Lok Sabha Question No. 848 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Deployment of Renewable Energy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Gaurav Gogoi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 848

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.11.2019

## DEPLOYMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY

848. SHRI GAURAV GOGOI

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

- (a) the programmes and methods utilised by the Government to aid and increase the deployment of renewable energy in the country;
- (b) the quantum of renewable power capacity that has been installed, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to achieve the renewable energy target of 175 GW by 2022; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY,  POWER and MoS for SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI R. K. SINGH)

- (a) The details of the programs being implemented in the country are given in the Annexure-I .

To increase the deployment of renewable energy in the country, the Government of India have put in place various policies/initiatives for promotion of renewable energy. These initiatives include incentives such as accelerated depreciations, waiver of Inter State Transmission System (ISTS) charges and losses, viability  gap  funding  (VGF)  and  permitting  Foreign  Direct  Investment  up  to  100  per  cent  under  the automatic route. Renewable  Energy  Projects are awarded  through transparent bidding process. Government have also issued standard bidding guidelines to enable the distribution licensees to procure power at competitive rates in cost effective manner.

- (b)  A  cumulative  renewable  energy  capacity  of  83.38  GW  has  been  installed  in  the  country  as  on 31/10/2019. The state-wise and source-wise detail of installed capacity is given in Annexure-II.
- (c)  & (d) The Government has set a target of installing 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by the year 2022 which includes 100 GW from solar, 60 GW from wind, 10 GW from Biomass and 5 GW from Small Hydro. A total of 83.38 GW of renewable energy capacity has been installed in the country as on 31/10/2019 which includes 31.69 GW from solar, 37.09 GW from wind, 9.95 GW from Biomass and 4.65 GW from Small Hydro.

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Annexure-I  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Un-starred  Question  No.  848  for 21/11/2019 regarding ' Deployment of Renewable Energy'

## Details of the Renewable Energy Schemes / Programmes

## 1. Grid Interactive Power :

- o Wind Power : Grid Interactive Wind Power projects.
- o Bio-power: Biomass power/ Cogeneration and waste to energy programme.
- o Small Hydro Power: Small hydro power plants up to 25 MW capacity.
- o Solar Power: Grid-interactive -Solar power generation plants, Solar Roof Top programme.
- o Green  Energy  Corridors: transmission  Infrastructure  for  evacuation  of  Power  from Renewable Energy Sources.

## 2. Off-Grid/ Distributed and Decentralized Renewable Power:

- o Solar Power -To promote the solar devices such as Solar Lighting Systems,  Solar Power Packs  and  Concentrated  Solar  Technology  systems, PM-  KUSUM ,  Atal  Jyoti  Yojna (AJAY).
- o Biogas  Programme: setting  up  of  Family  Type  biogas  plants  for  cooking/  lighting/ manure/ small scale power generation
- o Solar  Thermal  Systems: deployment  of  decentralized  solar  thermal  systems/  devices (mainly  solar  cookers  /  driers  for  cooking,  drying  farm  produce)  under  National  Solar Mission.

## 3.           Other programmes:

- o Supporting  research  and  development  projects  at  premier  institutions  and  industries  on different aspects of new and renewable energy technologies.
-  Solar
-  Hydrogen and fuel cell
-  Biogas
-  SHP
- o Human Resource Development and Training  Programme
- o Information and Publicity

Annexure-II  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Un-starred  Question  No.  848  for 21/11/2019regarding ' Deployment of Renewable Energy'

Source-wise  and  State-wise  installed  capacity  of  Grid  Interactive  Renewable  Power  (As  on 31.10.2019)

| S. No.   | STATES / Uts            | Small Hydro Power   | Wind Power   | Bio Power   | Solar Power   | Total     |
|----------|-------------------------|---------------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh          | 162.11              | 4092.45      | 500.34      | 3316.82       | 8071.72   |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh       | 131.105             |              |             | 5.61          | 136.72    |
| 3        | Assam                   | 34.11               |              |             | 41.23         | 75.34     |
| 4        | Bihar                   | 70.70               |              | 121.20      | 149.35        | 341.25    |
| 5        | Chhatisgarh             | 76.00               |              | 230.50      | 231.35        | 537.85    |
| 6        | Goa                     | 0.05                |              |             | 4.78          | 4.83      |
| 7        | Gujarat                 | 62.35               | 7203.77      | 77.30       | 2687.57       | 10030.99  |
| 8        | Haryana                 | 73.50               |              | 205.66      | 247.52        | 526.68    |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh        | 906.51              |              | 7.20        | 29.63         | 943.34    |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir          | 180.03              |              |             | 19.13         | 199.16    |
| 11       | Jharkhand               | 4.05                |              | 4.30        | 38.40         | 46.75     |
| 12       | Karnataka               | 1256.73             | 4753.40      | 1827.80     | 6497.42       | 14335.35  |
| 13       | Kerala                  | 222.02              | 62.50        | 0.72        | 141.39        | 426.63    |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh          | 95.91               | 2519.890     | 120.75      | 2116.08       | 4852.63   |
| 15       | Maharashtra             | 379.575             | 4794.13      | 2528.69     | 1661.33       | 9363.73   |
| 16       | Manipur                 | 5.45                |              |             | 4.30          | 9.75      |
| 17       | Meghalaya               | 32.53               |              | 13.80       | 0.12          | 46.45     |
| 18       | Mizoram                 | 36.47               |              |             | 1.42          | 37.89     |
| 19       | Nagaland                | 30.67               |              |             | 1.00          | 31.67     |
| 20       | Odisha                  | 64.625              |              | 59.22       | 397.28        | 521.13    |
| 21       | Punjab                  | 173.55              |              | 327.85      | 947.10        | 1448.50   |
| 22       | Rajasthan               | 23.85               | 4299.72      | 121.30      | 4737.63       | 9182.50   |
| 23       | Sikkim                  | 52.11               |              |             | 0.07          | 52.18     |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu              | 123.05              | 9231.76      | 1003.95     | 3097.97       | 13456.73  |
| 25       | Telangana               | 90.87               | 128.10       | 177.60      | 3620.75       | 4017.32   |
| 26       | Tripura                 | 16.01               |              |             | 9.41          | 25.42     |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh           | 25.10               |              | 2115.51     | 1045.10       | 3185.71   |
| 28       | Uttarakhand             | 214.320             |              | 130.50      | 314.99        | 659.81    |
| 29       | West Bengal             | 98.50               |              | 319.92      | 108.49        | 526.91    |
| 30       | Andaman & Nicobar       | 5.25                |              |             | 12.19         | 17.44     |
| 31       | Chandigarh              |                     |              |             | 36.99         | 36.99     |
| 32       | Dadar &Nagar Haveli     |                     |              |             | 5.46          | 5.46      |
| 33       | Daman &Diu              |                     |              |             | 16.02         | 16.02     |
| 34       | Delhi                   |                     |              | 52.00       | 148.41        | 200.41    |
| 35 36    | Lakshwadeep Pondicherry |                     |              |             | 0.75 3.20     | 0.75 3.20 |
| 37       | Others                  |                     | 4.30         |             |               | 4.30      |
|          | Total (MW)              | 4647.107            | 37090.020    | 9946.11     | 31696.26      | 83379.50  |