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Solar power capacity crosses milestone of 5,000 MW in India

The installed capacity of solar power in India has crossed the milestone of 5,000 MW.

The state of Rajasthan stands 1st in the country with 1264 MW, followed by Gujarat (1024MW), Madhya Pradesh (679 MW), Tamil Nadu (419 MW), Maharashtra (379 MW) and Andhra Pradesh (357 MW). 

The Government has set the ambitious target of generating 100 GW of solar power by the year 2021-22 under the National Solar Mission. It is envisaged to generate 60 GW ground mounted grid-connected solar power and 40 GW through roof-top grid interactive solar power to fulfill the 100 GW of solar power. The Ministry has also fixed year-wise targets to monitor the solar power generation in the country. The target for the current year is 2,000 MW and next year target is 12,000 MW.  The Ministry is putting all efforts through various schemes of Central Government and State Governments to achieve the targets.  It has been planned that around 18,000 MW tender should be out by 31stMarch, 2016.

To achieve its objectives, the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has initiated several projects, while various state governments are coming up with solar power projects under their own policies. A breakdown of their different solar capacities is available in the table below.

State/UT

Total commissioned capacity (MW)

Andhra Pradesh

357.34

Arunachal Pradesh

0.265

Chhattisgarh

73.18

Gujarat

1024.15

Haryana

12.8

Jharkhand

16

Karnataka

104.22

Kerala

12.025

Madhya Pradesh

678.58

Maharashtra

378.7

Odisha

66.92

Punjab

200.32

Rajasthan

1264.35

Tamil Nadu

418.945

Telangana

342.39

Tripura

5

Uttar Pradesh

140

Uttarakhand

5

West Bengal

7.21

Andaman & Nicobar

5.1

Delhi

6.712

Lakshadweep

0.75

Puducherry

0.025

Chandigarh

5.041

Daman & Diu

4

Others

0.79

Total

5129.813

 

 

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