Lok Sabha Question No. 4771 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-15
Subject: Potential of Solar Power Plants
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: SRIRAM MALYADRI, HARI NARAYAN RAJBHAR, ABHISHEK SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 4771

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2016

## POTENTIAL OF SOLAR POWER PLANTS

## 4771.  SHRI MALYADRI SRIRAM:

SHRI HARINARAYAN RAJBHAR:

SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH:

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

(a) the potential and actual installed capacity of solar power plants in the country, State-wise;

(b) the number of functional solar power plants in the country including Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, State-wise;

(c) whether the Union Government has reviewed the functioning of these plants;

(d) if so, the findings thereof;

(e) the target fixed by the Union Government to set up these plants in the country in future; and

(f) the measures taken by the Union Government to promote use of Biogas and Solar Energy in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a): State-wise potential of solar energy in the States and the grid-connected installed solar power capacity, as on 30.11.2016, is given at Annexure-I.

(b)to(d): The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) does not undertake review of  functioning  of  solar  power  plants  as  most  of  the  plants  are  set-up  by  private  sector.  The generation data of these plants is regularly collected and collated by Central Electricity Authority (CEA).   The electricity generated from the grid-connected solar power projects during the  last 3 years is given at Annexure-II.

(e): Government  has  revised  solar  power  capacity  addition  targets  from  20,000  MW  to 1,00,000 MW by 2022.

(f): The Union Government has launched several schemes to promote use of biogas and solar energy  in  the  country  for  which  Government  is  providing  various  fiscal  and  promotional incentives  such  as  capital  and/or  interest  subsidy,  tax  holiday  on  the  earnings  for  10  years, generation  based  incentive,  accelerated  depreciation,  viability  gap  funding  (VGF),  financing solar rooftop systems as part of home loan, concessional excise and custom duties, preferential tariff for power generation from renewables. In addition, power is offered at lower tariff through schemes like bundling with thermal power and VGF. Government also provides capital subsidy, for setting up of manufacturing units for solar cells and modules and the entire value chain under Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme  (M-SIPS)  of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

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## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4771 FOR 15.12.2016

## State-wise estimated Solar Energy Potential in the Country.

| Sr. No.   | State/UT          |   Solar Potential (GWp) # | Installed Capacity (MW) as on 30.11.2016   |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |                        38 | 970.48                                     |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |                         9 | 0.27                                       |
| 3         | Assam             |                        14 | 10.00                                      |
| 4         | Bihar             |                        11 | 95.10                                      |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |                        18 | 128.56                                     |
| 6         | Goa               |                         1 | 0.00                                       |
| 7         | Gujarat           |                        36 | 1134.20                                    |
| 8         | Haryana           |                         5 | 18.39                                      |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |                        34 | 0.20                                       |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir   |                       111 | 1.00                                       |
| 11        | Jharkhand         |                        18 | 16.84                                      |
| 12        | Karnataka         |                        25 | 340.06                                     |
| 13        | Kerala            |                         6 | 13.05                                      |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    |                        62 | 836.38                                     |
| 15        | Maharashtra       |                        64 | 387.57                                     |
| 16        | Manipur           |                        11 | 0.00                                       |
| 17        | Meghalaya         |                         6 | 0.00                                       |
| 18        | Mizoram           |                         9 | 0.10                                       |
| 19        | Nagaland          |                         7 | 0.00                                       |
| 20        | Odisha            |                        26 | 66.92                                      |
| 21        | Punjab            |                         3 | 592.00                                     |
| 22        | Rajasthan         |                       142 | 1304.68                                    |
| 23        | Sikkim            |                         5 | 0.00                                       |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        |                        18 | 1558.41                                    |
| 25        | Telangana         |                        20 | 963.79                                     |
| 26        | Tripura           |                         2 | 5.00                                       |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     |                        23 | 235.32                                     |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       |                        17 | 43.15                                      |
| 29        | West Bengal       |                         6 | 11.77                                      |
| 30        | Delhi             |                         2 | 23.87                                      |
| 31        | UTs               |                         1 | 16.69                                      |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL             |                       750 | 8874.69*                                   |

* includes 100.92 MW from other rooftop systems.

## ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4771 FOR 15.12.2016

## Year-wise generation of Solar Energy

| S.N o   | Name of State/UT                       |   Generation during 2013-14 |   Generation during 2014-15 |   Generation during 2015-16 |   Generation during 2016-17 (Till September 2016) |
|---------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Chandigarh                             |                        0    |                        2.23 |                        3.4  |                                              2.11 |
| 2       | Delhi                                  |                        3.29 |                        3.18 |                        4.11 |                                              1.52 |
| 3       | Haryana                                |                        0    |                       10.36 |                      114.96 |                                             34.17 |
| 4       | HP                                     |                        0    |                        0    |                        0    |                                              0    |
| 5       | J & K                                  |                        0    |                        0    |                        0    |                                              0.39 |
| 6       | Punjab                                 |                       51.69 |                      129.89 |                      380.57 |                                            411.34 |
| 7       | Rajasthan                              |                     1052.23 |                     1259.19 |                     1766.1  |                                           1084.86 |
| 8       | Uttar Pradesh                          |                       14.96 |                       20.13 |                       89.75 |                                             72.24 |
| 9       | Uttarakhand                            |                        5.55 |                       11.63 |                        5.87 |                                             14.92 |
| 10      | NTPC Dadri+FBD+Unchahar+Singrauli      |                        6.1  |                       22.9  |                       42.41 |                                             23.91 |
| 11      | Oil India Ltd                          |                        0    |                        9.14 |                        9.9  |                                             13.31 |
| 12      | Chhattisgarh                           |                       11.42 |                       13.54 |                       52.7  |                                             44.93 |
| 13      | Goa/NTPC Rajgarh                       |                        0    |                       62.94 |                       81    |                                             39.33 |
| 14      | Gujarat                                |                     1369.39 |                     1474.56 |                     1497.6  |                                            814.57 |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh                         |                      247.05 |                      562.29 |                     1105.28 |                                            606.1  |
| 16      | Maharashtra                            |                      257.42 |                      349.32 |                      638.76 |                                            258.68 |
| 17      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                 |                        0    |                        0.03 |                        0.5  |                                              0.72 |
| 18      | Daman & Diu                            |                        0    |                        0.15 |                        4.25 |                                              4.86 |
| 19      | Andhra Pradesh                         |                      207.11 |                      159.77 |                      282.67 |                                            626.79 |
| 20      | Telangana                              |                        0    |                      138.12 |                      402.51 |                                            458.76 |
| 21      | Karnataka                              |                       38.25 |                      100.39 |                      187.69 |                                            142.52 |
| 22      | Kerala                                 |                        0    |                        0    |                        7.38 |                                             12.08 |
| 23      | Puducherry/NTPS Ramagundam/Anantapuram |                        2.45 |                       15.62 |                       16.02 |                                            120    |
| 24      | Tamil Nadu                             |                       38.87 |                      158.75 |                      507.18 |                                            785.29 |
| 25      | Lakshadweep                            |                        0    |                        5.13 |                        1.02 |                                              0.41 |
| 26      | Andaman & Nicobar Islands              |                        0    |                        0    |                        6.26 |                                              3.3  |
| 27      | Bihar                                  |                        0    |                        0    |                        6.39 |                                             17.42 |
| 28      | Jharkhand                              |                        0    |                        8.32 |                       19.77 |                                             20.42 |
| 29      | Orissa                                 |                       34.28 |                       44.94 |                      150.73 |                                             92.28 |
| 30      | Sikkim                                 |                        0    |                        0    |                        0    |                                              0    |
| 31      | West Bengal                            |                        0    |                        7.07 |                        6.28 |                                              4.83 |
| 32      | DVC                                    |                        0    |                        0    |                        0    |                                              0    |
| 33      | NTPC Andman+Talchar                    |                        6.51 |                       18.79 |                       18.91 |                                              9.74 |
| 34      | Arunachal Pradesh                      |                        0    |                        0    |                        0.22 |                                              0.08 |
| 35      | Assam                                  |                        0    |                        9.65 |                       31.6  |                                             66.64 |
| 36      | Manipur                                |                        0    |                        0    |                        0    |                                              0    |
| 37      | Meghalaya                              |                        0    |                        0    |                        0    |                                              0    |
| 38      | Mizoram                                |                        0    |                        0    |                        0    |                                              0    |
| 39      | Nagaland                               |                        0    |                        0    |                        0    |                                              0    |
| 40      | Tripura                                |                        0    |                        0    |                        0    |                                              0    |
| 41      | Neepco                                 |                        0    |                        0.98 |                        6.15 |                                              3.04 |
|         | Total                                  |                     3346.57 |                     4599.02 |                     7447.92 |                                           5791.56 |

Source: CEA

(All figures in MU)