Rajasthan is aiming to increase its solar power generation to 3,780 MW by April 2019 and achieve the goal of 7,000 MW clean energy capacity in the next four years despite having 20 projects of 1,500 MW capacity in pipeline.
In a recent interaction with PTI, a source has informed that the existing solar power generation is contributing 10 percent to the total power consumption in Rajasthan and Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation is targeting to increase it to 17 percent by 2021.
The source further informed the news agency that solar power installation capacity in Rajasthan has reached to 2,280 MW by March this year and 20 projects of total 1500 MW are under pipeline and will be commissioned and start generating power by April 2019.
Of the total 1,500 MW projects, which are scheduled to be commissioned by April next year, 10 are of the capacity of 100 Mw each and 10 of 50 MW each. Remaining projects which are under the pipeline are Pokran-Phalodi solar park (750 MW), Fatehgarh phase 1B (1500 MW) and Nokh – Jaisalmer (1000 MW).
The state of Rajasthan which has huge potential for the solar power generation added only 496 MW in the last financial year, which is less than the fiscal year of 2016-17 where the state had added 500.55 MW.
