Setting Up of 25 Solar Parks
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- November 28, 2014
New Delhi: The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has initiated scheme for setting up of 25 Solar Parks, each with the capacity of 500 MW and above, to be developed in next 5 years in various States. The Ministry has sent scheme for Development of Solar Park to various States along with MOU to all the state Governments against which 12 states have given consent for setting up of Solar Parks. This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of state for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
States which have sent written request for setting up Solar Power Park/Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects are given below:-
|
S. No. |
State |
Capacity of Solar Park (approximately |
Land Identified at |
|
1 |
Gujarat |
750 MW |
Taluka- Vav, Distt.-Banaskantha |
|
2 |
Madhya Pradesh |
750 MW +750 MW |
Rewa-Distt. |
|
3 |
Telangana |
1000 MW |
Mehboob Nagar-Distt. |
|
4 |
Andhra Pradesh |
2500 MW |
Anantpur-Distt, Kadapa and Kurnool |
|
5 |
Karnataka |
1000 MW |
Mulwar, Bijapur (near Kargi) |
|
6 |
Uttar Pradesh |
600 MW |
District-Jalaun, Sonbhadra and Allahabad |
|
7 |
Meghalaya |
50 MW |
University of Science and Technology, 9thMile, near Guwahati, Meghalaya |
|
8 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
7500 MW |
Leh and Kargil |
|
9 |
Punjab |
1000 MW +1000 MW |
District-wise land identified |
|
10 |
Rajasthan i. Bhadla Phase-II ii. Bhadla Phase-III iii. Jaisalmer Park Phase-I iv. Jaisalmer Park Phase-II |
700 MW 1000 MW 1000 MW 1000 MW |
District - Bhadla and Jaisalmer |
|
11 |
Tamil Nadu |
500 MW |
Location yet to be identified |
|
12 |
Odisha |
1000 MW |
Location yet to be identified |
|
|
Total |
22,100 MW |
|
The Minister further stated that the estimated cost for development of solar park would be around Rs.0.95 Cr./MW. Solar Power Plants of various capacities would be set up by Solar Power Developers in the Park. The developers would be selected through bidding process under Central/State Schemes. As per tariff determined for the year 2014-15 by Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), the capital cost of Grid connected solar PV project is Rs. 6.91 Cr./MW.
Disclaimer: This information has been collected through secondary research and IBEF is not responsible for any errors in the same.
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