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Karnataka has abundant potential for development of solar energy. Under the Karnataka Renewable Energy Policy, it is envisaged that the State will have a target for achieving 126 MW of solar power up lo 2013-2014. This includes the power that the State is likely to get under the JNSSM. ln the meantime the KERC has issued regulations for procurement of 0.25o/o of total power consumed, from solar resources. Government of lndia has also recently taken a decision that O.25% of the total consumption should be from solar resources, which should go up to 3% by 2022. lt is therefore considered necessary to have a separate solar policy, which will extend from 2011-12 to 2015-16.


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