandigarh              |            6.34 |      49.7  |       0.81 |    56.85 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh            |          294.46 |      42.11 |     192.75 |   529.32 |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli     |            2.49 |       2.97 |       0    |     5.46 |
| 9         | Daman & Diu             |           10.15 |      30.86 |       0    |    41.01 |
| 10        | Delhi                   |            8.96 |     200.7  |       1.46 |   211.12 |
| 11        | Goa                     |            0.95 |      20.47 |       0.12 |    21.54 |
| 12        | Gujarat                 |         5867.73 |    1898.05 |      41.03 |  7806.8  |
| 13        | Haryana                 |          265.8  |     397.4  |     280.41 |   943.61 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh        |           35.5  |      19.31 |      25.75 |    80.56 |
| 15        | Jammu & Kashmir         |            2.49 |      22    |      23.41 |    47.9  |
| 16        | Jharkhand               |           19.05 |      35.21 |      34.53 |    88.79 |
| 17        | Karnataka               |         7213.26 |     354.36 |      30.31 |  7597.92 |
| 18        | Kerala                  |          272.16 |     246.69 |      20.76 |   539.6  |
| 19        | Ladakh                  |            6    |       1.8  |       0    |     7.8  |
| 20        | Lakshadweep             |            0.75 |       0    |       2.52 |     3.27 |
| 21        | Madhya Pradesh          |         2459.02 |     205.62 |      81.64 |  2746.27 |
| 22        | Maharashtra             |         1719.1  |     980.08 |      54.12 |  2753.3  |
| 23        | Manipur                 |            0    |       6.36 |       5.9  |    12.26 |
| 24        | Meghalaya               |            0    |       0.21 |       3.94 |     4.16 |
| 25        | Mizoram                 |            0.1  |       1.55 |       6.35 |     8.01 |
| 26        | Nagaland                |            0    |       1    |       2.04 |     3.04 |
| 27        | Odisha                  |          403.56 |      21.66 |      26.92 |   452.13 |
| 28        | Puducherry              |            0.8  |      34.55 |       0.18 |    35.53 |
| 29        | Punjab                  |          828.58 |     222.51 |      66.9  |  1117.99 |
| 30        | Rajasthan               |        13202.3  |     814.02 |     438.41 | 14454.7  |
| 31        | Sikkim                  |            0    |       2.76 |       1.92 |     4.69 |
| 32        | Tamil Nadu              |         5264.95 |     368.5  |      57.34 |  5690.79 |
| 33        | Telangana               |         4360.49 |     251.87 |       8.71 |  4621.07 |
| 34        | Tripura                 |            5    |       4.41 |       6.46 |    15.87 |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh           |         1851.5  |     258.78 |     134.28 |  2244.56 |
| 36        | Uttarakhand             |          298.4  |     262.71 |      12.43 |   573.54 |
| 37        | West Bengal             |          110    |      53.04 |      12.96 |   176    |
| 38        | Others including NABARD |            0    |       0    |      45.01 |    45.01 |
|           | Total                   |        48924.4  |    7037.05 |    1744.24 | 57705.7  |