Lok Sabha Question No. 2283 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-08
Subject: International Solar Alliance
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: JAYSHREEBEN  PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2283

TO BE ANSWERED ON-08.03.2018

## INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE

## 2283. SHRIMATI JAYSHREEBEN PATEL

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:-

- (a) the salient features of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) which was formed during Paris Conference 2015 and the way India presented her views in this conference;
- (b) the main features of Solar Policy of the Government;
- (c) the details of the places where big solar projects have been set up along with their cost and their production capacity, State-wise; and
- (d) the nature of policy formulated in the country under Canal Solar Project along with the extent of progress made thereunder till date and the funds allocated for the said project?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (I/C) (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) The International Solar Alliance (ISA)  was jointly launched on 30 November 2015 by Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, and then President of France, H.E. François Hollande, on the side-lines of the 21st Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change  at Paris, France. The ISA is a treaty-based alliance of 121 prospective solar-rich Member  Nations  situated  fully  or  partially  between  the  Tropics,  and  aims  at  accelerating development and deployment of solar energy globally.
- (b)  &  (c)  Salient  features  of  the  solar  policy  include:  a)  provision  of  Renewable  Purchase Obligation (RPO) for solar energy under the National Tariff Policy; b) notification of the long term growth trajectory of RPO for solar and non-solar energy for next 3 years from 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19; c) development of Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects; d) support for developing Solar PV Power Plants on Canal Banks/ Canal Tops;  e) schemes for grid connected Solar PV  Power  Projects by Defense Establishments, Central Public Sector Undertakings  (CPSUs)  and  Solar  Energy  Corporation  of  India    (SECI)    with  viability  Gap Funding;  f)  financial  incentive  for  residential  and  institutional  roof-top  Solar  PV  systems;  g) creation  of  Payment  Security  Mechanism;  h)  setting  up  of  Green  Energy  Corridors  for evacuation  of  renewable  power;    i)  waiver  of  wheeling  charges  on  Inter-State  Transmission Charges and losses; and j) subsidy  for setting up off-grid and decentralized solar systems.

State-wise status of grid connected solar power projects as on 31 January 2018 is enclosed at Annexure-I.

- (d) Under National Solar Mission, a Pilot-cum-Demonstration Project for development of Gridconnected Solar PV Power Plants on Canal-banks and Canal-tops is under implementation.  The Government of  India  has  released  Rs.  69.0  crore  to  the  Solar  Energy  Corporation  of  India,  a central  public  sector  undertaking  under  the  administrative  control  of  the  Ministry  of  New  and Renewable Energy, for onward disbursal to the Project Implementing Agencies of the respective States.

State wise status of canal solar projects, as on 31 January 2018, is enclosed at Annexure II.

## Annexure-I referred to in reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2283 for reply on 08.03.2018

State-wise   grid connected solar power capacity installed in the country as on 31.01.2018

| Sl. No.   | State             |   Solar Power Potential (GWp) |   Total Cumulative Solar capacity installed (In MW) |
|-----------|-------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh    |                         38.44 |                                             2170.32 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh |                          8.65 |                                                4.39 |
| 3.        | Assam             |                         13.76 |                                               12.45 |
| 4.        | Bihar             |                         11.2  |                                              142.45 |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh      |                         18.27 |                                              185.03 |
| 6.        | Delhi             |                          2.05 |                                               69.52 |
| 7.        | Goa               |                          0.88 |                                                0.91 |
| 8.        | Gujarat           |                         35.77 |                                             1585.85 |
| 9.        | Haryana           |                          4.56 |                                              215.85 |
| 10.       | Himachal Pradesh  |                         33.84 |                                                2.23 |
| 11.       | Jammu &Kashmir    |                        111.05 |                                                2.36 |
| 12.       | Jharkhand         |                         18.18 |                                               25.6  |
| 13.       | Karnataka         |                         24.7  |                                             2788.62 |
| 14.       | Kerala            |                          6.11 |                                              107.93 |
| 15.       | Madhya Pradesh    |                         61.66 |                                             1237.41 |
| 16.       | Maharashtra       |                         64.32 |                                              772.33 |
| 17.       | Manipur           |                         10.63 |                                                1.33 |
| 18.       | Meghalaya         |                          5.86 |                                                0.06 |
| 19.       | Mizoram           |                          9.09 |                                                0.2  |
| 20.       | Nagaland          |                          7.29 |                                                0.5  |
| 21.       | Odisha            |                         25.78 |                                               79.57 |
| 22.       | Punjab            |                          2.81 |                                              913.16 |
| 23.       | Rajasthan         |                        142.31 |                                             2311.81 |
| 24.       | Sikkim            |                          4.94 |                                                0.01 |
| 25.       | Tamil Nadu        |                         17.67 |                                             1822.57 |
| 26.       | Telangana         |                         20.41 |                                             3048.41 |
| 27.       | Tripura           |                          2.08 |                                                5.09 |
| 28.       | Uttar Pradesh     |                         22.83 |                                              551.15 |
| 29.       | Uttarakhand       |                         16.8  |                                              294.08 |
| 30.       | West Bengal       |                          6.26 |                                               48.52 |
| 31.       | UTs               |                          0.79 |                                               55.26 |
|           | Total             |                        748.98 |                                            18455    |

## Annexure-II referred to in reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2283 for reply on 08.03.2018

## State-wise Canal Top & Canal Bank Solar PV projects commissioned as on 31.01.2018

| Sl. No.             | State               | Implementing Agency                                                          | Capacity (MW)       |
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
| Canal Top Projects  | Canal Top Projects  | Canal Top Projects                                                           | Canal Top Projects  |
| 1                   | Andhra Pradesh      | New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCAP) | 1                   |
| 2                   | Gujarat             | Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL)                                 | 10                  |
| 3                   | Kerala              | Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB)                                        | 2                   |
| 4                   | Punjab              | Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA)                                      | 2.5                 |
| 5                   | Punjab              | Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA)                                      | 2.5                 |
| 6                   | Uttarakhand         | Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (UJVN)                                  | 1                   |
|                     |                     | TOTAL                                                                        | 19MW                |
| Canal Bank Projects | Canal Bank Projects | Canal Bank Projects                                                          | Canal Bank Projects |
| 1                   | Andhra Pradesh      | Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited (APGENCO)                | 5                   |
| 2                   | Gujarat             | Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL)                                 | 5                   |
| 3                   | Gujarat             | Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL)                                 | 10                  |
| 4                   | Kerala              | Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB)                                        | 1                   |
| 5                   | Uttarakahnd         | Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (UJVN)                                  | 4.5                 |
| 6                   | Uttarakahnd         | Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (UJVN)                                  | 7.5                 |
| 7                   | Uttarakahnd         | Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (UJVN)                                  | 7                   |
| 8                   | West Bengal         | West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL)         | 10                  |
|                     |                     | TOTAL                                                                        | 50MW                |