Lok Sabha Question No. 564 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-13
Subject: Energy Sources
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-564

TO BE ANSWERED ON-13.12.2018

## ENERGY SOURCES

## 564. SHRI KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken note of the increase in the power generation from new and renewable energy sources like Solar energy in the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the steps being taken by the Government in increasing the Solar Energy in the country; and
- (c) whether any Solar Energy projects are being taken up in the State of Andhra Pradesh, if so, the details thereof, district-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  The  Government has taken note of increase in power generation from new and renewable energy sources including solar energy in the country. The details of renewable energy capacity generated including solar energy from the year 2014-15 to year 2018-19 (as on 31.10.2018) are given at Annexure-I.
- (b) The Government has taken various steps to increase generation of solar energy in the country. These inter-alia, include the following:
- (i) Announcement of a target of installing 100 GW of solar energy capacity by March, 2022;
- (ii) Declaration of trajectory for Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) up to the year 2021-22;
- (iii)  Fiscal  &  financial  incentives  such  as  Capital  Subsidy,  Viability  gap  funding  (VGF), accelerated depreciation benefits etc;
- (iv) Permitting 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) under the automatic route in renewable energy sector;
- (v) Issued guidelines for procurement of solar and wind power through tariff based competitive bidding process;
- (vi) 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;
- (vii) Raising funds from bilateral and multilateral finance and development institutions;
- (viii)  Implementation  of  Green  Energy  Corridor  project  to  facilitate  integration  of  large  scale renewable generation capacity addition.
- (c) The Government of Andhra Pradesh has reported commissioning of 2590.78 MW capacity of solar power projects in the State. Further, solar power projects of 2150 MW capacity have been reported at various stages of implementation. The district-wise details of solar energy projects taken up in the state of Andhra Pradesh are given at Annexure-II .

## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 564 FOR 13.12.2018

| Source                                |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 (As on 31.10.2018) |
|---------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| Total Renewable Energy generated (MU) |  61719.2  |  65780.9  |   81548.2 |  101839   |                      63146.6 |
| Solar Energy (MU)                     |   4599.02 |   7447.92 |   13499.4 |   25871.1 |                      12997.5 |

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 564 FOR 13.12.2018

## DISTRICT-WISE DETAILS OF SOLAR ENERGY PROJECTS TAKEN UP IN THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

| S. No.   | District        |   Solar power projects commissioned ( in MW) |   Solar power projects at various stages of implementation ( in MW) |
|----------|-----------------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Srikakulam      |                                        31    |                                                                   0 |
| 2.       | Vizianagarm     |                                        17.65 |                                                                   0 |
| 3.       | Vishakhapattnam |                                         9.25 |                                                                   0 |
| 4.       | East Godavari   |                                         5    |                                                                   0 |
| 5.       | West Godavari   |                                        11.93 |                                                                   0 |
| 6.       | Krishna         |                                         4.15 |                                                                   0 |
| 7.       | Guntur          |                                         7    |                                                                   0 |
| 8.       | Prakasam        |                                        22    |                                                                   0 |
| 9.       | Nellore         |                                        40.7  |                                                                   0 |
| 10.      | Chittoor        |                                       155.9  |                                                                   0 |
| 11.      | Kadapa          |                                       469    |                                                                1000 |
| 12.      | Kurnool         |                                      1176    |                                                                   0 |
| 13.      | Ananthapuramu   |                                       641.2  |                                                                1150 |
|          | Total           |                                      2590.78 |                                                                2150 |