Lok Sabha Question No. 770 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Demand and Supply
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.770 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2019

## DEMAND AND SUPPLY

770.  SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  status  of  power  generation  and  demand  supply  in  the  country and the details of the sources and their capacity in total power production in the country at present; and
- (b) the sources from which carbon- free power would be generated in the next ten years and the quantum of power production fixed for these sources and the details of measures taken in this regard?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) : The details of source wise power  generation and their capacity in total power production in the country during the current year 2018-19 (upto December, 2018) and the status of demand and supply of power in the country are given at Annex.

(b) : Hydro, Nuclear and Renewable Energy (including Solar, Wind and Biomass) are main sources from which carbon free power would be generated in the next ten years.

Generation of electricity is a delicensed activity and decision to set up any generating plants is based on a demand assessment by the concerned  generator.  Hence  no  target  has  been  fixed  in  the  next  ten years. However, to promote clean energy Government of India has fixed a target of 175 GW of renewable energy based generation capacity by 2022.

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The  details  of  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to promote the production of renewable energy, inter alia, are as under:

- i. Fixed  a  target  of  175  GW  renewable  energy  based  generation capacity, out of which  100 GW would be solar power.
- ii. Issued guidelines for procurement of solar and wind power through tariff based competitive bidding process;
- iii. Declared Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) up to the year 201819;
- iv. Declare Renewable Generation Obligation on new coal/lignite based thermal plants;
- v. Notified National Offshore Wind Energy Policy;
- vi. Notified policy for Re-powering of Wind Power Projects;
- vii. Notified standards for deployment of solar photovoltaic systems/devices;
- viii. Issued  order  for  waiving  inter  State  Transmission  System  charges and  losses  for  inter-State  sale  of  solar  and  wind  based  power projects  to  be  commissioned  by  December,  2019  and  March  2019 respectively.

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ANNEX

ANNEX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.    770  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  THE  LOK  SABHA  ON 07.02.2019.

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Source  wise  generation  and  capacity  in  total  power  production  in  the country during the current year 2018-19 (Upto December, 2018)

| Category    | Capacity (MW)   | Generation (MU)   |
|-------------|-----------------|-------------------|
| THERMAL     | 2,23,027.34     | 8,05,433.52       |
| NUCLEAR     | 6,780.00        | 28,457.54         |
| HYDRO       | 45,399.22       | 1,16,041.57 *     |
| RES         | 74,081.66       | 97,923.70         |
| Grand Total | 3,49,288.22     | 10,47,856.33      |

Note: Generation from stations of 25 MW & above only * Includes Bhutan Import

The  demand  and  supply  of  power  in  the  country  during  AprilDecember, 2018*

| Energy (Million Unit)   | Energy (Million Unit)   | Energy (Million Unit)   | Energy (Million Unit)   | Peak (Mega Watt)   | Peak (Mega Watt)   | Peak (Mega Watt)   | Peak (Mega Watt)   |
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Energy Requirement      | Energy Supplied         | Energy Not Supplied     | Energy Not Supplied     | Peak Demand        | Peak Met           | Demand not Met     | Demand not Met     |
| MU                      | MU                      | MU                      | %                       | MW                 | MW                 | MW                 | %                  |
| 971,490                 | 965,589                 | 5,901                   | 0.6                     | 177,022            | 175,528            | 1,494              | 0.8                |

*Provisional