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© R.Isotti, A.Cambone - Homo Ambiens / WWF-Canon Two hundred ten (210) square kilometres of solar panels would generate enough electricity to meet Madhya Pradesh’s total current electricity generation. Because both population and per capita electricity consumption are expected to rise in the coming decades, 2,320 square kilometres of land dedicated to solar production would be required to meet 100 per cent of Madhya Pradesh’s total electricity needs in 2050. Concentrated into one location, this land would represent a square of about 48 kilometres on each side. The solar map shows land needed for 2010 generation (red square) as well as land use needed to meet electricity demand in 2050 (blue square). In other words, even based on very conservative estimates, less than one per cent (0.75 per cent) of Madhya Pradesh’s land would need to host solar PV generation in order to meet 100 per cent of the state’s projected electricity needs in 2050. This projection assumes that those living in Madhya Pradesh are consuming the global average amount of electricity, which is more than five times current per capita consumption. Madhya Pradesh’s population is predominantly rural, with only 25 per cent of the population estimated to live in “urban” areas. This is generally very encouraging for the development of distributed household-level solar installations. However, as can be seen on the basemap, almost the entire state has a population density greater than 100 people/km 2 which points to the complimentary value of community microgrids and larger-scale PV installations. The microgrids can aggregate demand where densities of households make this economic, and the largerscale PV installations can serve these aggregated loads along with irrigation and commercial needs. MADHYA PRADESH 23
Solar PV Atlas MADHYA PRADESH © Jean-Philippe Denruyter / Women assemble solar components at the Barefoot College in India. Local employment across the value chain is a benefit of solar PV development. 24
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