Grid connected solar power projects likely to be commissioned during financial year 2015-16 would be 65 MW under the State policy, the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) informed in a document.

The MNRE projects commissioned during the projects in Chhattisgarh stood at 4 MW as on January 31, 2016. The private initiative roof-top solar project stood at a paltry 0.5 MW.

Chhattisgarh has achieved  total commissioned grid connected solar power capacity of 73.18 MW as on January 14, 2016, the Central Government has informed.

Compared to this, neighbouring Madhya Pradesh achieved the grid connected solar power capacity of 678.58 MW during the same period.

Chhattisgarh achieved total commissioned capacity of 10.28 MW as on June 11, 2015 for Grid Connected Solar Power Projects under various schemes, stated a document of Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).

During the period, the MNRE projects achieved capacity of 4 MW, the projects under Chhattisgarh State Policy ( 1.68 MW) and REC scheme projects ( 4.6 MW) in Chhattisgarh, it stated.

Neighbouring Madhya Pradesh achieved total commissioned capacity of 563.58 MW during the period while Odisha achieved 31.92 MW and Andhra Pradesh achieved 247.46 MW.

Notably, Chhattisgarh achieved a total commissioned capacity of 7.1000 MW from Grid Connected Solar PV power projects as on March 31, 2014, according to the 2013-14 annual report of Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

The total commissioned capacity of such Solar PV power projects was 4.000 MW as on March 31, 2013 in Chhattisgarh, it stated.

The grid connected power projects were commissioned under Phase-I of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) . A total of 11 projects of 50.5 MW capacity under the ‘migration scheme’ and 26 projects of 140 MW capacity under Batch-I were commissioned during the year across the country.

The JNNSM is a key initiative of the Union Government and the State Governments to promote ecologically sustainable growth while addressing India’s energy security challenges. The Mission is one of the several initiatives that were part of National Action Plan on Climate Change, it stated.

The JNNSM was launched on January 11, 2010 and the Mission targets included- deployment of 20,000 MW of grid connected solar power by 2022, 2000 MW of off-grid solar applications including 20 million solar lights by 2022, 20 million square metre of solar thermal collector area besides creating  favourable conditions for developing solar manufacturing capability in the country and to support R&D and capacity building activities to achieve grid parity by 2022. The Mission is to be completed in three phases, the report stated.