Lok Sabha Question No. 6371 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-05
Subject: Achievements of New & Renewable Energy Sector
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: SONA RAM CHOUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-6371

TO BE ANSWERED ON-05.04.2018

## ACHIEVEMENTS OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR

## 6371. COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY

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

- (a) the main objectives of the International Solar Energy Alliance (ISA);
- (b) the main features of the mechanism in place to ensure the achievement of the said objectives;
- (c) the details of the allocation of funds along with the utilization thereof in the new and renewable energy sector during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (d) whether the achievements made thereunder are commensurate with the targets fixed in this regard and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  the  extent  to  which  the  said  projects  have  brought  about  environmental  balance  and  enhanced power generation in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  and  (  b)  According  to  the  Framework  Agreement  of  the  International  Solar  Alliance(ISA),  the objective of ISA is to collectively address key common challenges to the scaling up of solar energy in line with the needs of the member States.  The guiding principles defined in the Agreement include that  the  member  States  take  coordinated  actions  through  programmes  and  activities  launched  on  a voluntary  basis,  aimed  at  better  harmonizing  and  aggregating  demand  for,  inter  alia,  solar  finance, solar technologies, innovation, research and development, and capacity building.

(c)  to  (e)  The  year-wise  details  of  the  funds  allocated  to  and  utilized  by  the  Ministry  of  New  & Renewable Energy (MNRE) from 2015-16 onwards are as under:

| Year    | Allocation (Revised Estimate in Rs crore)   | Utilization ( in Rs crore)   |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 2015-16 | 4,251.90                                    | 4,244.75                     |
| 2016-17 | 3,924.14                                    | 3,914.83                     |
| 2017-18 | 4,080.00                                    | 3,768.73                     |
| 2018-19 | 5,146.63                                    | 0.00                         |

For the period from start of 2015-16 up to 28 February 2018, a cumulative capacity of 26563.9 MW of grid connected renewable power projects (excluding hydro power projects above 25 MW capacity) has been installed in the country.

The cumulative renewable energy installed capacity of 65.55 GW (upto February 2018) has led to enhanced power generation in the country. As per Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the percentage share of electricity generated from renewable energy projects (excluding hydro power projects above 25 MW capacity)  in the overall electricity generation in the country for the years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 (up to 31 January 2018) were 5.6 per cent , 6. 6 per cent and 8.0 per cent respectively.

As per CEA's Carbon di-oxide Baseline Database 2016, for the Indian Power Sector, each megawatt hour  of  electricity  produced  from  renewable  energy  sources  abates  0.96  tonnes  of  carbon  di-oxide emission.

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