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<p>Solar parks are a vital piece in India’s solar dream and were designed to reduce bottlenecks and bring down large-scale project development costs by allocating land, and providing transmission infrastructure, two big challenges for solar project development in India.</p>
<p>The solar park capacity was initially set at 20 GW, which was later increased to <a href="https://mercomindia.com/india-solar-park-capacity-increase-20-gw-40-gw-approved/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">40 GW</a> to develop a minimum of 50 solar parks of 500 MW and above capacity each by the financial year 2019-20. Later, in July 2018, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) extended the timeline to develop solar parks and ultra-mega solar projects totaling 40 GW from 2019-20 to <a href="https://mercomindia.com/mnre-extends-implementation-timeline-40-gw-solar-parks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">2021-22</a>. Recently, the MNRE has <a href="https://mercomindia.com/mnre-details-ultra-mega-renewable-parks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">modified</a> its guidelines for the development of solar parks and ultra-mega solar power projects.</p>
<p>The top five operational solar parks in India, as of Q1 2020, had a capacity of 7 GW, which represented 22% of the total large-scale solar installations in the country.</p>
<p>Here is a quick look at the top five solar parks in the country:</p>
<p><strong>#1 Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan</strong></p>
<p>With attractive solar insolation, the state tops the list of solar park installations in the country. Bhadla Solar Park, with a capacity of <a href="https://mercomindia.com/world-largest-solar-park-bhadla/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">2,245 MW</a>, is the world’s largest solar park.</p>
<p>Spread across more than 14,000 acres, the park is located at Bhadla village in the Jodhpur district in Rajasthan. The solar park contributes to almost 50% of the state’s solar installations, according to Mercom’s <a href="https://mercomindia.com/product/q1-2020-india-solar-market-update/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Q1 2020 India Solar Market Update</a>.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Bhadla-Solar-Park.png"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19964" src="https://mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Bhadla-Solar-Park.png" alt="Bhadla Solar Park" width="1867" height="1381" srcset="https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Bhadla-Solar-Park.png 1867w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Bhadla-Solar-Park-300x222.png 300w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Bhadla-Solar-Park-1024x757.png 1024w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Bhadla-Solar-Park-768x568.png 768w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Bhadla-Solar-Park-1536x1136.png 1536w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Bhadla-Solar-Park-650x481.png 650w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Bhadla-Solar-Park-624x462.png 624w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Bhadla-Solar-Park-600x444.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 1867px) 100vw, 1867px" /></a></strong></p>
<p><strong>#2 Pavagada Solar Park, Karnataka</strong></p>
<p>The southern state of Karnataka is home to the Pavagada Solar Park, which is the second-largest in the country with <a href="https://mercomindia.com/karnatakas-pavagada-solar-operational/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">2,050 MW</a> of projects in operation. Located in the Tumakuru district, the entire solar project capacity in the park was operational by December 2019 and was developed by the <a href="http://www.kspdcl.in/Index_eng.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Karnataka Solar Park Development Corporation Limited</a>.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Pavagada-Solar-Park.png"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19961" src="https://mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Pavagada-Solar-Park.png" alt="Pavagada Solar Park" width="1829" height="1326" srcset="https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Pavagada-Solar-Park.png 1829w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Pavagada-Solar-Park-300x217.png 300w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Pavagada-Solar-Park-1024x742.png 1024w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Pavagada-Solar-Park-768x557.png 768w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Pavagada-Solar-Park-1536x1114.png 1536w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Pavagada-Solar-Park-650x471.png 650w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Pavagada-Solar-Park-624x452.png 624w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Pavagada-Solar-Park-600x435.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 1829px) 100vw, 1829px" /></a></strong></p>
<p><strong>#3 Kurnool Solar Park, Andhra Pradesh</strong></p>
<p>The 1 GW Kurnool Solar Park in Andhra Pradesh is the third-largest and was <a href="https://mercomindia.com/breaking-entire-1-gw-kurnool-solar-park-grid-synchronized-tomorrow/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">commissioned</a> in July 2017. The 1 GW capacity was auctioned by NTPC and winners included, Greenko, SBG Cleantech, Azure Power, and Adani.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kurnool-Solar-Park.png"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19962" src="https://mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kurnool-Solar-Park.png" alt="Kurnool Solar Park" width="620" height="434" srcset="https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kurnool-Solar-Park.png 620w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kurnool-Solar-Park-300x210.png 300w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kurnool-Solar-Park-600x420.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px" /></a></strong></p>
<p><strong>#4 REWA Solar Park, Madhya Pradesh</strong></p>
<p>Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Park, with a capacity of 750 MW, was fully operational by July 2019. The REWA park, with its innovative power purchase agreements, demonstrated an excellent example of a <a href="https://mercomindia.com/new-record-low-solar-tariff-rs-3-30kwh-logged-rewa-solar-park-auction-madhya-pradesh-india/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">win-win</a> situation by removing developer risks by offering payment guarantees and deemed generation benefits in the park.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/REWA-Solar-Park.png"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19960" src="https://mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/REWA-Solar-Park.png" alt="REWA Solar Park" width="622" height="424" srcset="https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/REWA-Solar-Park.png 622w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/REWA-Solar-Park-300x205.png 300w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/REWA-Solar-Park-600x409.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px" /></a></strong></p>
<p><strong>#5 Kamuthi Solar Park, Tamil Nadu</strong></p>
<p>With a capacity of <a href="https://mercomindia.com/adani-commissions-648-mw-solar-project-in-tamil-nadu-after-evacuation-delays/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">648 MW</a>, Kamuthi Solar Park was operational in 2016. The park project was executed by Adani, and it was commissioned in two parts – 360 MW was commissioned in March 2016, and the other 288 MW was connected in September 2016.</p>
<p><a href="https://mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kamuthi-Solar-Park.png"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19963" src="https://mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kamuthi-Solar-Park.png" alt="Kamuthi Solar Park" width="1790" height="1373" srcset="https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kamuthi-Solar-Park.png 1790w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kamuthi-Solar-Park-300x230.png 300w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kamuthi-Solar-Park-1024x785.png 1024w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kamuthi-Solar-Park-768x589.png 768w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kamuthi-Solar-Park-1536x1178.png 1536w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kamuthi-Solar-Park-650x499.png 650w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kamuthi-Solar-Park-624x479.png 624w, https://cms.mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kamuthi-Solar-Park-600x460.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 1790px) 100vw, 1790px" /></a></p>
<p>For more details on individual projects, subscribe to Mercom’s most comprehensive and proprietary <a href="https://mercomindia.com/product/india-solar-project-tracker/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">India Solar Project Tracker</a>.</p>
<div class="saboxplugin-wrap" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemscope itemprop="author"><div class="saboxplugin-tab"><div class="saboxplugin-gravatar"></div><div class="saboxplugin-authorname"><a href="https://cms.mercomindia.com/author/anjana/" class="vcard author" rel="author"><span class="fn">Anjana Parikh</span></a></div><div class="saboxplugin-desc"><div itemprop="description"><p><img class="alignleft" src="https://mercomindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Anjana2.png" width="112" height="121" />Anjana is a news editor at Mercom India. Before joining Mercom, she held roles of senior editor, district correspondent, and sub-editor for The Times of India, Biospectrum and The Sunday Guardian. Before that, she worked at the Deccan Herald and the Asianlite as chief sub-editor and news editor. She has also contributed to The Quint, Hindustan Times, The New Indian Express, Reader’s Digest (UK edition), IndiaSe (Singapore-based magazine) and Asiaville. Anjana holds a Master’s degree in Geography from North Bengal University, and a diploma in mass communication and journalism from Guru Ghasidas University, Bhopal.</p>
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