Lok Sabha Question No. 2311 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-16
Subject: Installation of NRE Plants
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: NEELAM SONKER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2311

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2017

## INSTALLATION OF NRE PLANTS

## 2311.   SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  feasibility  study  to  explore  the  possibilities  for installation of new and renewable energy plants in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (c) the progress made in this regard so far?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)  has been undertaking Renewable Resource Assessment studies to explore the possibilities for installation of new and renewable energy plants on a periodic basis. The details of recent studies conducted for potential  are given in Annexure-I:
- (b): The state-wise details of the potential available in the country under various renewable energy sources is given in Annexure-II.
- (c): The  state-wise  cumulative  achievement  of  Grid  Interactive  Renewable  power  under  various renewable energy sources in the country is given in Annexure-III.

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## ANNEXURE I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2311 FOR ANSWER ON 16.03.2017

## The details of recent studies conducted for potential are as follows:

-  National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) has assessed India's wind power potential at 100m hub height with scientific rigor and based on authentic latest available data-sets of wind as well as land geologically spread across India which is estimated to be over 302 GW.
-  NIWE has also carried out a program called Solar Radiation Resource Assessment (SRRA), under Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) for setting up of the world's largest network of ground measurement solar radiation resource assessment stations all over the country.
-  Biomass  Atlas  showing  potential  of  Biopower  in  India  has  been  developed  by  Indian  Institute  of Science (IISc), Bengaluru.
-  The  potential  of  Small  Hydro  Power  has  been  assessed  by  Alternative  Hydro  Energy  centres  at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee.

## ANNEXURE II

## REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2311 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   |
|         | Arunachal           |            |                   |               |                     |                 |        |         |
| 2       | 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      | Uttarakhand         |            | 1708              | 24            |                     | 5               | 16800  | 18537   |
| 29      | West Bengal         | 2          | 396               | 396           |                     | 148             | 6260   | 7202    |
| 30      | Andaman & Nicobar   | 8          | 8                 |               |                     |                 | 0      | 16      |
| 31      | Chandigarh          |            |                   |               |                     | 6               | 0      | 6       |
| 32      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |            |                   |               |                     |                 | 0      | 0       |
| 33      | Daman &Diu          |            |                   |               |                     |                 | 0      | 0       |
| 34      | Delhi               |            |                   |               |                     | 131             | 2050   | 2181    |
| 35      | Lakshadweep         | 8          |                   |               |                     |                 | 0      | 8       |
|         |                     | 153        |                   |               |                     | 3               | 0      | 156     |
| 36      | Puducherry Others   |            |                   |               |                     | 1022            | 790    | 1812    |
| 37      | Total               | 302251     | 19749             | 17536         | 5000                | 2554            | 748990 | 1096081 |

## REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2311 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                  |                          |                                      |                          |                 |                           | 0.75             | 0.75                         |
| Puducherry          | Lakshadweep              |                                      |                          |                 |                           |                  | 0.03                         |
| 36 37               | Others                   |                                      | 4.30                     |                 |                           | 0.03 61.70       | 66.00                        |
|                     | Total (MW)               | 4333.855                             | 28700.440                | 7856.94         | 114.08                    | 9012.69          | 50018.00                     |