Lok Sabha Question No. 3864 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-03
Subject: IWTCS
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: PRATHAP SIMHA, SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3864

TO BE ANSWERED ON-03.01.2019

## IWTCS

## 3864. SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

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

(a)whether the Ministry has recently circulated Draft Indian Wind Turbine Certification Scheme (IWTCS), if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the Government has received the comments from all Stakeholders and Public, if so, the time by which the new Scheme is likely to be launched;

(c)  whether  the  Government  has  assessed  the  wind  power  potential  of  the  country,  if  so,  the details thereof ;

(d) the salient features of the National Offshore Wind Energy Policy;

(e) whether the country has the fourth highest wind installed capacity in the world; and

(f) the steps taken through various policies and schemes for the healthy and orderly growth of wind energy sector in the country ?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) Yes Madam. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy had circulated draft Indian Wind  Turbine  Certification  Scheme  (IWTCS)  for  comments  of  stakeholders.  It  lays  down guidelines  to  ensure  quality,  safety  and  reliability  of  wind  turbines.  The  Government  have received comments from stakeholders and public including associations of wind industry, wind turbine  certification  agency,  individual  wind  experts,  wind  developers  and  manufacturers,  etc. No specific timeline has been decided for launching of the scheme.

(c) The estimated wind potential of the country is around 302 GW at 100m above ground level. The state-wise details are as under:

| S.No.      | State             |   Wind Potential (MW) |
|------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
| 1          | Gujarat           |              84431.3  |
| 2          | Rajasthan         |              18770.5  |
| 3          | Maharashtra       |              45394.3  |
| 4          | Tamil Nadu        |              33799.7  |
| 5          | Madhya Pradesh    |              10483.9  |
| 6          | Karnataka         |              55857.4  |
| 7          | Andhra Pradesh    |              44228.6  |
| 8          | Kerala            |               1699.56 |
| 9          | Telangana         |               4244.29 |
| 10         | Odisha            |               3093.47 |
| 11         | Chhattisgarh      |                 76.59 |
| 12         | West Bengal       |                  2.08 |
| 13         | Puducherry        |                152.83 |
| 14         | Lakshadweep       |                  7.67 |
| 15         | Goa               |                  0.84 |
| 16         | Andaman & Nicobar |                  8.43 |
| Total inMW | Total inMW        |             302251    |

- (d) The National Offshore Wind Power Policy was issued in October 2015. The salient features of the policy are:
- i. Offshore  wind  energy  development,  including,  setting  up  of  demonstration,  pilot  and commercial projects, research & development activities, in waters up to 200 nautical miles (EEZ of the country) from the baseline.
- ii. Fiscal incentives available to onshore wind will also be made available to offshore wind power projects.
- iii. Allocation  of  sea  bed  for  development  of  offshore  wind  energy  through  international competitive bidding (ICB).
- (e) Yes Madam. The country has the fourth highest wind installed capacity in the world of 35.01 GW as on 30.11.2018.
- (f) The Government is promoting wind power projects in entire country through private sector investment by providing various fiscal and financial incentives such as Accelerated Depreciation;  concessional  custom  duty  on  certain  components  of  wind  electric  generators. Besides,  Generation  Based  Incentive  (GBI)  Scheme  was  available  for  the  wind  projects commissioned by 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 being provided 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.