India's Solar Energy Potential Estimated at 748 GWp: Union NRE Minister

51 Solar Parks with an aggregate capacity of 37,740 MW have been sanctioned in 12 States in the country since launch of the Scheme i.e. December 2014. An aggregate capacity of 10,504 MW of solar projects

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The Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy and Power has informed that India’s total solar energy potential has been estimated to be 748 GWp (Giga Watt peak), as estimated by National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), on the basis of the data from Waste Land Atlas of India 2010. State-wise details are given below.

STATE/UT-WISE DETAILS OF SOLAR POTENTIAL

Sl. No.

Name of State/UT

Solar Potential (MWp)

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

 

State-wise funds released for the development of solar energy sector in the last financial year is given below.

THE DETAILS OF FUND RELEASED IN LAST FINANCIAL YEAR

(Rs in crores)

SL.NO.

State

2022-23

1

Andhra Pradesh

68.96

2

Arunachal Pradesh

9.30

3

Assam

14.02

4

Chandigarh

0.73

5

Chhattisgarh

13.54

6

Delhi

10.07

7

Gujarat

1114.65

8

Haryana

118.18

9

Himachal Pradesh

15.73

10

Jammu & Kashmir

27.98

11

Jharkhand

40.64

12

Karnataka

90.98

13

Kerala

89.71

14

Ladakh

125.00

15

Madhya Pradesh

170.14

16

Maharashtra

304.58

17

Mizoram

1.29

18

Nagaland

6.37

19

Odisha

26.70

20

Punjab

55.93

21

Rajasthan

258.84

22

Tamil Nadu

10.98

23

Telangana

42.81

24

Tripura

0.12

25

Uttarakhand

8.33

26

Uttar Pradesh

74.32

27

West Bengal

4.71

28

Others (CEL, REL, NABARD, Regional Rural Banks, NGOs, etc.) and other Channel Partners

17.71

Total

2722.32

 

As on 31-12-2023, 51 Solar Parks with an aggregate capacity of 37,740 MW have been sanctioned in 12 States in the country since launch of the Scheme i.e. December 2014. An aggregate capacity of 10,504 MW of solar projects have been commissioned in 20 Solar Parks, so far. The State wise details are given below.

Details of Solar Parks sanctioned and projects commissioned State-wise

(as on 31-12-2023)

Sl. No.

State

Number of Parks

Sanctioned Capacity (MW)

Projects commissioned (in MW)

1

Andhra Pradesh

5

4200

3050

2

Chhattisgarh

1

100

28

3

Gujarat

7

12150

900

4

Jharkhand

3

1089

0

5

Karnataka

2

2500

2000

6

Kerala

2

155

100

7

Madhya Pradesh

8

4180

1000

8

Maharashtra

3

1000

0

9

Mizoram

1

20

20

10

Odisha

3

340

0

11

Rajasthan

9

8276

3065

12

Uttar Pradesh

7

3730

341

Total

51

37740

10504

Year-wise installed capacity from the year 2019-20 to 2023-24 (up to Dec 2023) is given below.

 

Year-wise Solar Power installed capacity from the year 2019-20 to 2023-24 (up to December 2023)

S.N.

Year

 

Added capacity

(MW)

Cumulative Solar Capacity Installed (MW)

1

2019-20

6510

35607

2

2020-21

5629

41236

3

2021-22

12761

53997

4

2022-23

12784

66781

5

2023-24 (up to Dec 2023)

6538

73319

 

The Government has set a target of achieving 500 GW of installed capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030, in line with the Prime Minister’s announcement at COP-26, held in Glasgow. State-wise targets for this goal have not been set.

This information has been given by the Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy and Power Shri R. K. Singh, in written replies to two separate questions, in Rajya Sabha on February 6, 2023.

Solar Energy NRE Minister R K Singh