Lok Sabha Question No. 1516 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-24
Subject: Enhancement in Green Energy Capacity
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1516

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.11.2016

## ENHANCEMENT IN GREEN ENERGY CAPACITY

1516.  SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:

SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:

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

- (a) whether the Government has enhanced its green energy capacity across the country during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the extent to which the Government has achieved its goal to add 1 lakh MW solar energy capacity in  the country;
- (d) the  funds  sanctioned,  released  and  utilized    for  Research  &  Development  efforts  for  new technologies  and  improvement  in  efficiency  of  solar  panels  across  the  country  during  the  said  period, State/UT-wise;
- (e) the number  of Public and Private Sector Companies  which  have given Green Energy Commitment Certificates so far for power generation capacity in the country; and
- (f) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government to encourage investors/ companies to tap the potential of green energy in the country along with the achievements thereon?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): The details  of  capacity  addition  under  Grid  Interactive  Renewable  power  from  various renewable energy sources in the country during the last three years and current year are as follows:

addition

3640

| Year                        |   Capacity addition ( inMW) |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 2013-14                     |                        3640 |
| 2014-15                     |                        4102 |
| 2015-16                     |                        7060 |
| 2016-17 ( upto 31- 10-2016) |                        3568 |

State / UT wise details are given in Annexure-I.

(c): A total capacity of  8728 MW  of Solar projects have been installed in the country so far.

(d): Central  financial  assistance  of  Rs  541.55  crore  has  been  released  to  various  organizations/ universities / institutions for taking up Research and Development (R&D) activities in various  new and renewable energy technologies including solar  energy  during  last  three  and  half  years.  The  details  of organizations funded for R&D activities in the field solar energy is given in  Annexure-II.

(e): MNRE has  organized  1st  Global  Renewable  Energy  Investors  Promotion  Meet  (RE-INVEST 2015)  during  February  15-17,  2015  in  New  Delhi.    As  part  of  RE-INVEST  2015  initiative,  464 companies/firms (both private and public sectors) have submitted  Green Energy Commitment  (GEC) Certificates, aggregating to 292 GW power generation capacity during the next five years.

(f): To encourage the investment in renewable energy sector, Government provides incentives in the forms of generation based incentives/subsidies, viability gap funding from NCEF, fiscal incentives such as accelerated depreciation, concessional customs duty, excise duty exemptions, income tax holiday for 10 years and preferential tariff for renewable energy power projects. Besides, MNRE organized a Global Renewable  Energy  Investment  Promotion  Meet  (REINVEST)  in  February,  2015  to  showcase  the potential  and  policy  options  available  in  the  RE  sector  wherein  commitment  from  power  producers, manufacturers and financial institutions were received for investments in the solar.

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## State-wise & Year-wise details of Installed Capacity Addition under Grid Interactive Power during the last 3 years and Current Year--. referred to in  parts (a) of the question No. 1516 for 24/11/2016.

| S.No.              | State/UT             | Total Installed Capacity (in MW)   | Total Installed Capacity (in MW)   | Total Installed Capacity (in MW)   | Total Installed Capacity (in MW)   |
|--------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1                  | Andhra Pradesh       | 2013-14 409.18                     | 2014-15 414.17                     | 2015-16 844.964                    | 2016-17 (as on 31.10.2016) 965.38  |
| 2                  | Arunanchal Pradesh   | 0                                  | 0.7                                | 0.24                               | 0                                  |
| 3                  | Assam                | 3                                  | 0                                  | 0                                  | 10                                 |
| 4                  | Bihar                | 0                                  | 0                                  | 5.1                                | 90                                 |
|                    | Chhattisgarh         | 18.1                               | 15.5                               | 85.98                              | 58.98                              |
| 5                  |                      |                                    |                                    |                                    |                                    |
| 6                  | Goa                  | 0                                  | 0                                  | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 7                  | Gujarat              | 351.7                              | 287.78                             | 511.523 4.587                      | 340.26                             |
| 8                  | Haryana              | 2.5                                | 3.9                                |                                    | 2                                  |
| 9                  | Himachal Pradesh     | 51                                 | 85.01                              | 69.601                             | 5.5                                |
| 10                 | Jammu & Kashmir      | 17                                 | 9                                  | 1                                  | 0                                  |
| 11                 | Jharkhand            | 0                                  | 0                                  | 0.186                              | 0.65                               |
| 12                 | Karnataka            | 379.9                              | 575.32                             | 545.142                            | 442.92                             |
| 13                 | Kerala               | 0                                  | 10.5                               | 51.42                              | 6.1                                |
| 14                 | Madhya Pradesh       | 357.25                             | 670.3                              | 1479.19                            | 182.51                             |
| 15                 | Maharashtra          | 1436.25                            | 624.68                             | 333.686                            | 41.85                              |
| 16                 | Manipur              | 0                                  | 0                                  | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 17                 | Meghalaya            | 0                                  | 0                                  | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 18                 | Mizoram              | 0                                  | 0                                  | 0.1                                | 5                                  |
| 19                 | Nagaland             | 1                                  | 0                                  | 1                                  | 0                                  |
| 20                 | Orissa               | 17.83                              | 2.26                               | 35.16                              | 0                                  |
| 21                 | Punjab               | 25.22                              | 184.95                             | 233.293                            | 166.14                             |
| 22                 | Rajasthan            | 285.75                             | 759.35                             | 1013.332                           | 165.63                             |
| 23                 | Sikkim               | 0                                  | 0                                  | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 24                 | Tamil Nadu           | 221.74                             | 271.22                             | 1117.04                            | 565.54                             |
| 25                 | Telangana            | 0                                  | 61.25                              | 438.495                            | 456.95                             |
| 26                 | Tripura              | 0                                  | 5                                  | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 27                 | Uttar Pradesh        | 3.7                                | 42.16                              | 165.735                            | 6                                  |
| 28                 | Uttrakhand           | 20                                 | 67.5                               | 49.145                             | 0                                  |
| 29                 | West Bengal          | 5                                  | 0.1                                | 0.562                              | 4                                  |
| 30                 | Andaman & Nicobar    | 0                                  | 0                                  | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 31                 | Chandigarh           | 2                                  | 0                                  | 2.306                              | 0                                  |
| 32                 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 0                                  | 0                                  | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 33                 | Daman & Diu          | 0                                  | 0                                  | 4                                  | 0                                  |
| 34                 | Delhi                | 2.14                               | 0.32                               | 8.815                              | 9.59                               |
| 35                 | Lakshwadeep          | 0                                  | 0                                  | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 36                 | Pondicherry          | 0                                  | 0                                  | 0                                  | 0                                  |
| 37                 | Others               | 20                                 | 16.5                               | 58.311                             | 42.61                              |
| Total MW=Mega Watt | Total MW=Mega Watt   | 3640.76                            | 4102.96                            | 7060.413                           | 3567.61                            |

## Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1516 for 24-11-2016 regarding 'Enhancement in Green Energy Capacity'

## List of On Going R&D Projects in in the field of Solar Energy

| Sl. No.                | Project Title                                                                                                                                                                           | Name of PI &Organization                                                                     |
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Solar Thermal Projects | Solar Thermal Projects                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                              |
| 1.                     | 1 MWel. (3.5 MW) solar thermal power plant with 16 hours thermal storage for continuous operation                                                                                       | WRST,Mumbai                                                                                  |
| 2.                     | To set up Centre of Excellence in area of solar passive architecture and green building technologies' by CEPT University, Ahmadabad                                                     | CEPT University, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad                                                      |
| 3.                     | Establishment of the Centre of Excellence in solar thermal research and education at IIT Jodhpur, Rajasthan                                                                             | IIT Jodhpur, Rajasthan                                                                       |
| 4.                     | Setting up facility for calibration of solar radiation measuring sensors and its analysis/ modelling based on ground surface measurements                                               | Solar Energy Corporation of India, New Delhi                                                 |
| 5.                     | 30 kW cross liner-CSP system Test Unit                                                                                                                                                  | Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, University Institute of Technology, (RGPV) Bhopal. |
| 6.                     | Design, Construction and Demonstration of zero energy building for Solar Decathlon Europe 2014                                                                                          | , Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay                                   |
| 7.                     | 'High Energy Density Thermal Energy Storage for Concentrated Solar Plant'                                                                                                               | Ram Krishna Dharmarth Foundation University, (RKDF) Bhopal.                                  |
| 8.                     | 'Development of a monitoring system for the energy reception elements in Solar Thermal plants' by under Indo-Spanish Joint Programme for Technological co-operation in Renewable Energy | The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), IHC Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi.                |
| 9.                     | 'Design Development and Proto building a Solar Energy Driven desiccant & Ejector based Environmental friendly Air Conditioning System'                                                  | MAEERS's Maharastra Institute of Technology, Kothurd, Pune                                   |
| 10.                    | 'Development of fully automatic double axis tracking of Scheffler Dish System for enhanced performance'                                                                                 | Malviya National Institute of Technology, Bhopal                                             |
| 11.                    | Studies on utilization of Solar Energy in Tasar Post Cocoon Technology Operations                                                                                                       | Central Tasar Research &Training Institute, Ranchi                                           |
| 12.                    | Development of high efficiency receiver for supercritical CO2 integrated with static focus parabolic dish                                                                               | IISc Bangalore and World Renewal Spiritual Trust (WRST), Bombay                              |
| Solar Photovoltaic     | Solar Photovoltaic                                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                              |
| 13.                    | R&D on thin film solar cell                                                                                                                                                             | NPL-CSIR, New Delhi                                                                          |

|   14. | Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC)/Quantum dot Dye Sensitized Solar Cell                                                                                                               | CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad                                                           |
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    15 | Advanced research on thin silicon solar cells and photovoltaic systems                                                                                                               | Bengal Engineering & Science University, West Bengal                           |
|    16 | Development of novel, efficient and cost effective power electronics based single phase system to convert Solar Energy from solar PV to Electric Energy.                             | Jamia Milia Islamia university, New Delhi                                      |
|    17 | Design and development of an efficient soft- switching converter with adaptive maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controller for a standalone photovoltaic power generation system. | Birla Institution of Technology and Science Pilani, Rajasthan                  |
|    18 | Design, development and field evaluation of smart control system for domestic roof top PV applications with metering.                                                                | Electrical Research and Development Association, ERDA, Gujarat                 |
|    19 | Design and Development of a cost-effective and highly efficient Solar-Powered Electric Vehicle (SEV) prototype                                                                       | Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology Azad Hind FaujMarg, , New Delhi          |
|    20 | Development of improved DS process for mc-Si wafers and their application to Solar Cells                                                                                             | SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Tami Nadu                              |
|    21 | Development of High Efficiency selective large area N-Type crystalline silicon solar cell.                                                                                           | Megnad Saha Institute of Technology, Nazirabad Kolkata.                        |
|    22 | 'Determination of Wind Forces on Solar Photovoltaic Panels Mounted on Different Types of Roof and on/above Ground in India Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Techniques'            | Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.                                            |
|    23 | Facilitating the target of 100GW Solar by 2022: An Inclusive Analysis towards achievement'                                                                                           | National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
|    24 | National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE) Phase-II                                                                                                             | IIT Mumbai                                                                     |
|    25 | 'Development and field testing of Solar powered clean drinking water systems for communities without piped water line and electricity'                                               | National Institute of Solar Energy and M/s SauryaEnertech, Gurugram            |
|    26 | Development of Electrode Materials for High Energy Density Lithium ion Batteries and Computational Studies of Solar Absorber layers                                                  | SRM Research Institute, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu.            |
|    27 | From Cell towards Module using low cost Organo-Metal Halide Perovskite Materials                                                                                                     | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai.                          |