Lok Sabha Question No. 2751 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-27
Subject: Power Gap
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2751

TO BE ANSWERED ON-27.12.2018

## POWER GAP

## 2751. SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE

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

- (a) whether there is a gap between projection and actual production of wind energy in the country during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise  along  with  the  number  of  wind  mills  and  their potential/actual production of energy across the country, as on date, State/ UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has received proposals from Public and Private sectors for setting up new wind mills across the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise along with present status of such proposals;
- (e)  the  estimated  cost,  capacity  and  the  locations  identified  for  setting  up  such  wind  mills, State/UT-wise; and
- (f)  the  other  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government to promote  generation and use of wind energy in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b)  No  Madam.  No  year  to  year  projection  is  made  for  energy  generation  from  different sources of renewable energy including wind power. The Government has set a target of installing 60  GW  of    wind  power  capacity  by  2022,  against  which  35  GW  capacity  has  already  been installed.  The  state  wise  installed  capacity  and  energy  generation  (actual  production)  of  wind power in the country during last three years and current year are given in Annexure -I .

(c) to (e) The wind power projects in the country are installed on the basis of commercial viability through tariff based competitive bidding process. As on date, the bids for setting up of wind power projects of aggregate 8389.90 MW capacity have been finalised through Solar Energy Corporation of  India  Ltd.  (SECI)  and  National  Thermal  Power  Corporation  Ltd.  (NTPC),  as  detailed  in Annexure-II .  Besides,  bids  of  500  MW  each  have  been  finalised  by  the  states  of  Tamil  Nadu, Gujarat and Maharashtra.

(f) The Government is promoting wind power projects in entire country by providing various fiscal and  financial  incentives  such  as  Accelerated  Depreciation  benefit;  concessional  custom  duty exemption on certain components of wind electric generators. Besides, Generation Based Incentive (GBI) is being provided to the wind projects commissioned before 31 March 2017.

In addition to fiscal and other incentives as stated above, following steps also have been taken to promote installation of wind capacity in the country:

-  Technical  support  including  wind  resource  assessment  and  identification  of  potential  sites through the National Institute of Wind Energy, Chennai.
- In order to facilitate inter-state sale of wind power, the inter-state transmission charges and losses have been waived off for wind and solar projects to be commissioned by March, 2022.
- Issued Guidelines for Tariff Based Competitive Bidding Process for procurement of Power from Grid Connected Wind Power Projects. These Guidelines aim to enable the Distribution Licensees to procure wind power at competitive rates in a cost effective manner.

## Annexure-I

Annexure-I referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2751 for 27.12.2018

## State-wise installed capacity and energy generation of Wind Power

| State               | 2015-16                 | 2015-16                | 2016-17                 | 2016-17                | 2017-18                 | 2017-18                | 2018-19                                     | 2018-19                                     |
|---------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|                     | Installed Capacity (MW) | Energy Generation (MU) | Installed Capacity (MW) | Energy Generation (MU) | Installed Capacity (MW) | Energy Generation (MU) | Installed Capacity (MW) (as on 30.11.20 18) | Energy Generati on (MU) (as on 31.10.20 18) |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 400.10                  | 2013.04                | 2187.45                 | 3187.85                | 348.10                  | 6354.11                | 107.40                                      | 774.50                                      |
| Gujarat             | 392.40                  | 6446.58                | 1392.00                 | 7720.01                | 272.80                  | 9635.65                | 239.25                                      | 1885.09                                     |
| Karnataka           | 230.90                  | 4797.95                | 882.30                  | 6058.65                | 857.00                  | 7410.29                | 63.90                                       | 998.60                                      |
| Kerala              | 8.40                    | 51.45                  | 8.00                    | 72.59                  | 1.00                    | 98.46                  | 0.00                                        | 10.78                                       |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 1261.40                 | 1558.43                | 356.70                  | 3563.17                | 22.10                   | 4139.84                | 0.00                                        | 1081.38                                     |
| Maharashtra         | 207.85                  | 6121.34                | 117.55                  | 7490.75                | 12.60                   | 6541.35                | 4.20                                        | 1060.68                                     |
| Rajasthan           | 685.50                  | 4583.59                | 287.70                  | 5562.52                | 16.00                   | 5665.45                | 2.00                                        | 1123.47                                     |
| Tamil Nadu          | 158.80                  | 7273.23                | 247.57                  | 11935.26               | 335.64                  | 12358.01               | 427.80                                      | 723.82                                      |
| Telangana           | 77.70                   | 0.00                   | 23.10                   | 211.93                 | 0.00                    | 195.29                 | 27.30                                       | 29.81                                       |
| Others              | 0.00                    | 183.77                 | 0.00                    | 201.61                 | 0.00                    | 267.65                 | 0.00                                        | 75.70                                       |
| Total               | 3423.05                 | 33029.38               | 5502.37                 | 46004.34               | 1865.24                 | 52666.1                | 871.85                                      | 7763.83                                     |
| Cumulative Capacity | 26777.39                | --                     | 32279.76                | -                      | 34145.00                | -                      | 35016.85                                    | -                                           |

## Annexure-II

Annexure-II referred to in reply to parts (c) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2751 for 27.12.2018

| SECI Bid         |   Project Capacity (MW) | Project Locations                                                                                                           | Tariff Rs./unit   | Present Status                                             |
|------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| SECI Tranche I   |                  1049.9 | Thirunelveli (Tamil Nadu) and Bhuj & Bachau (Gujarat)                                                                       | 3.46              | 425.9MW commissioned. Financial closure achieved for 624MW |
| SECI Tranche II  |                  1000   | Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu) and Bhuj & Bachau (Gujarat)                                                                          | 2.65-2.65         | Scheduled commissioning date is 03.05.2019                 |
| SECI Tranche III |                  2000   | Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu) and Bhuj & Bachau (Gujarat)                                                                          | 2.44-2.45         | Scheduled commissioning date is 23.11.2019                 |
| SECI Tranche IV  |                  2000   | Pugalur, Thirunelveli, & Palakkad (Tamil Nadu) and Bhuj (Gujarat)                                                           | 2.51-2.52         | Scheduled commissioning date is 28.02.2020                 |
| SECI Tranche V   |                  1190   | Bhuj (Gujarat) and Hiryur (Karnataka)                                                                                       | 2.76-2.77         | Scheduled commissioning date is 22.07.2020                 |
| NTPC             |                  1150   | Pavagada (Andhra Pradesh), Osmanabad (Maharashtra), Karur & Tirupur (Tamil Nadu), Kutch (Gujarat) and Devangere (Karnataka) | 2.77-2.83         | Scheduled commissioning date is 13.07.2020                 |
| Total            |                  8389.9 |                                                                                                                             |                   |                                                            |