| Project Detail |
The Solar Park Development and Transmission Sector Project (the Project) will partially fund development of multiple solar parks, consisting of (a) inside-the-park common infrastructure such as transmission lines to connect individual projects to a common pooling point, land leveling, water provision, and fencing; and (b) transmission evacuation from the solar parks to the national grid. The proposed solar parks supported under this Project are Bhadla III (transmission) and Jaisalmer Phase I and II (transmission) in Rajasthan and Jalum (transmission and solar park development) and Sonbhadra/Allahabad/Mirzapur (solar park development) in Uttar Pradesh. The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), the Government of India (GOI) central level nodal agency for solar power development, will form joint ventures with the relevant state agencies to develop the infrastructure within the park, while Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL), Indias central transmission utility, will build transmission infrastructure to evacuate power from parks to the national grid. Private project developers will be able to obtain plots within a park for a fee and ongoing lease payments.
The Project is aligned with GOI targets to increase Indias energy security through use of solar energy and reduce Indias greenhouse gas emission intensity. The Projects outcome will be increased contribution of solar energy to Indias power generation mix. This will be achieved through the following outputs: (i) solar parks developed in Uttar Pradesh and (ii) solar parks in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh connected to the grid. |
