Key facts

  • The latest Rajasthan Economic Review 2025-26 lists total installed power capacity at 31,556.43 MW up to December 2025, with solar at 9,898 MW and wind...
  • Rajasthan Integrated Clean Energy Policy, 2024 targets 1,25,000 MW renewable power projects up to 2029-30: 90,000 MW solar, 25,000 MW wind and hybrid,...
  • Bhadla Solar Park at Bhadla, Jodhpur has 2,245 MW commissioned capacity across four phases: 65 MW, 680 MW, 1,000 MW and 500 MW.
  • SECI bidding for Bhadla Phase-III discovered a Rs 2.44 per unit tariff in May 2017;
  • Rajasthan’s EHV transmission network reached 45,933.315 circuit km, 678 EHV substations and 1,09,071 MVA capacity up to December 2025, so grid evacuat...

Key Points at a Glance

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    Graduation-level CET keeps this topic in scope under Rajasthan Geography: “Energy resources - Renewable and Non-renewable”; read it as resource geography plus the basic electricity chain.

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    Rajasthan has a mixed energy base: lignite, petroleum and gas in western Rajasthan, thermal stations, hydel links in Chambal-Mahi systems, nuclear power at Rawatbhata, and a major solar-wind renewable base.

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    The latest Rajasthan Economic Review 2025-26 lists total installed power capacity at 31,556.43 MW up to December 2025, with solar at 9,898 MW and wind at 4,416.12 MW in the main installed-capacity frame.

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    Rajasthan Integrated Clean Energy Policy, 2024 targets 1,25,000 MW renewable power projects up to 2029-30: 90,000 MW solar, 25,000 MW wind and hybrid, and 10,000 MW hydro, pumped storage and battery storage.

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    Bhadla Solar Park at Bhadla, Jodhpur has 2,245 MW commissioned capacity across four phases: 65 MW, 680 MW, 1,000 MW and 500 MW.

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    SECI bidding for Bhadla Phase-III discovered a Rs 2.44 per unit tariff in May 2017; use it as a tariff-history marker, not as a current retail electricity price.

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    Rajasthan’s EHV transmission network reached 45,933.315 circuit km, 678 EHV substations and 1,09,071 MVA capacity up to December 2025, so grid evacuation is central to desert renewable energy.

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    Do not mix institutions: RVUNL generates, RVPNL transmits, Jaipur/Ajmer/Jodhpur discoms distribute, RERC regulates, and RRECL/RREC is the renewable-energy nodal agency.

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Syllabus scope and energy-resource base

The current Graduation Level CET syllabus places this topic inside Rajasthan Geography as “Energy resources - Renewable and Non-renewable.” That wording is important. It means the exam is not asking for engineering design of power plants; it is asking how Rajasthan’s physical geography, minerals, climate, institutions and transmission network shape the State’s energy resources. A good answer should therefore connect source, region, project, institution and use.

Rajasthan’s resource base is mixed. Conventional resources include lignite, petroleum and gas, coal-linked thermal generation, hydel links and nuclear energy. Renewable resources include solar, wind, biomass, waste-to-energy, small hydro and hybrid solar-wind projects. Storage has become part of the same discussion because a solar-rich State needs battery storage, pumped storage and flexible transmission to supply power when sunlight or wind output changes.

The comparative advantage is clear: Rajasthan has intense solar radiation, many sunny days, large desert and semi-arid land parcels, and western districts suited to solar and wind projects. The State also has conventional anchors such as lignite areas, petroleum in the Barmer basin, thermal stations and Rawatbhata nuclear power. CET questions often test this full mix rather than only one famous solar park.

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