Under the KUSUM scheme, the state government will help farmers in setting up an aggregate 75 MW capacity of grid-connected solar plants\u2014in capacities of up to 2 MW\u2014on their barren or cultivable land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The state of Uttar Pradesh has so far distributed 25,511 solar pumps for irrigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under the Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthan Mahaabhiyan (KUSUM)\u00a0rural solar scheme, farmers and agricultural collectives can set up\u00a0decentralized, ground-mounted, grid-connected solar power plants of up to 2 MW capacity on barren or cultivable land. The power generated will be purchased by the DISCOMs at feed-in tariffs determined by the respective State Electricity Regulatory Commission, thus opening a stable and continuous source of income to the rural landowners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c[Under the scheme] the state government of Uttar Pradesh will help in setting up such solar plants with a total capacity of 75 MW in the current year. The government will buy this electricity at a reasonable rate, thus directly benefiting the farmers,\u201d said UP power minister Shrikant Sharma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Further, the state government will support the solarization of existing private tubewells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSubsidy will be provided to farmers for conversion of existing private tubewells into grid-connected solar pumpsets, eliminating the farmer\u2019s dependence on electricity for irrigation, said the minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFarmers usually irrigate for 150-185 days. Other days the panel-generated power will go to the grid\u201d\u2014he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The state, which has set a target of 10,700 MW of solar power generation by the year 2022, has so far distributed 25,511 solar pumps for irrigation. Further, a total of 2727 solar-powered RO plants for clean water in schools, and 2,70,000 solar streetlights have been installed in the state, according to the minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
KUSUM Scheme<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Through the KUSUM scheme, the\u00a0Indian government aims to add a renewable capacity of 25.75 GW by 2022\u00a0by promoting the installation of 10 GW worth of\u00a0decentralized, ground-mounted, grid-connected renewable power plants as well as the deployment of 17.5 lakh standalone solar-powered agriculture pumps (with a capacity of up to 7.5 hp each). The plan also includes the solarization of 10 lakh grid-connected pumps of the same size. A PV capacity of up to twice the pump capacity in kilowatts is allowed under the scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n source: PV-magazine Under the KUSUM scheme, the state government will help farmers in setting up an aggregate 75 MW capacity of grid-connected solar plants\u2014in capacities of up to 2 MW\u2014on their barren or cultivable land. The state of Uttar Pradesh has so far distributed 25,511 solar pumps for irrigation. Under the Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthan Mahaabhiyan 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