Lok Sabha Question No. 6367 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-05
Subject: Development of Wind Power Projects
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: UDAY PRATAP SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-6367

TO BE ANSWERED ON-05.04.2018

## DEVELOPMENT OF WIND POWER PROJECTS 6367. SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  survey  /  assessment  of  lower  power generation sector/area of the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

(c)  whether the Government proposes to prepare any scheme so as to ensure uninterrupted development  of  wind  power  projects  in  all  the  States  of  the  country  including  Madhya Pradesh or any such scheme is under consideration of the Government; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)&(b) The National Institute for Wind Energy (NIWE), Chennai under the Ministry of New and  Renewable  Energy  has  carried  out  extensive  wind  and  solar  resource  assessment  by installing dedicated wind monitoring stations and solar radiation resource assessment stations throughout the country. The Biomass Atlas showing the potential of biomass power has been developed by Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. In addition, the Alternative Hydro Energy Centre, IIT, Roorkee has assessed the potential for Small Hydro Power. The details are provided in Annexure.

(c)&(d) For the orderly development and deployment of wind power projects in the country, the  Ministry  of  Power  has  issued  guidelines  for  tariff  based  competitive  bidding        on 08.12.2017.  The  objectives  of  these  guidelines  inter-alia  is  to  provide  a  framework  for procurement  of  wind  power  through  transparent  process  of  bidding,  standardization  of  the process and defining the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders. These guidelines also aim to enable the Distribution Licensees to procure wind power at competitive rates in a cost effective manner. The guidelines are applicable for the entire country including the State of Madhya Pradesh.

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## ANNEXURE

## REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)&(b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6367 FOR ANSWER ON 05.04.2018

## State-wise & source-wise estimated potential for Renewable Energy

|         |                           |            |             |                   | Bio-Energy    | Bio-Energy           | Bio-Energy      |
|---------|---------------------------|------------|-------------|-------------------|---------------|----------------------|-----------------|
| Sl. No. | STATES / UTs              | Wind Power | Solar Power | Small Hydro Power | Biomass Power | Bagasse Cogeneration | Waste To Energy |
| 1       | Andhra                    | (MW) 44229 | (MW) 38440  | (MW) 978          | (MW) 578      | (MW) 300             | (MW) 123        |
| 2       | Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh | -          | 8650        | 1341              | 8             | -                    |                 |
| 3       | Assam                     | -          | 13760       | 239               | 212           | -                    | 8               |
| 4       | Bihar                     | -          | 11200       | 223               | 619           | 300                  | 73              |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh              | 77         | 18270       | 1107              | 236           | -                    | 24              |
| 6       | Goa                       | 1          | 880         | 7                 | 26            | -                    |                 |
| 7       | Gujarat                   | 84431      | 35770       | 202               | 1221          | 350                  | 112             |
| 8       | Haryana                   | -          | 4560        | 110               | 1333          | 350                  | 24              |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh          | -          | 33840       | 2398              | 142           | -                    | 2               |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir           | -          | 111050      | 1431              | 43            | -                    |                 |
| 11      | Jharkhand                 | -          | 18180       | 209               | 90            | -                    | 10              |
| 12      | Karnataka                 | 55857      | 24700       | 4141              | 1131          | 450                  |                 |
| 13      | Kerala                    | 1700       | 6110        | 704               | 1044          | -                    | 36              |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh            | 10484      | 61660       | 820               | 1364          | -                    | 78              |
| 15      | Maharashtra               | 45394      | 64320       | 794               | 1887          | 1250                 | 287             |
| 16      | Manipur                   | -          | 10630       | 109               | 13            | -                    | 2               |
| 17      | Meghalaya                 | -          | 5860        | 230               | 11            | -                    | 2               |
| 18      | Mizoram                   | -          | 9090        | 169               | 1             | -                    | 2               |
| 19      | Nagaland                  | -          | 7290        | 197               | 10            | -                    |                 |
| 20      | Orissa                    | 3093       | 25780       | 295               | 246           | -                    | 22              |
| 21      | Punjab                    | -          | 2810        | 441               | 3172          | 300                  | 45              |
| 22      | Rajasthan                 | 18770      | 142310      | 57                | 1039 2        | -                    | 62              |
| 23      | Sikkim                    | -          | 4940        | 267               |               | -                    |                 |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu                | 33800      | 17670       | 660               | 1070          | 450                  | 151             |
| 25      | Telangana                 | 4244       | 20410       | -                 | -             | -                    | -               |
| 26      | Tripura                   | -          | 2080        | 47                | 3             | -                    | 2               |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh             | -          | 22830       | 461               | 1617          | 1250                 | 176             |
| 28      | Uttarakhand               | -          | 16800       | 1708              | 24            | -                    | 5               |
| 29      | West Bengal               | 2          | 6260        | 396               | 396           | -                    | 148             |
| 30      | Andaman & Nicobar         | 8          | -           | 8                 | -             | -                    | -               |
| 31      | Chandigarh                | -          | -           | -                 | -             | -                    | 6               |
| 32      | Dadar & Nagar Haveli      | -          | -           | -                 | -             | -                    | -               |
| 33      | Daman & Diu               | -          | -           | -                 | -             | -                    | -               |
| 34      | Delhi                     | -          | 2050        | -                 | -             | -                    | 131             |
| 35      | Lakshwadeep               | 8          | -           | -                 | -             | -                    | -               |
| 36      | Pondicherry               | 153        | -           | -                 | -             | -                    | 3               |
|         | Total                     |            |             | 19749             |               |                      |                 |
| 37      | Others                    | - 302251   | 790 748990  | -                 | - 17538       | - 5000               | 1022 2554       |