Lok Sabha Question No. 1446 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-26
Subject: Installed Capacity of Solar & Wind Power
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY, NISHIKANT  DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1446

TO BE ANSWERED ON-26.07.2018

## INSTALLED CAPACITY OF SOLAR & WIND POWER

## 1446. SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY

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

- (a) the current installed capacity for solar and wind power in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the details of the roadmap, for creation of installed capacity for solar and wind power during the next three years, State-wise; and
- (c) the initiatives taken by the Government to promote renewable energy in Jharkhand?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) State-wise details of solar and wind power capacity installed in the country are given at Annexure .
- (b) The Government has set a target for installing 175 GW of RE capacity by 2022, of this 100 GW will come from solar, 60 GW from wind, 10 GW from bio-mass and 5 GW from small hydro. Accordingly, the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has announced a trajectory for issuing bids so as to achieve the target.
- (c) The initiatives taken by the Government of India to promote renewable energy in the State of Jharkhand include the following:-
- i. Announcement of a target of installing 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by March, 2022; for country as a whole including Jharkhand;
- ii. Declaration of trajectory for Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) up to the year 201819;
- iii. Declaration  of  Renewable  Generation  Obligation  on  new  coal/lignite  based  thermal plants;
- iv. Waiving  of  Inter  State  Transmission  System  charges  and  losses  for  inter-state  sale  of solar and wind power for projects to be commissioned up to March, 2022;
- v. Notification of  standards for deployment of solar photovoltaic systems/devices and
- vi. Launched Atal Jyoti Yojna for Solar LED street lights in five states.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1446 FOR 26.07.2018

## STATE-WISE DETAILS OF SOLAR AND WIND POWER CAPACITY INSTALLED IN THE COUNTRY

(As on 30.06.2018)

| S. No.     | STATES / UTs         | Solar Power   | Wind Power    | Total Capacity (Solar and Wind)   |
|------------|----------------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1          | Andhra Pradesh       | 2512.36       | 4009.75       | 6522.11                           |
| 2          | Arunachal Pradesh    | 5.39          |               | 5.39                              |
| 3          | Assam                | 12.70         |               | 12.70                             |
| 4          | Bihar                | 142.45        |               | 142.45                            |
| 5          | Chhattisgarh         | 231.35        |               | 231.35                            |
| 6          | Goa                  | 0.91          |               | 0.91                              |
| 7          | Gujarat              | 1637.15       | 5644.02       | 7281.17                           |
| 8          | Haryana              | 216.85        |               | 216.85                            |
| 9          | Himachal Pradesh     | 3.36          |               | 3.36                              |
| 10         | Jammu & Kashmir      | 9.85          |               | 9.85                              |
| 11         | Jharkhand            | 31.78         |               | 31.78                             |
| 12         | Karnataka            | 5124.18       | 4642.00       | 9766.18                           |
| 13         | Kerala               | 138.49        | 52.50         | 190.99                            |
| 14         | Madhya Pradesh       | 1321.81       | 2519.89       | 3841.70                           |
| 15         | Maharashtra          | 1419.18       | 4783.93       | 6203.11                           |
| 16         | Manipur              | 2.17          |               | 2.17                              |
| 17         | Meghalaya            | 0.06          |               | 0.06                              |
| 18         | Mizoram              | 0.20          |               | 0.20                              |
| 19         | Nagaland             | 1.00          |               | 1.00                              |
| 20         | Odisha               | 110.25        |               | 110.25                            |
| 21         | Punjab               | 905.62        |               | 905.62                            |
| 22         | Rajasthan            | 2360.75       | 4299.72       | 6660.47                           |
| 23         | Sikkim               | 0.01          |               | 0.01                              |
| 24         | Tamil Nadu           | 2220.95       | 8236.57       | 10457.52                          |
| 25         | Telangana            | 3401.13       | 100.80        | 3501.93                           |
| 26         | Tripura              | 5.09          |               | 5.09                              |
| 27         | Uttar Pradesh        | 739.41        |               | 739.41                            |
| 28         | Uttarakhand          | 302.99        |               | 302.99                            |
| 29         | West Bengal          | 37.97         |               | 37.97                             |
| 30         | Andaman & Nicobar    | 6.56          |               | 6.56                              |
| 31         | Chandigarh           | 30.35         |               | 30.35                             |
| 32         | Dadar & Nagar Haveli | 5.46          |               | 5.46                              |
| 33         | Daman & Diu          | 13.01         |               | 13.01                             |
| 34         | Delhi                | 69.57         |               | 69.57                             |
| 35         | Lakshwadeep          | 0.75          |               | 0.75                              |
| 36         | Pondicherry          | 1.71          |               | 1.71                              |
| 37         | Others               |               | 4.30 34293.48 | 4.30 57316.30                     |
| Total (MW) | Total (MW)           | 23022.82      |               |                                   |