Development of Solar Electricity Supply System in India: An Overview
Table 4
Solar power capacity requirement by 2022 [31] and [15]#.
Year
Energy demand (MU)* ()
Solar RPO (%) ()
Solar energy requirement (MU) for RPO compliance ()
Solar capacity requirement for RPO compliance (MW)
Solar capacity requirement for solar dominant scenario (MW)#
2011-2012
953,919
0.25
2,385
1,433
514
2012-2013
1,022,287
0.25
2,556
1,536
2414
2013-2014
1,095,555
0.50
5,478
3,291
5414
2014-2015
1,174,074
0.75
8,806
5,291
8414
2015-2016
1,258,221
1.00
12,582
7,560
12414
2016-2017
1,348,399
1.25
16,855
10,127
17490
2017-2018
1,443,326
1.75
25,258
15,176
22490
2018-2019
1,544,936
2.25
34,761
20,885
28490
2019-2020
1,653,700
2.50
41,343
24,839
35490
2020-2021
1,770,120
2.75
48,678
29,247
—
2021-2022
1,894,736
3.00
56,842
34,152
—
Note: *based on the National Electricity Plan for Generation January 2012.
#Source: WISE, Pune [15].
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