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Telangana is set to add about 1000 mw of solar photo-voltaic capacity within the next 6-8 months which will take its total solar PV installed capacity to over 4,500 mw.
The solar PV distributed energy policy is seen as a unique initiative of the State as opposed to the solar park scheme where large solar parks are set up.
The newly carved out State has seen rapid deployment of distributed solar PV projects to be amongst the top States in the country with an installed capacity of 3500 mw. Karnataka is also at about the same capacity, N Janaiah, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Telangana State Renewable Energy Development Corporation Limited, said.
Speaking on the sidelines of a meet to announce a Renewable Energy conference, Janaiah told Business Line “the distributed model adopted by the Telangana State is being keenly watched by other States for the advantages it brings to energy management and power generated from renewable sources.”
Several states including Karnataka and Maharashtra are looking to adopt this system as it can use lower capacity transmission lines. They can be used with 33 kv lines as opposed to 132 kv systems, he said.
The State is blessed with more than 300 days of sunny days enabling power generation through solar units. In addition to the grid connected solar PV installations, the State has been encouraging setting up of rooftop solar systems and solar powered agricultural connections.
Mentioning about the new solar powered agri connections, Janaiah said “while the farmers will use power from the system when they need for about 100 days and in the rest of the 250 plus days, they will be able to generate revenues by selling the power through the grid.”
The State has about 25 lakh agricultural pump sets an even if 10 per cent of these pump sets get powered up by the solar PV modules, it will make a huge difference, he said.
The rooftop systems have also grown from about 2 mw four years ago to about 60 mw. In addition to solar, the State has 140 mw of wind farms in operation, 16 mw of biomass, 137 mw of co-generation, 33 mw of municipal solid waste units and 40 mw of small hydro projects.
“The near term goal is to achieve 5000 mw (5 giga watt) of solar PV capacity,” he said.
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