Lok Sabha Question No. 230 (STARRED), answered on 2018-08-02
Subject: Potential of Wind/Solar Energy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: M. UDHAYAKUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO -230 TO BE ANSWERED ON -02.08.2018

## POTENTIAL OF WIND/SOLAR ENERGY

## *230. ADV. M. UDHAYAKUMAR

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:(a) whether it is a fact that there are a large areas in the country where there is high potential for tapping both wind and solar energies and if so, the details thereof; (b) whether it is also a fact that the share of renewable energy capacity in the country at 69 GW, is more than 20 per cent of the total installed energy generation capacity in the country and if so, the details thereof; and (c) whether the actual electricity produced during financial year 2017-18 was less than 8 per cent of the total renewable energy capacity and if so, the details thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (I/C) (SHRI R.K. SINGH) (a) to (c) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 230 for ANSWER ON 2/8/2018

- (a) A  potential  of  748.99  GW  of  solar  power  and  302.25  GW  of  on-shore  wind  power capacity (at 100 m height above ground level) has been estimated in the country. The State-wise  details  of  solar  and  wind  energy  potential  in  the  country  are  given  in Annexure .
- (b) Total installed electricity generation capacity from all sources in the country was 346.19 GW as on 30 th June, 2018 which includes 71.32 GW from renewable energy sources i.e. around 20.60 percent of the total installed capacity.
- (c)  As  per  Central  Electricity  Authority  (CEA),  1308.14  billion  units  (BU)  of  electricity were generated from all sources during the  year 2017-18 which include 101.83 BU of electricity  from  renewable  energy  sources  i.e.  around  7.78  percent  of  total  electricity generation from all sources.

Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Starred question number 230 for 2-8-2018 showing State-wise details of estimated potential of solar and on-shore wind energy in the country.

(In MW)

| Sl. No.   | STATES / UTs        | Wind Power (@ 100m above ground level)   |   Solar* |
|-----------|---------------------|------------------------------------------|----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh      | 44229                                    |    38440 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh   |                                          |     8650 |
| 3         | Assam               |                                          |    13760 |
| 4         | Bihar               |                                          |    11200 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh        | 77                                       |    18270 |
| 6         | Goa                 | 1                                        |      880 |
| 7         | Gujarat             | 84431                                    |    35770 |
| 8         | Haryana             |                                          |     4560 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh    |                                          |    33840 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir      |                                          |   111050 |
| 11        | Jharkhand           |                                          |    18180 |
| 12        | Karnataka           | 55857                                    |    24700 |
| 13        | Kerala              | 1700                                     |     6110 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh      | 10484                                    |    61660 |
| 15        | Maharashtra         | 45394                                    |    64320 |
| 16        | Manipur             |                                          |    10630 |
| 17        | Meghalaya           |                                          |     5860 |
| 18        | Mizoram             |                                          |     9090 |
| 19        | Nagaland            |                                          |     7290 |
| 20        | Orissa              | 3093                                     |    25780 |
| 21        | Punjab              |                                          |     2810 |
| 22        | Rajasthan           | 18770                                    |   142310 |
| 23        | Sikkim              |                                          |     4940 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu          | 33800                                    |    17670 |
| 25        | Telangana           | 4244                                     |    20410 |
| 26        | Tripura             |                                          |     2080 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh       |                                          |    22830 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand         |                                          |    16800 |
| 29        | West Bengal         | 2                                        |     6260 |
| 30        | Andaman & Nicobar   | 8                                        |        0 |
| 31        | Chandigarh          |                                          |        0 |
| 32        | Dadar &Nagar Haveli |                                          |        0 |
| 33        | Daman &Diu          |                                          |        0 |
| 34        | Delhi               |                                          |     2050 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep         | 8                                        |        0 |
| 36        | Pondicherry         | 153                                      |        0 |
| 37        | Others              |                                          |      790 |
|           | Total               | 302251                                   |   748990 |

Solar potential As per NISE