A Review of Solar Photovoltaic Power Utilizations in India and Impacts of Segregation and Safe Disposal of Toxic Components from Retired Solar Panels

Table 1

India’s solar potential [50, 51].

State	Year
	2015	2016	2017	2019	2020	2021	2022
Gujarat	1,000.05	1,119.17	1,249.37	2,440.13	4431	4,430.82	7,806.8
Rajasthan	942.10	1,269.93	1,812.93	3,226.79	5733	5,732.58	14,454.7
Madhya Pradesh	558.58	776.37	857.04	1,840.16	2463	2,463.22	2,746.27
Tamil Nadu	142.6	1,061.3	1,691.9	2,575	4475	4,475.21	5,690.79
Punjab	185.27	405.06	793.95	905.62	560	959.50	1,117.99
Telangana	167.05	527.84	1,286.98	3,592.09	3953	3,953.12	4,621.07
Maharashtra	360.75	385.76	452.8	1,633.54	2290	2,289.97	2,753.30
Andhra Pradesh	135.9	573	1,867	3,085.7	4203	4,203.00	4,390.48
Karnataka	77.22	145.46	1,027.84	6,095.56	7355	7,355.17	7,597.92
Uttar Pradesh	71.26	143.50	336.73	960.10	1713	1,712.50	2,244.56
Odisha	31.76	66.92	79.42	394.73	401	401.72	452.13
Haryana	12.80	15.39	81.40	224.52	408	407.83	943.61
Jharkhand	16.00	16.19	23.27	34.95	52	52.06	88.79
Chhattisgarh	7.60	93.58	128.86	231.35	253	252.48	529.32
West Bengal	7.21	7.77	26.14	75.95	150	149.84	176.00
Andaman Nicobar	5.10	5.10	6.56	11.73	29	29.22	29.91
Bihar	23	96	109	142	160	159.51	190.69
Delhi	5.47	14.28	40.27	126.89	193	192.97	211.12
Tripura	5.0	5.0	5.09	5.09	9	9.41	15.87
Kerala	0.03	13.05	74.20	138.59	257	257.00	539.60