Lok Sabha Question No. 4344 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-26
Subject: Solar Parks in Maharashtra
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Adv Gowaal Kagada Padavi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4344 ANSWERED ON 26/03/2025

## SOLAR PARKS IN MAHARASHTRA

## 4344. ADV GOWAAL KAGADA PADAVI

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

- (a) whether the Government has approved setting up of new solar parks in the country including Maharashtra especially in Nandurbar and Dhule districts and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the time by which the solar power plants are likely to be set up in Maharashtra; and
- (c) the efforts being made by the Government to increase the capacity of solar power generation?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF  STATE  FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a) & (b) The Government has approved 55 solar parks in 13 States in the country, including Dhule district of Maharashtra, under the scheme for 'Development of Solar Parks and Ultra-Mega Solar Power Projects'. There  is  no  solar  park  sanctioned  in  Nandurbar  district  of  Maharashtra.  The details  of  solar  parks  sanctioned  under  the  scheme  are  given  at Annexure-I. The  timeline  for implementation of the scheme is up to 31 st March'2026.
- (c) The Government has taken various steps to promote solar energy in the country. The details of major steps taken, are given at Annexure-II.

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## ANNEXURE-I REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4344 FOR 26.03.2025

## Details of Solar Parks (as on 28.02.2025)

|   Sl. No. | State            | Name of Park                                                                                             |   Capacity sanctioned (MW) |
|-----------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh   | Ananthapuramu Solar Park                                                                                 |                       1400 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh   | Kurnool Solar Park                                                                                       |                       1000 |
|         3 | Andhra Pradesh   | Kadapa Solar Park                                                                                        |                       1000 |
|         4 | Andhra Pradesh   | Ananthapuramu-II Solar Park                                                                              |                        500 |
|         5 | Andhra Pradesh   | Ramagiri Solar Park, Ananthapuramu district                                                              |                        300 |
|         6 | Chhattisgarh     | Rajnandgaon Solar Park                                                                                   |                        100 |
|         7 | Gujarat          | Radhnesada Solar Park, Banaskantha district                                                              |                        700 |
|         8 | Gujarat          | Dholera Solar Park, Ahmedabad district                                                                   |                       1000 |
|         9 | Gujarat          | NTPC RE Park, Kutch district                                                                             |                       4750 |
|        10 | Gujarat          | GSECL RE Park, Kutch district                                                                            |                       3325 |
|        11 | Gujarat          | GIPCL RE Park Ph-I, Kutch district                                                                       |                        600 |
|        12 | Gujarat          | GIPCL RE Park Ph-II, Kutch district                                                                      |                       1200 |
|        13 | Gujarat          | GIPCL RE Park Ph-III, Kutch district                                                                     |                        575 |
|        14 | Himachal Pradesh | Pekhubela Solar Park, Una district                                                                       |                         53 |
|        15 | Jharkhand        | SECI Floating Solar Park, Getalsud dam, Ranchi district                                                  |                        100 |
|        16 | Jharkhand        | DVC Floating Solar Park Ph-II, Maithon dam, Dhanbad                                                      |                        234 |
|        17 | Jharkhand        | DVC Floating Solar Park Ph-I, Tilaiya Dam (Jharkhand) &Panchet Dam (in Jharkhand &partly in West Bengal) |                        755 |
|        18 | Karnataka        | Pavagada Solar Park, Tumkur                                                                              |                       2000 |
|        19 | Karnataka        | Bidar Solar Park                                                                                         |                        500 |
|        20 | Karnataka        | Kasargod Solar Park                                                                                      |                        105 |
|        21 | Kerala           | Floating Solar Park, Kollam                                                                              |                         50 |
|        22 | Karnataka        | Kasargod Solar Park Ph-II                                                                                |                        100 |
|        23 | Madhya           | Rewa Solar Park                                                                                          |                        750 |
|        24 | Madhya           | Mandsaur Solar Park                                                                                      |                        250 |
|        25 | Madhya           | Neemuch Solar Park                                                                                       |                        500 |
|        26 | Pradesh          | Agar Solar Park                                                                                          |                        550 |
|        27 | Madhya           | Shajapur Solar Park                                                                                      |                        450 |
|        28 | Madhya           | Omkareswar Floating Solar Park, Khandwa                                                                  |                        600 |

| Sl. No.   | Name of Park                                                  |   Capacity sanctioned (MW) |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 29.       | Barethi Solar Park, Chhatarpur                                |                        630 |
| 30.       | Morena Solar Park                                             |                        600 |
| 31.       | Dondaicha Solar Park, Dhule                                   |                        250 |
| 32.       | Patoda Solar Park, Beed                                       |                        250 |
| 33.       | Erai Floating Solar Park, Chandrapur                          |                        105 |
| 34.       | Sai Guru Solar Park, Dhule                                    |                        500 |
| 35.       | Vankal Solar Park, Champai                                    |                         20 |
| 36.       | Solar Park by NHPC, Ganjam                                    |                         40 |
| 37.       | Bhadla-II Solar Park, Jodhpur                                 |                        680 |
| 38.       | Bhadla-III Solar Park, Jodhpur                                |                       1000 |
| 39.       | Bhadla-IV Solar Park, Jodhpur                                 |                        500 |
| 40.       | Phalodi-Pokaran Solar Park,                                   |                        750 |
| 41.       | Fatehgarh Phase-1B Solar Park, Jaisalmer                      |                        421 |
| 42.       | Nokh Solar Park, Jaisalmer                                    |                        925 |
| 43.       | Pugal Solar Park Ph-I, Bikaner                                |                       1000 |
| 44.       | Pugal Solar Park Ph-II, Bikaner                               |                       1000 |
| 45.       | RVUN Solar Park, Bikaner                                      |                       2000 |
| 46.       | Bodana Solar Park, Jaisalmer                                  |                       2000 |
| 47.       | Solar Park in UP (Jalaun, Allahabad, Mirzapur & Kanpur Dehat) |                        365 |
| 48.       | Jalaun Solar Park                                             |                       1200 |
| 49.       | Mirzapur Solar Park                                           |                        100 |
| 50.       | Kalpi Solar Park, Jalaun                                      |                         65 |
| 51.       | Lalitpur Solar Park                                           |                        600 |
| 52.       | Jhansi Solar Park                                             |                        600 |
| 53.       | Chitrakoot Solar Park                                         |                        800 |
| 54.       | Kanpur Dehat Park                                             |                         75 |
| 55.       | Kanpur Nagar Park                                             |                         35 |
| Total     |                                                               |                      39958 |

## ANNEXURE-II REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4344 FOR 26.03.2025

## MAJOR STEPS TAKEN TO PROMOTE SOLAR ENERGY IN THE COUNTRY

- Notification of trajectory for RE power bids of 50 GW/annum to be issued by Renewable Energy  Implementation  Agencies  [REIAs:  Solar  Energy  Corporation  of  India  Limited (SECI), NTPC Limited, NHPC Limited, SJVN Limited] from FY 2023-24 to FY 2027-28.
- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been permitted up to 100 percent under the automatic route.
- Inter State Transmission System (ISTS) charges have been waived for inter-state sale of solar  and  wind  power  for  projects  to  be  commissioned  by  30th  June  2025,  for  Green Hydrogen Projects till December 2030 and for offshore wind projects till December 2032.
- To boost RE consumption, Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) followed by Renewable Consumption Obligation (RCO) trajectory has been notified till 2029-30. The RCO which is  applicable to all designated consumers under the Energy Conservation Act 2001 will attract penalties on non-compliance. RCO also includes specified quantum of consumption from Decentralized Renewable Energy sources.
- Project Development Cell for attracting and facilitating investments has been set up.
- Standard Bidding Guidelines for tariff based competitive bidding process for procurement of Power from Grid Connected Solar, Wind, Wind-Solar Hybrid and Firm & Dispatchable RE (FDRE) Projects have been issued.
- Schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PMKUSUM), PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, National Programme on High Efficiency Solar PV Modules, National Green Hydrogen Mission, have been launched.
- Scheme for setting up of Ultra Mega Renewable Energy Parks is being implemented to provide land and transmission to RE developers for installation of RE projects at large scale.
- Laying of new transmission lines and creating new sub-station capacity has been funded under the Green Energy Corridor Scheme for evacuation of renewable power.
- Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, 2020 has been issued for net-metering up to five hundred Kilowatt or up to the electrical sanctioned load, whichever is lower.
- Uniform Renewable Energy Tariff (URET) has been introduced through which a uniform tariff will be provided to the consumer by averaging tariffs of individual RE projects of similar  type  awarded  via  tariff  based  competitive  bidding  process.  Implementation  of URET for 'Solar Power Central Pool' and 'Solar-Wind Hybrid Central Pool' from 15 th February 2024 has been notified.
- Standard & Labelling (S&L) programs for Solar Photovoltaic modules and Grid-connected Solar Inverters have been launched.
- To augment transmission infrastructure needed for steep RE trajectory, transmission plan has been prepared till 2030.
- 'The Electricity (Late Payment Surcharge and related matters) Rules (LPS rules) have been notified.
- Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy Through Green Energy Open Access) Rules, 2022, has been notified on 06 th June 2022 with objective of ensuring access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable green energy for all. Green Energy Open Access is allowed to any consumer with contract demand of 100 kW or above through single or multiple single connection  aggregating  Hundred  kW  or  more  located  in  same  electricity  division  of  a distribution licensee.
- Green Term Ahead Market (GTAM) has been launched to facilitate sale of Renewable Energy Power through exchanges.
- Government has issued orders that power shall be dispatched against Letter of Credit (LC) or advance payment to ensure timely payment by distribution licensees to RE generators.