The State Government has targeted to produce 368.25 million units (MU) of solar power during the current year, 905.31 MU in 2017-18, 1416.195 MU in 2018-19 and 1,795.97MU in 2019-20.
Energy Minister Pranab Prakash Das informed this in the Assembly in response to a question of BJD MlA Ranendra Pratap Swain.
The Minister said the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has set a target for Odisha to set up a total o f 2191-MW solar power projects by 2021-22. As of now, a 20-MW solar power project at Manmunda in Boudh district has stared generating 15 MW power from March. The Government has a proposal to produce four mega watt solar power by setting up roof top solar projects in the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar by 2017. For this, a letter of award has been given to the Azure Power India Pvt. ltd, the Minister informed.