Lok Sabha Question No. 2514 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-16
Subject: Renewable Energy Sources
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: R. PARTHIPAN, J. JAYASINGH THIYAGARAJ NATTERJEE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2514

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2017

## RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES

## 2514.   SHRI R. PARTHIPAN:

SHRI J.J.T. NATTERJEE:

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

- (a) whether the renewable energy sources and technologies have potential to provide solutions to the long-standing energy problems being faced by the developing countries like India;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the renewable energy sources like wind energy, solar energy, geothermal energy, ocean energy, biomass energy and fuel cell technology are successfully tapped by the Government;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, source wise;
- (e) whether all the States are launching such projects; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Yes Madam, the renewable energy sources have a potential to provide sustainable energy in the country. A potential of 1096 GW has been estimated from various renewable energy sources in the country.  The  state-wise  details  of  the  potential  available  under  various  renewable  energy  sources  i.e. Solar, Wind, Small Hydro Power and Biopower is given in Annexure-I.

(c) to (f): The renewable energy sources i.e. Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Small Hydro Power, and Biopower are successfully being tapped by the Government. As on 31-12-2016, a total capacity of 50018 MW of Grid  Interactive  Renewable  Power  has  been  installed  in  the  country  from  various  renewable energy  sources  which  include  9012.69  MW  from  Solar  Power,  28700.44  MW  from  Wind  Power, 4333.85 MW from Small Hydro Power and 7971.02 MW  from Biopower. The state-wise and sourcewise  achievement,  reported  upto  31-12-2016,  under  various  renewable  energy  sources  is  given  in Annexure-II.

No Commercial projects have been set up using Geothermal, Ocean as Fuel Cell technologies.

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## ANNEXURE I

## REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2514 FOR ANSWER ON 16.03.2017

State-wise & source-wise estimated potential of Renewable Energy.

|         |                         |            |                   | Bio-Energy    | Bio-Energy          | Bio-Energy      |        |          |
|---------|-------------------------|------------|-------------------|---------------|---------------------|-----------------|--------|----------|
| Sl. No. | STATES / Uts            | Wind Power | Small Hydro Power | Biomass Power | Bagase Cogeneration | Waste To Energy | Solar  | Total    |
|         |                         | (MW)@ 100m | (MW)              | (MW)          | (MW)                | (MW)            | (MW)   | (MW)     |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh          | 44229      | 978               | 578           | 300                 | 123             | 38440  | 84648    |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh       |            | 1341              | 8             |                     |                 | 8650   | 10000    |
| 3       | Assam                   |            | 239               | 212           |                     | 8               | 13760  | 14218    |
| 4       | Bihar                   |            | 223               | 619           | 300                 | 73              | 11200  | 12415    |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh            | 77         | 1107              | 236           |                     | 24              | 18270  | 19714    |
| 6       | Goa                     | 1          | 7                 | 26            |                     |                 | 880    | 913      |
| 7       | Gujarat                 | 84431      | 202               | 1221          | 350                 | 112             | 35770  | 122086   |
| 8       | Haryana                 |            | 110               | 1333          | 350                 | 24              | 4560   | 6377     |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh        |            | 2398              | 142           |                     | 2               | 33840  | 36382    |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir         |            | 1431              | 43            |                     |                 | 111050 | 112523   |
| 11      | Jharkhand               |            | 209               | 90            |                     | 10              | 18180  | 18489    |
| 12      | Karnataka               | 55857      | 4141              | 1131          | 450                 |                 | 24700  | 86279    |
| 13      | Kerala                  | 1700       | 704               | 1044          |                     | 36              | 6110   | 9595     |
|         | Madhya                  |            |                   |               |                     |                 |        |          |
| 14      | Pradesh                 | 10484      | 820               | 1364          |                     | 78              | 61660  | 74406    |
| 15      | Maharashtra             | 45394      | 794               | 1887          | 1250                | 287             | 64320  | 113933   |
| 16      | Manipur                 |            | 109               | 13            |                     | 2               | 10630  | 10755    |
| 17      | Meghalaya               |            | 230               | 11            |                     | 2               | 5860   | 6103     |
| 18      | Mizoram                 |            | 169               | 1             |                     | 2               | 9090   | 9261     |
| 19      | Nagaland                |            | 197               | 10            |                     |                 | 7290   | 7497     |
| 20      | Odisha                  | 3093       | 295               | 246           |                     | 22              | 25780  | 29437    |
| 21      | Punjab                  |            | 441               | 3172          | 300                 | 45              | 2810   | 6768     |
| 22      | Rajasthan               | 18770      | 57                | 1039          |                     | 62              | 142310 | 162238   |
| 23      | Sikkim                  |            | 267               | 2             |                     |                 | 4940   | 5209     |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu              | 33800      | 660               | 1070          | 450                 | 151             | 17670  | 53800    |
| 25      | Telangana               | 4244       |                   |               |                     |                 | 20410  | 24654    |
| 26      | Tripura                 |            | 47                | 3             |                     | 2               | 2080   | 2131     |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh           |            | 461               | 1617          | 1250                | 176             | 22830  | 26333    |
| 28      | Uttarakhandl            |            | 1708              | 24            |                     | 5               | 16800  | 18537    |
| 29      | West Bengal             | 2          | 396               | 396           |                     | 148             | 6260   | 7202     |
| 30      | Andaman & Nicobar       | 8          | 8                 |               |                     |                 | 0      | 16       |
| 31      | Chandigarh Dadra &Nagar |            |                   |               |                     | 6               | 0      | 6        |
| 32      | Haveli                  |            |                   |               |                     |                 | 0      | 0        |
| 33      | Daman &Diu              |            |                   |               |                     |                 | 0      | 0        |
| 34      | Delhi                   |            |                   |               |                     | 131             | 2050   | 2181     |
| 35      | Lakshadweep             | 8          |                   |               |                     |                 | 0      | 8        |
|         |                         | 153        |                   |               |                     | 3               | 0      |          |
| 36      | Puducherry Others       |            |                   |               |                     | 1022            | 790    | 156 1812 |
| 37      | Total                   | 302251     | 19749             | 17536         | 5000                | 2554            | 748990 | 1096081  |

## ANNEXURE II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) to (f) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2514 FOR ANSWER ON 16.03.2017

| State-wise S. No.   | installed STATES / Uts   | capacity of Grid Small Hydro Power   | Interactive Wind Power   | Renewable       | Power                     | on Solar Power   | 31.12.2016. Total Capacity   |
|---------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------|------------------|------------------------------|
|                     |                          |                                      |                          | BM Power/Cogen. | Bio-Power Waste to Energy |                  |                              |
|                     |                          | (MW)                                 | (MW)                     | (MW)            | (MW)                      | (MW)             | (MW)                         |
| 1                   | Andhra Pradesh           | 241.98                               | 2092.50                  | 378.20          | 58.16                     | 979.65           | 3750.49                      |
| 2                   | Arunachal Pradesh        | 104.605                              |                          |                 |                           | 0.27             | 104.87                       |
| 3                   | Assam                    | 34.11                                |                          |                 |                           | 11.18            | 45.29                        |
| 4                   | Bihar                    | 70.70                                |                          | 92.50           |                           | 95.91            | 259.11                       |
| 5                   | Chhattisgarh             | 76.00                                |                          | 228.50          |                           | 135.19           | 439.69                       |
| 6                   | Goa                      | 0.05                                 |                          |                 |                           | 0.05             | 0.10                         |
| 7                   | Gujarat                  | 16.60                                | 4441.57                  | 65.30           |                           | 1158.5           | 5681.97                      |
| 8                   | Haryana                  | 73.50                                |                          | 96.40           |                           | 53.27            | 223.17                       |
| 9                   | Himachal Pradesh         | 798.81                               |                          |                 |                           | 0.33             | 799.14                       |
| 10                  | Jammu &Kashmir           | 158.03                               |                          |                 |                           | 1.00             | 159.03                       |
| 11                  | Jharkhand                | 4.05                                 |                          |                 |                           | 17.51            | 21.56                        |
| 12                  | Karnataka                | 1220.73                              | 3154.20                  | 1401.08         | 1.00                      | 327.53           | 6104.54                      |
| 13                  | Kerala                   | 205.02                               | 43.50                    |                 |                           | 15.86            | 264.38                       |
| 14                  | Madhya Pradesh           | 86.16                                | 2288.590                 | 92.53           | 3.90                      | 840.35           | 3311.53                      |
| 15                  | Maharashtra              | 346.175                              | 4666.03                  | 1967.85         | 12.72                     | 430.46           | 7423.24                      |
| 16                  | Manipur                  | 5.45                                 |                          |                 |                           | 0.01             | 5.46                         |
| 17                  | Meghalaya                | 31.03                                |                          |                 |                           | 0.01             | 31.04                        |
| 18                  | Mizoram                  | 41.47                                |                          |                 |                           | 0.10             | 41.57                        |
| 19                  | Nagaland                 | 30.67                                |                          |                 |                           | 0.50             | 31.17                        |
| 20                  | Odisha                   | 64.625                               |                          |                 |                           | 77.64            | 142.27                       |
| 21                  | Punjab                   | 170.90                               |                          | 62.00           | 9.25                      | 545.43           | 787.58                       |
| 22                  | Rajasthan                | 23.85                                | 4216.72                  | 119.25          |                           | 1317.64          | 5677.46                      |
| 23                  | Sikkim                   | 52.11                                |                          |                 |                           | 0.01             | 52.12                        |
| 24                  | Tamil Nadu               | 123.05                               | 7694.33                  | 889.40          | 8.05                      | 1590.97          | 10305.80                     |
| 25                  | Telangana                |                                      | 98.70                    | 158.10          |                           | 973.41           | 1230.21                      |
| 26                  | Tripura                  | 16.01                                |                          |                 |                           | 5.02             | 21.03                        |
| 27                  | Uttar Pradesh            | 25.10                                |                          | 1933.11         | 5.00                      | 239.26           | 2202.47                      |
| 28                  | Uttarakhand              | 209.320                              |                          | 72.72           |                           | 45.10            | 327.14                       |
| 29                  | West Bengal              | 98.50                                |                          | 300.00          |                           | 23.07            | 421.57                       |
| 30                  | Andaman &Nicobar         | 5.25                                 |                          |                 |                           | 5.40             | 10.65                        |
| 31                  | Chandigarh               |                                      |                          |                 |                           | 16.20            | 16.20                        |
| 32                  | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                                      |                          |                 |                           | 0.60             | 0.60                         |
| 33                  | Daman &Diu               |                                      |                          |                 |                           | 4                | 4.00                         |
| 34                  | Delhi                    |                                      |                          |                 | 16.00                     | 38.78            | 54.78                        |
| 35                  | Lakshadweep              |                                      |                          |                 |                           | 0.75             | 0.75                         |
| 36                  | Puducherry               |                                      |                          |                 |                           | 0.03             | 0.03                         |
| 37                  | Others                   |                                      | 4.30                     |                 |                           | 61.70            | 66.00                        |
|                     | Total (MW)               | 4333.855                             | 28700.440                | 7856.94         | 114.08                    | 9012.69          | 50018.00                     |