Lok Sabha Question No. 19 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-02
Subject: Generation of Wind Power
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 19 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2017 GENERATION OF WIND POWER

## 19. SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA

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

- (a) the details of the schemes to encourage wind power generation in the country;

(b) the details of the total generation of wind energy in the country, vis-a-vis total power generated from other sources of renewable energy during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;

(c) the ratio of contribution made by wind energy to the total energy consumption in the country during the above period; and

(d) the measures taken by the Government to augment wind power in the country including technological advancements made in this direction?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  POWER,  COAL,  NEW  &  RENEWABLE  ENERGY  AND MINES (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) : The Government is promoting wind power projects through private sector investment by providing fiscal and financial incentives such as Accelerated Depreciation (AD) benefit; concessional  custom  duty,  special  additional  duty  and  excise  duty  exemption  on  certain components of wind electric generators; 10 years tax holiday on income generated from wind power projects; etc. In addition, Generation Based Incentive (GBI) Scheme is available for the projects not availing AD benefit, under which Rs.0.50/unit is being provided to eligible wind power generators, with a ceiling of Rs. 1.00 crore per MW.

(b): Central  Electricity  Authority  (CEA)  has  started  compiling  the  renewable  energy generation data from 2014-15 onwards.

The  State/UT-wise  quantum  of  energy  produced  from  wind  energy  vis-a-vis  total  power generated from other sources of renewable energy during 2014-15, 2015-16 and current year (till 30.11.2016) is given at Annexure-I.

(c): During  2014-15,  2015-16  and  current year (till  30.11.2016)  the  wind  energy contribution  was  3.04%, 2.81% and 4.43% of the total electricity  generated in the country respectively.

(d): To augment wind power in the country, in addition to the providing fiscal and financial incentives as stated in part (a) above, following steps have been taken:

-  Technical support including wind resource assessment and identification of potential sites is provided by the National Institute of Wind Energy, Chennai.
-  Most of the wind potential exists in 7-8 windy States. In order to facilitate inter-state sale of wind power, the inter-state transmission charges and losses have been waived off for the wind projects to be commissioned by March 2019.
-  For optimum utilisation of resources Repowering Policy has been issued in August 2016 that provides enabling framework for replacement of old and small capacity wind turbines with high capacity wind turbines.

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## Annexure-I

## Statement referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 19 for 02/02/2017 regarding 'Generation of Wind Power'

## Energy produced from wind energy vis-a-vis total power generated from other sources of renewable energy

(All figures in MU )

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                          | 2014-15   | 2014-15          | 2015-16   | 2015-16          | 2016-17 (Up to November 2016)   | 2016-17 (Up to November 2016)   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------|------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT                          | Wind      | Other RE Sources | Wind      | Other RE Sources | Wind                            | Other RE Sources                |
| 1         | Chandigarh                        | 0.00      | 2.23             | 0.00      | 3.40             | 0.00                            | 13.65                           |
| 2         | Delhi                             | 0.00      | 116.63           | 0.00      | 128.97           | 0.00                            | 95.15                           |
| 3         | Haryana                           | 0.00      | 470.69           | 0.00      | 1343.15          | 0.00                            | 363.45                          |
| 4         | HP                                | 0.00      | 1685.08          | 0.00      | 1921.77          | 0.00                            | 1805.89                         |
| 5         | J&K                               | 0.00      | 313.23           | 0.00      | 304.79           | 0.00                            | 299.61                          |
| 6         | Punjab                            | 0.00      | 1159.29          | 0.00      | 1474.20          | 0.00                            | 1316.86                         |
| 7         | Rajasthan                         | 4053.85   | 1542.72          | 4583.59   | 2016.65          | 4281.40                         | 1628.19                         |
| 8         | Uttar Pradesh                     | 0.00      | 3140.70          | 0.00      | 3201.49          | 0.00                            | 1096.49                         |
| 9         | Uttarakhand                       | 0.00      | 664.38           | 0.00      | 703.42           | 0.00                            | 696.45                          |
| 10        | NTPC (Dadri, Faridabad &Unchahar) | 0.00      | 22.90            | 0.00      | 42.41            | 0.00                            | 31.66                           |
| 11        | Oil India Ltd                     | 117.78    | 9.14             | 183.77    | 9.90             | 154.66                          | 15.33                           |
| 12        | Chhattisgarh                      | 0.00      | 1066.29          | 0.00      | 1202.42          | 0.00                            | 923.18                          |
| 13        | NTPC (Rajgarh)                    | 0.00      | 62.94            | 0.00      | 81.00            | 0.00                            | 53.14                           |
| 14        | Gujarat                           | 5660.09   | 1562.18          | 6446.58   | 1557.15          | 5612.13                         | 1127.45                         |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh                    | 592.25    | 835.26           | 1558.43   | 1351.99          | 2699.95                         | 1279.84                         |
| 16        | Maharashtra                       | 6804.80   | 3479.13          | 6121.34   | 4635.24          | 6402.81                         | 1906.83                         |
| 17        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli            | 0.00      | 0.03             | 0.00      | 0.50             | 0.00                            | 0.85                            |
| 18        | Daman &Diu                        | 0.00      | 0.15             | 0.00      | 4.25             | 0.00                            | 7.78                            |
| 19        | Andhra Pradesh                    | 1675.82   | 1035.24          | 2013.04   | 1093.57          | 2385.12                         | 1322.01                         |
| 20        | Telangana                         | 0.00      | 802.86           | 0.00      | 1027.90          | 146.89                          | 944.61                          |
| 21        | Karnataka                         | 4658.10   | 5036.80          | 4797.95   | 5263.08          | 4710.48                         | 2321.85                         |
| 22        | Kerala                            | 58.40     | 571.24           | 51.45     | 567.33           | 60.32                           | 406.15                          |
| 23        | NTPC (Ramagundam )                | 0.00      | 15.62            | 0.00      | 16.02            | 0.00                            | 195.33                          |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu                        | 10147.06  | 1755.33          | 7273.23   | 2058.24          | 10617.82                        | 2153.61                         |
| 25        | Lakshadweep                       | 0.00      | 46.09            | 0.00      | 1.02             | 0.00                            | 0.76                            |
| 26        | Andaman Nicobar                   | 0.00      | 0.47             | 0.00      | 18.72            | 0.00                            | 13.61                           |
| 27        | Bihar                             | 0.00      | 209.13           | 0.00      | 165.11           | 0.00                            | 112.89                          |
| 28        | Jharkhand                         | 0.00      | 8.32             | 0.00      | 19.77            | 0.00                            | 25.39                           |
| 29        | Odisha                            | 0.00      | 329.82           | 0.00      | 434.45           | 0.00                            | 386.3                           |
| 30        | Sikkim                            | 0.00      | 20.88            | 0.00      | 41.93            | 0.00                            | 29.53                           |
| 31        | West Bengal                       | 0.16      | 1553.47          | 0.00      | 1608.15          | 0.00                            | 1041.19                         |
| 32        | DVC                               | 0.00      | 146.86           | 0.00      | 118.26           | 0.00                            | 107.14                          |

| 33   | NTPC (Andman& Talcher)   |    0.00 |    18.79 |    0.00 |    18.91 |    0.00 |    13.12 |
|------|--------------------------|---------|----------|---------|----------|---------|----------|
| 34   | Arunachal Pradesh        |     0   |    51.94 |     0   |    18.44 |     0   |    13.44 |
| 35   | Assam                    |     0   |    64.52 |     0   |    90.94 |     0   |   151.22 |
| 36   | Manipur                  |     0   |     0    |     0   |     0    |     0   |     0    |
| 37   | Meghalaya                |     0   |    66.94 |     0   |    65.96 |     0   |    49.62 |
| 38   | Mizoram                  |     0   |    34.86 |     0   |    27.62 |     0   |    36.19 |
| 39   | Nagaland                 |     0   |    84.14 |     0   |    88.73 |     0   |    77.57 |
| 40   | Tripura                  |     0   |    29.37 |     0   |    18.47 |     0   |    29.33 |
| 41   | NEEPCO                   |     0   |     0.98 |     0   |     6.15 |     0   |     4.32 |
|      | Total                    | 33768.3 | 28016.6  | 33029.4 | 32751.5  | 37071.6 | 22097    |

Note 1) All figures are tentative

2) Data as received from SLDC of the respective states of from the electricity department