<p>As part of its plans to increase solar energy production, the Centre is setting up a solar energy park in Karnataka which will be operational by 2019. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The Centre has plans to set up five energy parks in the country with capacity ranging between 500-100 mw. Of the 25 parks planned, the first five parks will be coming up in drier areas of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Ladakh region in Jammu and Kashmir.<br /><br /> In the first phase, five solar energy parks will be coming up in 2015-16 which includes one in Karnataka. Eight more will be developed in the year 2016-17. Seven parks will be added in 2017-18. <br /><br />Planning Commission Joint Advisor (Energy) Rajnath Ram said that the ministry of non conventional energy has a target to generate 20 giga watt of solar energy (20,000 mw) by year 2017. <br /><br />Briefing reporters, on the sidelines of the workshop ‘Energy Secure Outlook to India: IESS 2047,’ he said, our capacity is 1,800 mw. <br /></p>
<p>As part of its plans to increase solar energy production, the Centre is setting up a solar energy park in Karnataka which will be operational by 2019. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The Centre has plans to set up five energy parks in the country with capacity ranging between 500-100 mw. Of the 25 parks planned, the first five parks will be coming up in drier areas of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Ladakh region in Jammu and Kashmir.<br /><br /> In the first phase, five solar energy parks will be coming up in 2015-16 which includes one in Karnataka. Eight more will be developed in the year 2016-17. Seven parks will be added in 2017-18. <br /><br />Planning Commission Joint Advisor (Energy) Rajnath Ram said that the ministry of non conventional energy has a target to generate 20 giga watt of solar energy (20,000 mw) by year 2017. <br /><br />Briefing reporters, on the sidelines of the workshop ‘Energy Secure Outlook to India: IESS 2047,’ he said, our capacity is 1,800 mw. <br /></p>