Lok Sabha Question No. 1463 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-04
Subject: Restrictions on Solar Panel
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Shri Daroga Prasad Saroj, Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1463

ANSWERED ON 04/12/2024

## RESTRICTIONS ON SOLAR PANEL

## 1463. SHRI DAROGA PRASAD SAROJ SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV

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

- (a) Whether the Government has imposed any environmental restrictions on industries working on solar panel and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) The number and details of solar panel set up across the country, State-wise including those in the different districts of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra especially in their Lalganj and Parbhani Parliamentary Constituencies along with their generation capacity;
- (c) Whether the Government has constituted any panel for any scientific study to find out ways of reutilization and recycling solar panels;
- (d) Whether the Government has found any environment friendly system evolved for the disposal of other types of wasted caused during generation of solar energy, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) Whether the Government has any record regarding unused and out of use solar panels during the last three years and the current year and if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF  STATE  FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

## (a)&(d)

1. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India has notified the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022 on 2 nd  November, 2022. These rules replace EWaste (Management) Rules, 2016 with effect from 1 st April, 2023. These rules provide for environmentally sound management of e-waste generated from electrical and electronic equipment, including solar photo-voltaic (PV) modules or panels or cells.
2. As  per  these  rules, every  manufacturer  and  producer  of  solar  photo-voltaic  modules  or panels or cells have been mandated to obtain registration, maintain inventory of solar PV modules, store the waste generated from Solar PV modules/cells up to the year 2034-35 as per the guidelines laid down under the rules, file annual returns, comply with Standard Operating  Procedures,  and  process  the  waste  other  than  solar  PV  modules  as  per  the applicable waste management rules. Further, Recycler of solar photo-voltaic modules or panels or cells  shall  be  mandated  for  recovery  of  material  as  laid  down  by  the  Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

(b)

1. The details of Solar Power plants installed in the different states of the country are provided at Annexure-1.
2. The  details  of  Solar  Power  plants  installed  in  the  different  districts  of  Uttar  Pradesh including Lalganj which comes under Azamgarh district is provided in Annexure-2.
3. The  details  of  Solar  Power  plants  installed  in  the  different  districts  of  Maharashtra including Parbhani is provided in Annexure-3.

(c)   Department of Science and Technology has launched a call for project proposal on  challenges for  the  development  of  efficient,  environmentally  sustainable  methods  for  the  recovery  and recycling of end-of-life solar PV panels/modules by developing equipment and effective process for  recycling  the  existing  solar  PV  panels. The  proposals  received  from  various  Institutes  and universities are under evaluation.

(d) Same as (a) &(d) above.

(e)  An  online  Extended  Producer  Responsibility  (EPR)  Portal  has  been  developed  for  the management of e-Waste.  All the Producers, Manufacturers, Recyclers & Refurbishers of e-waste are required to register on the online EPR Portal. As per information available on E-Waste EPR Portal,  552  numbers  of  producers  of  Solar  Panels/Cells  are  registered,  as  on  29.11.2024,  with CPCB.

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| STATE WISE INSTALLED CAPACITY OF SOLAR ENERGY (as on 31.10.2024)   | STATE WISE INSTALLED CAPACITY OF SOLAR ENERGY (as on 31.10.2024)   | STATE WISE INSTALLED CAPACITY OF SOLAR ENERGY (as on 31.10.2024)   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                              | STATES/UTs                                                         | Installed capacity (Megawatts)                                     |
| 1.                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh                                                     | 4650.89                                                            |
| 2.                                                                 | Arunachal Pradesh                                                  | 14.72                                                              |
| 3.                                                                 | Assam                                                              | 180.77                                                             |
| 4.                                                                 | Bihar                                                              | 257.34                                                             |
| 5.                                                                 | Chhattisgarh                                                       | 1265.78                                                            |
| 6.                                                                 | Goa                                                                | 47.86                                                              |
| 7.                                                                 | Gujarat                                                            | 15305.26                                                           |
| 8.                                                                 | Haryana                                                            | 1905.19                                                            |
| 9.                                                                 | Himachal Pradesh                                                   | 137.29                                                             |
| 10.                                                                | Jammu & Kashmir                                                    | 73.89                                                              |
| 11.                                                                | Jharkhand                                                          | 181.04                                                             |
| 12.                                                                | Karnataka                                                          | 8930.10                                                            |
| 13.                                                                | Kerala                                                             | 1261.76                                                            |
| 14.                                                                | Ladakh                                                             | 7.80                                                               |
| 15.                                                                | Madhya Pradesh                                                     | 4248.69                                                            |
| 16.                                                                | Maharashtra                                                        | 8133.57                                                            |
| 17.                                                                | Manipur                                                            | 13.79                                                              |
| 18.                                                                | Meghalaya                                                          | 4.28                                                               |
| 19.                                                                | Mizoram                                                            | 30.35                                                              |
| 20.                                                                | Nagaland                                                           | 3.17                                                               |
| 21.                                                                | Odisha                                                             | 608.38                                                             |
| 22.                                                                | Punjab                                                             | 1375.79                                                            |
| 23.                                                                | Rajasthan                                                          | 24553.13                                                           |
| 24.                                                                | Sikkim                                                             | 7.56                                                               |
| 25.                                                                | Tamil Nadu                                                         | 9324.05                                                            |
| 26.                                                                | Telangana                                                          | 4842.10                                                            |
| 27.                                                                | Tripura                                                            | 20.93                                                              |
| 28.                                                                | Uttar Pradesh                                                      | 3286.98                                                            |
| 29.                                                                | Uttarakhand                                                        | 592.07                                                             |
| 30.                                                                | West Bengal                                                        | 310.47                                                             |
| 31.                                                                | Andaman & Nicobar Island                                           | 29.91                                                              |
| 32.                                                                | Chandigarh                                                         | 75.51                                                              |
| 33.                                                                | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu                               | 48.12                                                              |
| 34.                                                                | Delhi                                                              | 288.39                                                             |
| 35.                                                                | Lakshadweep                                                        | 4.97                                                               |
| 36.                                                                | Puducherry                                                         | 52.27                                                              |
| 37.                                                                | Others including NABARD projects Total                             | 45.01 92119.18                                                     |

## ANNEXURE-2

| DISTRICT WISE INSTALLED CAPACITY OF SOLAR ENERGY IN THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS OF UTTAR PRADESH (as on 31.10.2024)   | DISTRICT WISE INSTALLED CAPACITY OF SOLAR ENERGY IN THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS OF UTTAR PRADESH (as on 31.10.2024)   | DISTRICT WISE INSTALLED CAPACITY OF SOLAR ENERGY IN THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS OF UTTAR PRADESH (as on 31.10.2024)   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                                                                             | District                                                                                                          | Installed capacity (Megawatts)                                                                                    |
| 1                                                                                                                 | Agra                                                                                                              | 69.264                                                                                                            |
| 2                                                                                                                 | Aligarh                                                                                                           | 6.062                                                                                                             |
| 3                                                                                                                 | Ambedkar Nagar                                                                                                    | 7.595                                                                                                             |
| 4                                                                                                                 | Amethi                                                                                                            | 12.285                                                                                                            |
| 5                                                                                                                 | Amroha                                                                                                            | 2.335                                                                                                             |
| 6                                                                                                                 | Auraiya                                                                                                           | 40.391                                                                                                            |
| 7                                                                                                                 | Ayodhya                                                                                                           | 47.211                                                                                                            |
| 8                                                                                                                 | Azamgarh                                                                                                          | 3.097                                                                                                             |
| 9                                                                                                                 | Bagpat                                                                                                            | 2.157                                                                                                             |
| 10                                                                                                                | Bahraich                                                                                                          | 41.081                                                                                                            |
| 11                                                                                                                | Ballia                                                                                                            | 0.334                                                                                                             |
| 12                                                                                                                | Balrampur                                                                                                         | 0.394                                                                                                             |
| 13                                                                                                                | Banda                                                                                                             | 136.094                                                                                                           |
| 14                                                                                                                | Barabanki                                                                                                         | 4.668                                                                                                             |
| 15                                                                                                                | Bareilly                                                                                                          | 27.65                                                                                                             |
| 16                                                                                                                | Basti                                                                                                             | 1.268                                                                                                             |
| 17                                                                                                                | Bhadohi                                                                                                           | 2.074                                                                                                             |
| 18                                                                                                                | Bijnor                                                                                                            | 32.847                                                                                                            |
| 19                                                                                                                | Budaun                                                                                                            | 190.285                                                                                                           |
| 20                                                                                                                | Bulandshahr                                                                                                       | 0.886                                                                                                             |
| 21                                                                                                                | Chandauli                                                                                                         | 1.521                                                                                                             |
| 22                                                                                                                | Chitrakoot                                                                                                        | 126.842                                                                                                           |
| 23                                                                                                                | Deoria                                                                                                            | 40.477                                                                                                            |
| 24                                                                                                                | Etah                                                                                                              | 1.479                                                                                                             |
| 25                                                                                                                | Etawah                                                                                                            | 1.837                                                                                                             |
| 26                                                                                                                | Farrukhabad                                                                                                       | 2.467                                                                                                             |
| 27                                                                                                                | Fatehpur                                                                                                          | 0.619                                                                                                             |
| 28                                                                                                                | Firozabad                                                                                                         | 1.508                                                                                                             |
| 29                                                                                                                | Gautam Buddha Nagar                                                                                               | 12.948                                                                                                            |
| 30                                                                                                                | Ghaziabad                                                                                                         | 9.462                                                                                                             |
| 31                                                                                                                | Ghazipur                                                                                                          | 5.264                                                                                                             |
| 32                                                                                                                | Gonda                                                                                                             | 0.737                                                                                                             |
| 33                                                                                                                | Gorakhpur                                                                                                         | 3.983                                                                                                             |
| 34                                                                                                                | Hamirpur                                                                                                          | 24.573                                                                                                            |
| 35                                                                                                                | Hapur                                                                                                             | 0.617                                                                                                             |
| 36                                                                                                                | Hardoi                                                                                                            | 61.076                                                                                                            |

| 37   | Hathras          | 1.886     |
|------|------------------|-----------|
| 38   | Jalaun           | 402.536   |
| 39   | Jaunpur          | 1.98      |
| 40   | Jhansi           | 227.907   |
| 41   | Kannauj          | 7.785     |
| 42   | Kanpur Dehat     | 52.42     |
| 43   | Kanpur Nagar     | 243.063   |
| 44   | Kasganj          | 0.326     |
| 45   | Kaushambi        | 0.04      |
| 46   | Lakhimpur Kheri  | 1.523     |
| 47   | Kushinagar       | 0.3       |
| 48   | Lalitpur         | 81.479    |
| 49   | Lucknow          | 106.532   |
| 50   | Maharajganj      | 26.247    |
| 51   | Mahoba           | 225.609   |
| 52   | Mainpuri         | 5.976     |
| 53   | Mathura          | 6.576     |
| 54   | Mau              | 20.09     |
| 55   | Meerut           | 15.009    |
| 56   | Mirzapur         | 131.087   |
| 57   | Moradabad        | 2.236     |
| 58   | Muzaffarnagar    | 4.85      |
| 59   | Pilibhit         | 20.909    |
| 60   | Pratapgarh       | 0.645     |
| 61   | Prayagraj        | 235.133   |
| 62   | Raebareli        | 16.759    |
| 63   | Rampur           | 0.541     |
| 64   | Saharanpur       | 63.807    |
| 65   | Sambhal          | 0.246     |
| 66   | Sant Kabir Nagar | 0.222     |
| 67   | Shahjahanpur     | 91.789    |
| 68   | Shamli           | 0.557     |
| 69   | Shravasti        | 0.081     |
| 70   | Siddharth Nagar  | 0.482     |
| 71   | Sitapur          | 46.966    |
| 72   | Sonbhadra        | 0.578     |
| 73   | Sultanpur        | 1.44      |
| 74   | Unnao            | 16.742    |
| 75   | Varanasi         | 44.888    |
|      | Total            | 3030.63MW |

| DISTRICT WISE INSTALLED CAPACITY OF SOLAR ENERGY IN THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS OF MAHARASHTRA(as on 31.10.2024)   | DISTRICT WISE INSTALLED CAPACITY OF SOLAR ENERGY IN THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS OF MAHARASHTRA(as on 31.10.2024)   | DISTRICT WISE INSTALLED CAPACITY OF SOLAR ENERGY IN THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS OF MAHARASHTRA(as on 31.10.2024)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                                                                          | Name of the District                                                                                           | Installed Capacity (Megawatts)                                                                                 |
| 1                                                                                                              | Ahmednagar                                                                                                     | 164.56                                                                                                         |
| 2                                                                                                              | Akola                                                                                                          | 77.965                                                                                                         |
| 3                                                                                                              | Amravati                                                                                                       | 217.81                                                                                                         |
| 4                                                                                                              | Aurangabad                                                                                                     | 119.89                                                                                                         |
| 5                                                                                                              | Beed                                                                                                           | 228.9                                                                                                          |
| 6                                                                                                              | Bhandara                                                                                                       | 0                                                                                                              |
| 7                                                                                                              | Buldhana                                                                                                       | 230.2                                                                                                          |
| 8                                                                                                              | Chandrapur                                                                                                     | 10                                                                                                             |
| 9                                                                                                              | Dhule                                                                                                          | 477.965                                                                                                        |
| 10                                                                                                             | Gondia                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                              |
| 11                                                                                                             | Hingoli                                                                                                        | 64.2                                                                                                           |
| 12                                                                                                             | Jalgaon                                                                                                        | 253.5                                                                                                          |
| 13                                                                                                             | Jalna                                                                                                          | 489.85                                                                                                         |
| 14                                                                                                             | Kolhapur                                                                                                       | 6.8                                                                                                            |
| 15                                                                                                             | Latur                                                                                                          | 168.06                                                                                                         |
| 16                                                                                                             | Nagpur                                                                                                         | 133.318                                                                                                        |
| 17                                                                                                             | Nanded                                                                                                         | 187.575                                                                                                        |
| 18                                                                                                             | Nandurbar                                                                                                      | 2                                                                                                              |
| 19                                                                                                             | Nashik                                                                                                         | 170.235                                                                                                        |
| 20                                                                                                             | Dharashiv                                                                                                      | 313.565                                                                                                        |
| 21                                                                                                             | Parbhani                                                                                                       | 203.22                                                                                                         |
| 22                                                                                                             | Pune                                                                                                           | 79.18                                                                                                          |
| 23                                                                                                             | Raigad                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                              |
| 24                                                                                                             | Ratnagiri                                                                                                      | 1                                                                                                              |
| 25                                                                                                             | Sangli                                                                                                         | 14.56                                                                                                          |
| 26                                                                                                             | Satara                                                                                                         | 246.95                                                                                                         |
| 27                                                                                                             | Sindhudurg                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                              |
| 28                                                                                                             | Solapur                                                                                                        | 826.218                                                                                                        |
| 29                                                                                                             | Wardha                                                                                                         | 78.18                                                                                                          |
| 30                                                                                                             | Washim                                                                                                         | 0                                                                                                              |
| 31                                                                                                             | Yavatmal                                                                                                       | 222.57                                                                                                         |
|                                                                                                                | Total (A)                                                                                                      | 4988.271                                                                                                       |
|                                                                                                                | Mukhyamantri Saur Krushi Vahini Yojana (MSKVY) 2.0 - Implemented by Government of Maharashtra Total (B)        | 31                                                                                                             |
| Rooftop                                                                                                        | Solar Power Projects (Total-C)                                                                                 | 2585.36                                                                                                        |
|                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                | 7604.631                                                                                                       |
|                                                                                                                | Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                |