• Land should be arranged by the developer for land-based solar energy projects and projects on consumer side of the meter.
• There will be no lease charge for land allotted for setting up of canal-top/banks solar PV plants. Water bodies should be allotted without any land cost.
• Government would develop a land bank database to identify potential sites for development of solar parks.
• Land allocation for small hydro power projects is the responsibility of the Engineer-in-Chief.
• For wind power and biomass power projects, Government of Orissa would allot land to project developers.
• For MSW to energy projects, urban local bodies would allot land to project developers.
• Sites identified by nodal agency will only be allowed for development of small hydro projects.

• Two types will be developed under this scheme:

1) Where GEDCOL will provide land to the project developer for 30 years on lease/rent basis and the solar project developer will pay facilitation charges for allotment of capacity in the solar park. The minimum size of such a solar plant would be 10 MW.

2) Private project developer will identify land and develop the park.

The fund must be created within 6 months of the notification of the policy and utilized for the creation and development of infrastructure for power evacuation.

Projects selected can sell power to any entity within or outside the state. However, the project developer will have to participate in the bid or negotiate with the purchaser for sale of energy.

Urban local bodies will be responsible for supplying MSW free of cost. In case the developer is also involved in collecting MSW, the cost will be accounted for separately and electricity consumers will not be burdened with such cost.

https://gedcol.com/Home/Notification

https://admin.gedcol.com/Notification/Renewable%20Energy%20Policy-2016.pdf