Lok Sabha Question No. 970 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-08
Subject: High Solar Potential
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Anurag Sharma, C. R. Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 970

ANSWERED ON 08/02/2024

## HIGH SOLAR POTENTIAL

970. SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI SHRI C.R. PATIL SHRI ANURAG SHARMA

Will the Minister of New and Renewable Energy be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the State which have the highest Solar Potential in GWp in the country, State/UT-wise including Odisha, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the number of solar parks Odisha, Guajarat and Uttar Pradesh currently do have in place;
- (c) the details of approval of solar parks in the said States, mode-wise;
- (d) the details of solar park project developers in the said States and their individual capacity thereof; and
- (e) the issues faced by Poogal Solar Plant in Bikaner, Rajasthan and the manner in which the Government proposes to resolve those issues?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) A total solar potential of 748 GWp has been estimated by National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), on the basis  of the  data  from  Waste  Land  Atlas  of  India  2010.  State/UT-wise  details including Odisha, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh are given at Annexure -I.
- (b) to (d) The details of the Solar Parks and concerned project developers in Odisha, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, under the scheme for 'Development of Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects' are given at Annexure -II.
- (e)  Government  land  allotment  is  under  process  with  Revenue  Department,  Government  of Rajasthan in favour of park developer. The developer has been asked to get it expedited.

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## ANNEXURE- I REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.970 FOR 08.02.2024 STATE/UT-WISE DETAILS OF SOLAR POTENTIAL

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT   | Solar Potential (MW p )   |
|-----------|--------------------|---------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh     | 38440                     |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh  | 8650                      |
| 3         | Assam              | 13760                     |
| 4         | Bihar              | 11200                     |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh       | 18270                     |
| 6         | Goa                | 880                       |
| 7         | Gujarat            | 35770                     |
| 8         | Haryana            | 4560                      |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh   | 33840                     |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir    | 111050                    |
| 11        | Jharkhand          | 18180                     |
| 12        | Karnataka          | 24700                     |
| 13        | Kerala             | 6110                      |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh     | 61660                     |
| 15        | Maharashtra        | 64320                     |
| 16        | Manipur            | 10630                     |
| 17        | Meghalaya          | 5860                      |
| 18        | Mizoram            | 9090                      |
| 19        | Nagaland           | 7290                      |
| 20        | Orissa             | 25780                     |
| 21        | Punjab             | 2810                      |
| 22        | Rajasthan          | 142310                    |
| 23        | Sikkim             | 4940                      |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu         | 17670                     |
| 25        | Telangana          | 20410                     |
| 26        | Tripura            | 2080                      |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh      | 22830                     |
| 28        | Uttarakhand        | 16800                     |
| 29        | West Bengal        | 6260                      |
| 30        | Delhi              | 2050                      |
| 31        | Others (UTs)       | 790                       |
|           | Total              | 748990.00 = 748 GWp       |

## ANNEXURE- II REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) (c) & (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.970 FOR 08.02.2024

## Details of Solar Parks and solar projects commissioned

|   Sl. No | State         | Name of the Solar Park    |   Mode |   Capacity Sanctioned (in MW) |   State Total (in MW) | Capacity commissioned (in MW)   | Details of developers whose projects are commissioned                                                                                      |
|----------|---------------|---------------------------|--------|-------------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Gujarat       | Radhnesada solar park     |      1 |                           700 |                 12150 | 600                             | • M/s ENGIE (200 MW) • M/s TATA Power (100 MW) • M/s GIPCL (100 MW) • M/s GSECL (200 MW)                                                   |
|        2 | Gujarat       | Dholera Solar Park Ph-I   |      1 |                          1000 |                 12150 | 300                             | M/s TATA Power (300 MW)                                                                                                                    |
|        3 | Gujarat       | NTPC RE Park              |      8 |                          4750 |                 12150 | -                               | -                                                                                                                                          |
|        4 | Gujarat       | GSECL RE Park             |      8 |                          3325 |                 12150 | -                               | -                                                                                                                                          |
|        5 | Gujarat       | GIPCL RE Park             |      8 |                           600 |                 12150 | -                               | -                                                                                                                                          |
|        6 | Gujarat       | GIPCL RE Park Ph-II       |      8 |                          1200 |                 12150 | -                               | -                                                                                                                                          |
|        7 | Gujarat       | GIPCL RE Park Ph-III      |      8 |                           575 |                 12150 | -                               | -                                                                                                                                          |
|        8 | Odisha        | Solar Park-I by NHPC      |      5 |                            40 |                 12150 | -                               | -                                                                                                                                          |
|        9 | Odisha        | Floating solar park       |      8 |                           100 |                   340 | -                               | -                                                                                                                                          |
|       10 | Odisha        | Floating solar park Ph-II |      8 |                           200 |                 12150 | -                               | -                                                                                                                                          |
|       11 | Uttar Pradesh | Solar park in UP          |      2 |                           365 |                  3730 | 315                             | • M/s Enviro Solaire Pvt Ltd (75 MW) • M/s Rattan India2 Solar Ltd (50 MW) • M/s Azure Power Venus Pvt Ltd (40 MW) • M/s SJVN Ltd (150 MW) |
|       12 | Uttar Pradesh | Jalaun Solar Park         |      8 |                          1200 |                  3730 | -                               | -                                                                                                                                          |
|       13 | Uttar Pradesh | Lalitpur Solar Park       |      8 |                           600 |                  3730 | -                               | -                                                                                                                                          |
|       14 | Uttar Pradesh | Jhansi Solar Park         |      8 |                           600 |                  3730 | -                               | -                                                                                                                                          |
|       15 | Uttar Pradesh | Mirzapur solar park       |      5 |                           100 |                  3730 | -                               | -                                                                                                                                          |
|       16 | Uttar Pradesh | Chitrakoot solar park     |      8 |                           800 |                  3730 | -                               | -                                                                                                                                          |
|       17 | Uttar Pradesh | Kalpi Solar Park          |      5 |                            65 |                  3730 | 26                              | Project developed through EPC mode                                                                                                         |