Up to November 30, 12 states approved a total of 50 solar parks with a combined capacity of 37,490 MW, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. In response to a question from the Rajya Sabha, Minister of New and Renewable Energy R K Singh stated that the government is working on a project called Development of Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects, which has a 40 GW capacity target.
As of November 30, Singh stated, 50 solar parks in 12 Indian states with a combined capacity of 37,490 MW had been approved under the aforementioned Ministry of New and Renewable Energy initiative. He said, “So far, 19 solar parks have seen the commissioning of solar projects with a combined capacity of 10,401 MW.”
Singh added that two 500 MW solar projects in Tamil Nadu, Kadaladi Solar Park and Ramanathapuram Solar Park, had previously been approved but had been cancelled because of sluggish development and land-use restrictions. In Gujarat, 12,150 MW of solar park projects have been approved, followed by 8,276 MW in Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh (4,200 MW), Madhya Pradesh (4,180 MW), Uttar Pradesh (3,730 MW), and Karnataka (2,500 MW), according to statistics supplied by the ministry.
In addition, the data shows that 1,089 MW of solar park projects were approved in Jharkhand, 750 MW in Maharashtra, 155 MW in Kerala, 100 MW in Chhattisgarh, and 20 MW in Mizoram.
