Lok Sabha Question No. 710 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-03
Subject: Projects under Solar Parks
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 710

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2015

## PROJECTS UNDER SOLAR PARKS

## +710.  SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

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

(a) the  number  of  projects  being  implemented  for  setting  up  of  solar  parks  in  the  country, State/UT-wise;

- (b) the manner in which these parks are being regulated;

(c) the  details  of  progress  made  in  regard  to  solar  park  mission  during  the  last  three  years, State/UT-wise;

(d) whether the Government has envisaged any scheme for setting up of new solar parks in the country, if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;

- (e) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (f) the time by which solar projects are likely to be started in Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Till date 27 solar parks with aggregate capacity of 18,418 MW have been sanctioned in 21 States/UTs in the country. State/UT-wise details are given in Annexure.

(b): The  solar  parks  in  the  country  are  being  developed  as  per  the  guidelines  of  the  scheme 'Development of Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects'.

(c): The scheme for development of solar parks has been rolled out by the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy on 12-12-2014. The details of solar parks approved to different States/UTs are given in Annexure mentioned above.

(d)&(e): The Government is already implementing the scheme for development of solar parks. Under this scheme, it is proposed to set up at least 25 Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects targeting over 20,000 MW of solar power installed capacity within a span of 5 years starting from 2014-15. All the States and Union Territories are eligible for benefitting under the scheme.

(f): Ministry has sanctioned one solar park of capacity 600 MW to be set up in Jalaun, Allahabad, Mirzapur & Kanpur Dehat districts of Uttar Pradesh. As per the guidelines of the scheme, the solar parks are to be developed within a period of 18 months from the date of sanction.

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) of the Lok   Sabha Unstarred Question No. 710 for answer on 03/12/2015

## Details of Solar Parks approved to different States/UTs

|   Sl. No. | State             |   Capacity (MW) | Land identified at                                                |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    |            1500 | NP Kunta of Anantpuramu &Galiveedu of Kadapa Districts            |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh    |            1000 | Kurnool District                                                  |
|         3 | Andhra Pradesh    |            1000 | Galiveedu Madal, Kadapa district                                  |
|         4 | A&N Islands       |             100 | South Andaman                                                     |
|         5 | Arunachal Pradesh |             100 | Near Tezu township in Lohit district                              |
|         6 | Assam             |              69 | Amguri in Sibsagar district                                       |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh      |             500 | Under finalization                                                |
|         8 | Gujarat           |             700 | Radhanesda, Vav, Distt. Banaskantha                               |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh  |            1000 | Spiti Valley of Lahaul &Spiti District                            |
|        10 | Jammu &Kashmir    |             100 | Under finalization                                                |
|        11 | Karnataka         |            2000 | Pavagada taluk Tumkur district                                    |
|        12 | Kerala            |             200 | Kasargode district                                                |
|        13 | Madhya Pradesh    |             750 | Rewa, MP                                                          |
|        14 | Madhya Pradesh    |            2000 | Neemuch, Agar, Mandsaur, Shajapur, Rajgarh, Chhatarpur and Morena |
|        15 | Maharashtra       |             500 | Sakri, Dhule district of Maharashtra                              |
|        16 | Meghalaya         |              20 | West Jaintia Hills &East Jaintia Hills districts                  |
|        17 | Nagaland          |              60 | Dimapur, Kohima and New Peren districts                           |
|        18 | Odisha            |            1000 | Under finalization                                                |
|        19 | Rajasthan         |             680 | Bhadla Phase II, Bhadla, Rajasthan                                |
|        20 | Rajasthan         |            1000 | Bhadla Phase III, Bhadla, Rajasthan                               |
|        21 | Rajasthan         |            1000 | Jaisalmer Phase I, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan                           |
|        22 | Rajasthan         |             500 | Bhadla Phase IV, Bhadla, Jodhpur Rajasthan                        |
|        23 | Tamil Nadu        |             500 | Ramanathapuram district.                                          |
|        24 | Telangana         |            1000 | Gattu, Mahabubnagar district                                      |
|        25 | Uttar Pradesh     |             600 | Jalaun, Allahabad, Mirzapur and Kanpur Dehat districts            |
|        26 | Uttarakhand       |              39 | Almora district                                                   |
|        27 | West Bengal       |             500 | East Mednipur, West Mednipur, Bankura districts                   |