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)*; (𝐴)	Solar RPO (%); (𝐵)	Solar energy requirement (MU); for RPO compliance; (𝐴×𝐵)	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].