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Solar energy in Rajasthan

The state's solar potential, its solar parks with their developers and districts, and the rooftop and farm schemes.

⏱ 3 min read✓ Facts checked 21 October 2026

Contents

At a glance

  1. Bhadla's 2017 auction set a record-low tariff of Rs 2.44 a unit.
  2. Phase I of Bhadla was developed by RRECL on its own; Phases II to IV came under the central Solar Parks Scheme.
  3. PM-KUSUM Component A: RRECL, the state nodal agency, first implemented it; the three discoms took over on 23 July 2024.

Facts

Solar potential142 GW, estimated by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Sunshine6 to 7 kWh per sq. m a day and over 325 sunny days a year
Solar parks sanctioned11 parks, 10,726 MW, under the Ministry's Solar Parks Scheme (February 2026)
Rooftop (PM Surya Ghar)2,72,818 installations for 2,81,881 households; Rs 1,815.39 crore subsidy released (27 July 2026)

Solar parks

ParkWhereDeveloperCapacity
BhadlaBhadla village, Bap tehsil (then Jodhpur district, now Phalodi)Phase I and II: Rajasthan Solar Park Development Company (RSDCL), a subsidiary of RRECL; Phase III: Saurya Urja Company of Rajasthan (SURAJ), a joint venture of the state and IL&FS; Phase IV: Adani Renewable Energy Park Rajasthan, a joint venture with the state2,245 MW in four phases (65 + 680 + 1,000 + 500 MW), on about 5,700 hectares
NokhNokh village, Pokaran tehsil, Jaisalmer districtRSDCL925 MW commissioned
Phalodi–PokaranEssel Saurya Urja Company of Rajasthan, a joint venture of the state and Essel Infra750 MW park, 450 MW commissioned
Fatehgarh Phase-IBJaisalmer districtAdani Renewable Energy Park Rajasthan1,500 MW park, 1,496 MW commissioned
PugalPugal and Chhatargarh tehsils, Bikaner districtRSDCL, in three phases2,450 MW in three parks, with battery storage of 1,600 MW / 6,400 MWh

Schemes

  • PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana: launched 13 February 2024 to put rooftop solar on one crore houses, with up to 300 units of free electricity a month; Rajasthan's target is 5 lakh houses. Central aid: 60% of the cost for the first 2 kW and 40% of the extra cost from 2 to 3 kW, capped at 3 kW (Rs 78,000 for 3 kW or more at the benchmark prices of February 2024); application, approval and subsidy run fully online on the national portal; collateral-free bank loans at repo rate plus 0.5%, 5.75% a year in July 2026. Most capacity up to December 2025: Jaipur, then Sri Ganganagar, Jodhpur, Sikar and Hanumangarh.
  • PM-KUSUM Component A: grid-connected plants of 0.5 to 2 MW within 5 km of a substation; 5,250 MW sanctioned for Rajasthan (153 + 397 + 1,000 + 3,700 MW). Installed up to December 2025: Phase I 468.75 MW (364 plants), Phase II 11 MW (6 plants), Phase III 2 MW (1 plant). The scheme runs until 31 March 2027.
  • PM-KUSUM Component C (feeder-level solarisation): 838 plants of 2,162 MW commissioned up to December 2025.
  • Government buildings: 5.3 MW commissioned under RESCO mode; under the Hybrid Annuity Model 37 MW installed, of which 15.1 MW is commissioned.

Remember: often mixed up

  • Bhadla's districtJodhpur in older books and keys · Phalodi since the August 2023 reorganisation.
  • Largest parkPIB's July 2026 backgrounder calls Bhadla one of the world's largest solar power complexes · the Economic Review 2025-26 calls it the largest solar park in the world.

Test yourself: asked in exams

CET Senior Secondary Level 2024 · Q126

BHADLA SOLAR PARK is located in:

  1. (1)Jaipur
  2. (2)Jodhpur
  3. (3)Udaipur
  4. (4)Bikaner
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✓ (2) Jodhpur

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RAS Prelims 2023 · Q54

In Rajasthan, which agency is entrusted with the responsibility of implementation of PM-KUSUM Yojana (component A) i.e. installation of small solar power plants of 0.5 MW to 2 MW capacity ?

  1. (1)Bureau of Energy Efficiency
  2. (2)Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Limited
  3. (3)Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited
  4. (4)Rajasthan Vidyut Prasaran Nigam
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✓ (2) Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Limited

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RAS Prelims 2024 · Q56

Which of the following statements are correct about PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana ? (i) To install Solar plants on one crore houses to provide upto 300 unit free electricity every month. (ii) Provision of 30 percent subsidy for setting up rooftop solar plants. (iii) 100 percent online system for registration, application, approval & grant. (iv) Provision of loan at bank interest 4 percent to each applicant.

  1. (1)(i) & (iv)
  2. (2)(i), (ii) & (iii)
  3. (3)(i) & (iii)
  4. (4)(i), (iii) & (iv)
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✓ (3) (i) & (iii)

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