2024-08-26 03:09:33
Lucknow: To provide relief to the citizens of Uttar Pradesh from the increasing consumption of electricity and its increased prices, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is promoting solar energy as an alternative. Work is going on on many big projects related to solar energy in the entire state. Solar parks are also included in these projects.
A total of 9 solar parks are being made operational in the state, with a total capacity of 3710 MW. Out of these, 3 solar parks of 435 MW have already been commissioned, while the bidding process is underway to commission the remaining 6 solar parks soon. The process of land allocation for all these 9 solar parks has been completed. Under the guidance of CM Yogi, solar parks have been built in cities like Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur Dehat, Mirzapur and Prayagraj in addition to 4 cities of Bundelkhand, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Chitrakoot and Jalaun. Bidding is underway for the solar parks under construction in Bundelkhand, Kanpur Nagar and Kanpur Dehat.
Award process continues through tender
Anupam Kumar Shukla, Director of Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency, said that the state has received large scale investment in the field of solar energy, especially for the establishment of solar parks. Under this, 9 solar parks are being developed. In this, a total of 435 MW solar parks with 365 MW capacity and 65 MW capacity have been commissioned, where production has started. Apart from this, Jhansi, Lalitpur Solar Park of 600 MW capacity, Chitrakoot Solar Park of 800 MW capacity, Jalaun Solar Park of 1200 MW capacity, Kanpur Dehat Solar Park of 75 MW capacity and Kanpur Nagar Solar Park of 35 MW capacity are under construction. The process of award through tender is going on in these. The tender for Jhansi has been issued only two days ago, while the tender for Lalitpur and Chitrakoot Solar Park will be issued by Tuesday.
The tender for Jalaun Solar Park will also be issued in the next 15 days. Land has been allotted for all these 3710 MW solar parks, while connectivity has also been arranged. He said that apart from the 3710 MW solar park under construction, various projects of 6900 MW are also going on in the entire state. If we include roof top solar plants and all other solar projects, then in total 4130 MW solar projects have been commissioned.
The target is to generate 22 thousand megawatt electricity from solar energy in the state
Apart from solar parks, the state government is also focusing on installing rooftop solar on the roofs of houses, setting up solar towns, providing solar power to agricultural farms, pump storage and production of bio-energy. UP is also second in the country in the field of biomass energy production. Under the PM Surya Ghar Yojana, solar power plants are being installed on the roofs of 25 lakh houses in the state, which will provide 300 units of free electricity to the people. The state has a target of producing 22 thousand MW of electricity from solar energy. In this, 6 thousand MW will be produced by installing solar rooftop plants in private and government buildings. Solar utility projects and solar parks of 14 thousand MW capacity will be established. Similarly, under the PM Kusum Yojana, 16.17 MW grid tubewells are being operated with solar energy.
What is Solar Park Scheme?
Solar Park Scheme was launched in December 2014 to support states in setting up solar parks at various locations in the country with the objective of creating the necessary infrastructure for setting up solar energy projects. A solar park is a large area of land, which is developed with all the common infrastructure facilities like transmission infrastructure, roads, water, communication network. Under this scheme implemented by the Government of India for the development of solar parks and ultra mega solar power projects, a capacity of 39,250 MW has been approved. So far, solar projects of 11,591 MW capacity have been set up in the country in 22 solar parks.