Development of Solar Electricity Supply System in India: An Overview

Table 3

Expected solar RPO requirement and compliance for 2012-2013 [30].

State	Projected demand*; (MU)	Solar RPO target; (2012-2013)	Solar RPO target (2012-2013)	Capacity required for meeting solar RPO	Total capacity tied up as on 31.11.2012*	Installed capacity as on 31.11.2012	Gap to be fulfilled in 2012-2013
	2012-2013	%	MU	MW	MW	MW	MW
Andhra Pradesh	98,956	0.25	247.39	148.6	75.5	23.75	73.1
Assam	6,810	0.15	10.21	6.1	5	—	1.14
Bihar	15,272	0.75	114.54	68.8	0	—	68.82
Chhattisgarh	21,174	0.50	105.87	63.6	29	4.00	34.61
Delhi	28,598	0.15	42.90	25.8	2.525	2.53	23.25
JERC (Goa and UT)	12,860	0.40	51.44	30.9	1.7	1.69	29.21
Gujarat	79,919	1.00	799.19	480.2	968.5	689.81	(488.3)
Haryana	40,167	0.75	301.25	181.0	8.8	7.80	172.2
Himachal Pradesh	8,647	0.25	21.62	13.0	0	—	13.0
Jammu and Kashmir	14,573	0.25	36.43	21.9	0	—	21.8
Jharkhand	6,696	1.00	66.96	40.2	36	16.00	4.2
Karnataka	65,152	0.25	162.88	97.9	159	14.00	(61.1)
Kerala	21,060	0.25	52.65	31.6	0.025	0.03	31.6
Madhya Pradesh	53,358	0.60	320.15	192.3	213.21	7.25	(20.9)
Maharashtra	150,987	0.25	377.47	226.8	75.5	21.00	151.3
Manipur	608	0.25	1.52	0.9	0	—	0.9
Mizoram	418	0.25	1.04	0.6	0	—	0.6
Meghalaya	2,154	0.40	8.62	5.2	0	—	5.2
Nagaland	596	0.25	1.49	0.9	0	—	0.9
Orissa	24,284	0.15	36.43	21.9	54	13.00	(32.1)
Punjab	48,089	0.07	33.66	20.2	51.825	9.33	(31.6)
Rajasthan	55,057	0.75	412.93	248.1	330.4	201.15	(82.3)
Tamil Nadu	91,441	0.05	45.72	27.5	18.105	17.05	9.4
Tripura	1,010	0.10	1.01	0.6	0	—	0.6
Uttarakhand	11,541	0.05	5.77	3.5	5.05	5.05	(1.6)
Uttar Pradesh	85,902	1.00	859.02	516.1	93.375	12.38	422.7
West Bengal	41,896	0.25	104.74	62.9	52.05	2.05	10.9
		Total		2,537.2	2,179.59	1,047.84

Source: CEA base data for 2011-2012 and escalated for 2012-2013 based on 18th EPS escalation rates for the same period; *based on the data provided by NVVN, state agencies, and project developers. Italic numbers are the surplus capacity built-up.