Lok Sabha Question No. 1631 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-30
Subject: Manufacture of Solar PV Components
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1631

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2015

## MANUFACTURE OF SOLAR PV COMPONENTS

## 1631.   SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  for  setting  up  of  industrial  parks  for manufacturing of Solar Photo Voltaic components;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the total number of such parks, State-wise, proposed by the Government along with the time frame fixed by the Government for the same; and
- (c) the extent to which these industrial parks are likely to help to bring down the shortage of solar PV components?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The Government has launched a scheme for setting up 25 solar parks for setting up solar power projects.  Manufacturing facilities for solar products can also come up in these Solar Parks.
- (b): The State-wise details of solar parks being developed including the places identified is given in Annexure I.
- (c): There is no shortage of solar components reported.  More manufacturing capacity is likely to come up as demand goes up.

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Annexure -I referred to in Reply Part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1631 due for Answer on 30/07/2015

14.  14.

|   Sl No. | State             | Capacity (MW) &No. of Solar Parks          | Land identified at                                                                               |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1. | Gujarat           | One Park:700MW                             | Taluka- Vav, Banaskantha district                                                                |
|       2. | Andhra Pradesh    | Two Parks: i) 1500MW ii) 1000MW            | i) Anantpur&Kadapa districts ii) Kurnool districts                                               |
|       3. | Uttar Pradesh     | One Park: 600MW                            | Jalaun, Sonbhadra, Allahabad &Mirzapur districts                                                 |
|       4. | Meghalaya         | One Park: 20MW                             | Thamar, West Jaintia Hills &Suchen,East Jaintia Hillsdistricts                                   |
|       5. | Rajasthan         | Three Parks: i) 680MW ii)1000MW iii)1000MW | i) Bhadla Phase II, Bhadla, Jodhpur ii) Bhadla Phase III, Bhadla, Jodhpur iii) Jaisalmer Phase I |
|       6. | Madhya Pradesh    | Two Parks: i) 750MW ii) 750MW              | i) Rewa district ii) Neemuch&Agardistricts                                                       |
|       7. | Telangana         | One Park:1000MW                            | Gattu, Mehboob Nagar Distt.                                                                      |
|       8. | Karnataka         | One Park:2000MW                            | PavagadaTaluk, Tumkur dist.                                                                      |
|       9. | Tamil Nadu        | One Park:500MW                             | Ramanathapuram district                                                                          |
|      10. | West Bengal       | One Park:500MW                             | West Midnapur, East Mednipur&Bankura districts                                                   |
|      11. | Kerala            | One Park:200MW                             | Kasargode district                                                                               |
|      12. | Nagaland          | One Park:60MW                              | Dimapur, Kohima and New Peren districts                                                          |
|      13. | Uttarakhand       | One Park:39MW                              | Almora district                                                                                  |
|      14. | Arunachal Pradesh | One Park:100MW                             | Lohit district                                                                                   |
|      15. | A&N Islands       | One Park:100MW                             | South Andaman                                                                                    |

The location and size of the park may change slightly when detailed surveys are carried out.