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Solar power capacity crosses 5,000 MW in India

The installed capacity of solar power in India crossed the milestone of 5,000 MW to touch 5,130 MW following addition of a total of 1,385 MW capacity in the current financial year, an official release said.
 

Rajasthan holds the first position in the country with 1,264 MW, followed by Gujarat (1,024 MW), Madhya Pradesh (679 MW), Tamil Nadu (419 MW), Maharashtra (379 MW) and Andhra Pradesh (357 MW).

The government has a target of generating 100 GW of solar power by the year 2021-22 under the National Solar Mission. The target for the current year is 2,000 MW and next year’s is 12,000 MW.

It is expected 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 target.

The government has also fixed year-wise targets to monitor solar power generation in the country. The Ministry for New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) is putting in all efforts through various schemes of the central and state governments to achieve the targets. It is expected that tenders for around 18,000 MW should be out by March 31, 2016.

The MNRE has initiated several projects. These include development of solar parks, ultra-mega solar power projects, solar PV power plants, setting up of 300 MW of grid- connected solar PV power projects by Defence establishments and 1,000 MW of grid- connected solar PV power projects by CPSUs, setting up of 2,000 MW grid-connected solar power etc. Various state governments are coming up with solar projects under their own policies. 

Source:ICMW