Lok Sabha Question No. 2965 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-04
Subject: Promotion of Renewable Energy Resources
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: BALABHADRA MAJHI, MEENAKASHI LEKHI, RABINDRA KUMAR JENA, ANIRUDHAN SAMPATH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2965

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.01.2018

## PROMOTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES

2965. SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI: SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI: SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA: Dr. A. SAMPATH:

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

(a): whether  the  Government  has  taken  /proposes  to  take  any  steps  for  promoting  scientific research  and  development  in  various  fields  of  renewable  energy  sector  including  design  and innovation  in  renewable  energy  practices  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  results  achieved thereon;

- (b): the funds allocated and utilized for this purpose during the last three years and the current year;
- (c): the  steps  proposed  to  be  taken  to  increase  the  usage  of  renewable  energy  resources  for infrastructure development projects;
- (d): whether incentive is provided for renewable energy sectors particularly rooftop technologies,  new  technologies  in  the  sectors  and  small  businesses  of  the  renewable  energy industry and if so, the details thereof including quantum of incentives provided to above sectors;
- (e): whether the government is aware of the poor ratings given to country's renewable energy companies by the international rating agencies and if so, the details thereof;
- (f): the quantum of power being generated through the renewable sources of energy and the share of rooftop solar energy in it; and
- (g): whether there are companies which are manufacturing solar panels in the country and   if so, the details thereof;

## ANSWER

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

(a): The  Ministry  of  New  &  Renewable  Energy  (MNRE)  has  been  supporting  Research, Design, Development and Demonstration (RDD&D) projects undertaken by various R&D/academic institutions, NGOs, industries etc.in the field of solar, wind, biogas, hydrogen, fuel cells, geothermal etc. for technology development and demonstrations leading to commercialization.  A  comprehensive  policy  and  guidelines  for  Research,  Development  and Demonstration (RD&D) for New and Renewable Energy sector is in place. It has a provision for providing  financial  assistance  up  to  50%  of  the  project  cost  for  the  projects  that  involve partnership with industry. However,  for  proposals from academic institutions, Government / nonprofit research organizations and NGOs, MNRE provides upto 100% funding. In addition, MNRE has  established  three  institutes,  namely,  National  Institute  of  Solar  Energy  (NISE),  National

Institute  of  Wind  Energy  (NIWE) and National Institute of Bioenergy (NIBE) for R&D, testing and evaluation in solar, wind and bioenergy sectors, respectively.

The  RD&D  projects  undertaken  have  strengthened  R&D/  academic  institutes,  industries  for furthering RD&D for technology development for commercialization. In solar photovoltaics, the focus  is  on  indigenous  development  of  solar  cells  with  improved  efficiency  at  par  with international level, with cost reduction. Crystalline silicon solar cell of 18% efficiency has been developed  at  lab  scale.  R&D  efforts  are  continuing  for  improvement  of  efficiency  with  cost reduction.  R&D  in  solar  thermal  power  has  provided  feedback  on  operational  aspects  of  the technology  for  further  development.  A  one  MW  capacity  solar  thermal  power  project  utilizing concentrating collectors with 16-hour thermal storage has been set up at Mount Abu, Rajasthan. R&D in hybridization of solar and wind is being pursued for ensuring improved energy supply from renewables. In addition, R&D  efforts are going on for design, development and demonstration of hydrogen and fuel cells for stationary and transport applications.

The R&D efforts have led to design and development of solar water heating system, solar cookers, solar  photovoltaic  systems,  biogas  plants,  bio-CNG  systems,  improved  biomass  cookstoves, gasifiers, biomass cogeneration, etc.

(b): MNRE  has  spent  Rs.  390.34  crore  on  RD&D  in  solar  energy,  bioenergy,  small  hydro power, wind energy, hydrogen and fuel cells during the last three years and the current year, which includes Rs.178.24 crore on its three institutes

(c): Various steps being under taken to increase development and usage of renewable energy, interalia, include the following:

- An enhanced target of installing 175 GW of Renewable Energy capacity by 2022.
- Incentives in the form of accelerated depreciation, Goods and Service Tax (GST) at low rates, concessional custom duty, income tax holiday for 10 years and viability gap funding;
- Enforcement  of  Renewable  Purchase  Obligation  (RPO)  and  for  providing  Renewable Generation Obligation (RGO);
- setting up of solar parks
- development of Green Energy Corridors;
- repowering policy in order to optimally utilize the wind energy resources;
- identification of large government complexes/buildings for roof top projects;
- making roof top solar a part of housing loan by banks/NHB;
- raising funds from bilateral and multilateral finance and development institutions;
- development of mechanism for scheduling and forecasting in case of inter-state transmission of solar and wind power;

· approval & notification of National Offshore Wind Energy Policy for the development of offshore wind energy in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

· Strengthening/expanding test labs for testing, standardisation and certification for quality assurance in renewable energy sector.

(d): The MNRE provides incentives/subsidy/ Central Financial Assistance(CFA) for promotion of renewable energy through various schemes/programmes. For Rooftop and Small Solar Power Plants,  financial  support  upto  30%  of  the  benchmark  cost  is  provided  in  general  category states/UTs and upto 70% of the benchmark cost in special category states/UTs for installation of Grid Connected rooftop solar plants in residential, social and institutional sectors. For Government sector  projects,      achievement  linked  incentives    upto  25%  of  the  benchmark  cost  in  general category states/UTs and upto 60% of the benchmark cost in special category states/UTs are being provided.  Subsidy is not given for private establishments in industrial and commercial sectors. A total  of  Rs.1118  crore  has  been  released  by  MNRE  for  projects  corresponding  to  887.64MW installed grid connected roof top systems commissioned as on 31/12/2017.

Towards  new  technologies,  a  grant  of  around  Rs.22  crore  has  been  provided  for  RD&D  in hydrogen and fuel cells during the last three years and the current year.

For business development in Renewable Energy Sector, the MNRE has also supported a Centre of Excellence at Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), IIM, Ahmedabad for promoting entrepreneurship in RE sector. Under this project, a total grant of Rs.24 crore has been sanctioned with the condition that a matching investment would be mobilised by CIIE from private sector investors. So far Rs.19.70 crore has been released to CIIE, IIM, Ahmedabad for the project. The CIIE, IIM Ahmedabad has mobilised more than Rs.25 crore from the private investors for the project. The project has generated 40 start ups in renewable sector, includes 15 which have been scaled up.

(e): In a news item that appeared in 'The Hindu' newspaper on 20th November 2017, it was reported that as per Fitch' s 2018 Outlook on Asia Pacific Utilities the Indian renewable energy companies  are  among  the  poorly  rated  investment  grade  companies  in  the  Asia-pacific  region. However, the observations contained in Fitch Outlook 2018 are not backed by detailed analysis and hence cannot be considered as representative of the Indian renewable energy companies. The the  Ernst  and  Young  in  its  Renewable  Energy  Country  Attractiveness  Index  (RECAI)  report  of October 2017 has ranked India as second on RECAI.

(f): Total power generated from grid connected renewable sources of energy accounts for 61.99 GW, which includes 16.56 GW from solar, out  of  which  0.876  GW  is  generated  form  rooftop systems.

(g): Yes, Madam. The list is given in annexure.

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## Ministry of New & Renewable Energy National Solar Mission Division Solar Cell and Module Capacities

| Solar Cells   | Solar Cells                           | Solar Cells                                   |
|---------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| S.No          | Name of Companies                     | Installed capacities (in MW) As on 31-05-2017 |
| 1             | Indosolar Ltd                         | 240                                           |
| 2             | Moser Baer Solar Limited              | 250                                           |
| 3             | Tata Power Solar Systems Limited      | 300                                           |
| 4             | Websol Energy System Limited          | 200                                           |
| 5             | Jupiter Solar Pvt. Ltd                | 133                                           |
| 6             | Jupiter International Ltd             | 260                                           |
| 7             | Surana Solar                          | 120                                           |
| 8             | Renewsys India Private Limited (RIPL) | 130                                           |
| 9             | Udhaya Energy Photovoltaics Pvt Ltd   | 10                                            |
| 10            | Maharishi Solar Technology            | 10                                            |
| 11            | Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited      | 115                                           |
| 12            | Central Electronics Limited           | 10                                            |
| 13            | Premier Solar Systems Ltd             | 60                                            |
| 14            | Mundra Solar PV Limited (Adani Group) | 1200                                          |
| 15            | Euro Multivision Limited              | 40                                            |
| 16            | Dev Solar                             | 3                                             |
| 17            | Bharat Electronic Ltd                 | 10                                            |
| 18            | XL Energy Ltd.                        | 60                                            |
| 19            | IYSERT Energy Research Pvt. Ltd.      | 1                                             |
| 20            | Kl Solar Company Pvt Ltd.,            | 12                                            |
| Total (MW)    | Total (MW)                            | 3164                                          |

| Solar Modules   | Solar Modules                               | Solar Modules                                 |
|-----------------|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| S.No            | Name of Companies                           | Installed capacities (in MW) as on 31-05-2017 |
| 1               | Moser Baer Solar Limited                    | 230                                           |
| 2               | Tata Power Solar Systems Limited            | 400                                           |
| 3               | Websol Energy System Limited                | 90                                            |
| 4               | Surana Solar                                | 120                                           |
| 5               | Udhaya Energy Photovoltaics Pvt Ltd         | 7                                             |
| 6               | Maharishi Solar Technology                  | 15                                            |
| 7               | Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited            | 226                                           |
| 8               | Central Electronics Limited                 | 42                                            |
| 9               | Premier Solar Systems Ltd                   | 100                                           |
| 10              | Waaree Energies Pvt Ltd                     | 500                                           |
| 11              | Vikram Solar Pvt Ltd                        | 500                                           |
| 12              | Emmvee Photovoltics Pvt Ltd                 | 500                                           |
| 13              | Titan Energy Systems Ltd                    | 100                                           |
| 14              | Lanco Solar Pvt Ltd                         | 175                                           |
| 15              | Alpex Exports Pvt Ltd                       | 300                                           |
| 16              | Shan Solar Pvt Limited                      | 30                                            |
| 17              | Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd                 | 55                                            |
| 18              | Sova Power Limited                          | 200                                           |
| 19              | Hhv Solar Tehnologies Pvt Ltd               | 100                                           |
| 20              | Photon Energy Systems Ltd                   | 50                                            |
| 21              | Green Brilliance Energyy Pvt Ltd            | 50                                            |
| 22              | Andromeda Energy Technologies Pvt Ltd       | 30                                            |
| 23              | Topsun Energy Limited                       | 100                                           |
| 24              | Kotak Urja Pvt Ltd                          | 75                                            |
| 25              | Gautam Solar Pvt Ltd                        | 65                                            |
| 26              | Modern Solar Pvt Ltd                        | 40                                            |
| 27              | Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited | 20                                            |
| 28              | Ajit Solar Pvt Ltd                          | 35                                            |
| 29              | Evergreen Solar Systems                     | 20                                            |
| 30              | Enfield Solar                               | 20                                            |
| 31              | Photonix Solar Pvt Ltd                      | 40                                            |
| 32              | Pv Power Technologies                       | 50                                            |
| 33              | Microsol Power P Ltd.                       | 60                                            |
| 34              | Icon Solar-En Power Technologies Pvt.Ltd    | 75                                            |
| 35              | Navitas Green Solutions Pvt. Ltd.           | 75                                            |
| 36              | Rolta Power Pvt Ltd                         | 60                                            |
| 37              | Jakson Solar                                | 60                                            |
| 38              | Goldi Green Technoligies Pvt Ltd            | 125                                           |

|   39 | Ritika Systems Pvt Ltd             | 40   |
|------|------------------------------------|------|
|   40 | Integrated Solar                   | 25   |
|   41 | Radiant Solar                      | 80   |
|   42 | Microsun Solar                     | 60   |
|   43 | Saatvik Green Energy               | 175  |
|   44 | Jyotitech Solar Llp                | 35   |
|   45 | Blue Brid                          | 20   |
|   46 | Genus Solar                        | 20   |
|   47 | Synergy Solar                      | 50   |
|   48 | Solex                              | 30   |
|   49 | Arion Solar                        | 5    |
|   50 | Sunshine Power Products Pvt. Ltd.  | 10   |
|   51 | Deity Fuel Pv                      | 20   |
|   52 | Greentek                           | 25   |
|   53 | Andslite                           | 20   |
|   54 | Mx Power                           | 10   |
|   55 | Prosun                             | 5    |
|   56 | Avi                                | 15   |
|   57 | Solarmaxx                          | 15   |
|   58 | Mas Solar                          | 20   |
|   59 | Nucifera Renewable Energy Systems  | 15   |
|   60 | Alectrona/Zynergy                  |      |
|   61 | Kohima Solar                       | 55   |
|   62 | Empire Photovoltaic                | 36   |
|   63 | Rhine Solar                        | 40   |
|   64 | Vinova Energy Systems Pvt.Ltd.     | 10   |
|   65 | H. R. Solar Solution Pvt. Ltd.     | 15   |
|   66 | Sonali Energees Pvt. Ltd.          | 100  |
|   67 | Dev Solar                          | 3    |
|   68 | Neety Euro Asia Solar Energy       | 15   |
|   69 | Seemac Pvt. Ltd.                   | 40   |
|   70 | Enkay Solar                        | 15   |
|   71 | Renewsys India                     | 180  |
|   72 | Raajratan Ventures                 | 35   |
|   73 | Jupiter Solar Pvt. Ltd             | 0    |
|   74 | Bel                                | 10   |
|   75 | Sunfuel                            | 15   |
|   76 | Novergy Energy Solutions P. Ltd.   | 45   |
|   77 | Amv Energy Systems Private Limited | 4    |
|   78 | Sun Solar Techno Limited           | 30   |
|   79 | Sahaj Solar Pvt. Ltd.              | 25   |
|   80 | Iti Ltd.                           | 8    |
|   81 | Aditi Solar Private Ltd.           | 25   |

| 82         | Kcp Solar Industry.                   |   12 |
|------------|---------------------------------------|------|
| 83         | Akshaya Solar Power Pvt. Ltd.         |   25 |
| 84         | Tamilnadu Energy Solutionss Pvt. Ltd. |   10 |
| 85         | Omsun Power Private Limited.          |   25 |
| 86         | Jj Pv Solar Pvt. Ltd.                 |   24 |
| 87         | Mainframe Energy Solutions Pvt Ltd    |   25 |
| 88         | Sunrise Solar Solutions               |    8 |
| 89         | Vimal Electronics                     |    3 |
| 90         | Xl Energy Ltd.                        |  210 |
| 91         | Access Solar Limited                  |   80 |
| 92         | Usl Photovoltaics Pvt Ltd             |    7 |
| 93         | Plaza Power &Infrastructure Co.       |   30 |
| 94         | Reliance Industries Ltd - Solar       |   30 |
| 95         | Krishma Solar                         |   15 |
| 96         | Hbl Power                             |   20 |
| 97         | Slg Solar Systems                     |    8 |
| 98         | Savitri Solar                         |   80 |
| 99         | Jp Solar                              |   20 |
| 100        | Stellar Solar                         |   20 |
| 101        | Agrawal Solar                         |   40 |
| 102        | Shukra Solar                          |    5 |
| 103        | Vrv Solar                             |   25 |
| 104        | Vipul Solar                           |   25 |
| 105        | Brawn Battery                         |   25 |
| 106        | Junna Solar Systems Pvt. Ltd.         |   20 |
| 107        | Deshmukh Solar Energy Pvt. Ltd.       |   25 |
| 108        | Himalayan Solar Pvt. Ltd              |  100 |
| 109        | Sunbless Green Enertech Pvt Ltd       |   25 |
| 110        | Iysert Energy Research Pvt. Ltd.      |   10 |
| 111        | Electromac Solar System Pvt. Ltd.     |   20 |
| 112        | Sungrace Energy Solutions Pvt. Ltd    |   10 |
| 113        | Satyam Enterprises                    |   15 |
| 114        | Mas Solar Systems Pvt. Ltd.           |   20 |
| 115        | Powertrac Solar Limited               |   20 |
| 116        | Innovative Solar Solutions            |   20 |
| 117        | Mundra Solar Pv Limited (Adani Group) | 1200 |
| Total (MW) | Total (MW)                            | 8398 |