Lok Sabha Question No. 4844 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-25
Subject: Renewable Energy Cooperation with France
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Shrirang Appa Barne, Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Raksha Nikhil Khadse, Sudheer Gupta, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-4844

ANSWERED ON-25.03.2021

## RENEWABLE ENERGY COOPERATION WITH FRANCE

4844. SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR SAHU SHRI MATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK

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

- (a) Whether the Government proposes to  sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on renewable energy cooperation with France and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) Whether the Government has finalised the areas and technologies likely to be covered under the said MoU and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the extent to which renewable energy in India is likely to be increases after use of French technologies relating to solar, wind, hydrogen and biomass energy;
- (d) whether India will be able to obtain the process of attaining the ambitious target of 450 GW of installed renewable energy capacity by 2030;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government to achieve the said target in time bound manner; and
- (f) the details of the proposals received from the States for setting up of renewable energy plants along with the response of the Government thereto, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of renewable energy was signed between the Ministry for the Ecological Transition of the French Republic and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of the Republic of India on 28.01.2021 at New Delhi.

The Memorandum of Understanding will focus on development of new and renewable energy technologies in the following areas:

- a) Solar
- b) Wind energy
- c) Hydrogen
- d) Biomass
- e) Any other mutually agreed areas

The  activities  under  the  Memorandum  of  Understanding  will  contribute  towards  development and deployment of renewable energy in India.

(d)&(e)  Yes  Sir.  The  Government  of  India  has  taken  several  steps  to  promote  the  renewable energy in the country. These include:

- i. Permitting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) up to 100 percent under the automatic route,
- ii. Waiver of Inter State Transmission System (ISTS) charges and losses for inter-state sale of solar and wind power for projects to be commissioned by 30th June 2023,
- iii. Declaration of trajectory for Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) up to the year 2022,
- iv. Setting up of Ultra Mega Renewable Energy Parks to provide land and transmission to RE developers on a plug and play basis,
- v. Schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PMKUSUM), Solar Rooftop Phase II, 12000 MW CPSU Scheme Phase II, etc,
- vi. Laying of new transmission lines and creating new sub-station capacity under the Green Energy Corridor Scheme for evacuation of renewable power,
- vii. Notification of standards for deployment of solar photovoltaic system/devices,
- viii. Setting up of Project Development Cell for attracting and facilitating investments,
- ix. Standard Bidding Guidelines for tariff based competitive bidding process for procurement of Power from Grid Connected Solar PV and Wind Projects.
- x. Government has issued orders that power shall be dispatched against Letter of Credit (LC) or advance payment to ensure timely payment by distribution licensees to RE generators.
11. (f) The State-wise details of Renewable Energy Projects/Capacities sanctioned during the year 2020-21 so far are placed at Annexure.

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## Details of Renewable Energy Projects/ Capacities Sanctioned during the Year 2020-21 Solar Parks (as on 23.3.2021)

| S. No.   | State            | Solar Park                     |   Capacity (MW) |
|----------|------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------|
| 1        | Himachal Pradesh | Kaza Solar Park                |            1000 |
| 2        | Kerala           | Floating Solar Park            |              50 |
| 3        | Madhya Pradesh   | Omkareswar Floating Solar Park |             600 |
| 4        | Madhya Pradesh   | Chhattarpur Solar Park         |             950 |
| 5        | Madhya Pradesh   | Morena Solar Park              |            1400 |
| 6        | Madhya Pradesh   | Barethi Solar Park             |             550 |
| 7        | Odisha           | Floating Solar Park            |             100 |
| 8        | Uttar Pradesh    | Jalaun Solar Park              |            1200 |
| 9        | Uttar Pradesh    | Lalitpur Solar Park            |             600 |
| 10       | Uttar Pradesh    | Jhansi Solar Park              |             600 |
|          | Uttar Pradesh    | Solar Park in Mirzapur         |             100 |
| Total    | Total            | Total                          |            7150 |

## Solar Rooftop (as on 23.3.2021)

| S. No.   | State          |   Capacity (MW) |
|----------|----------------|-----------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh |            25   |
| 2        | Assam          |             2   |
| 3        | Bihar          |            20   |
| 4        | Chandigarh     |            70   |
| 5        | Goa            |            80   |
| 6        | Gujarat        |           492   |
| 7        | Haryana        |            25   |
| 8        | Jharkhand      |            50   |
| 9        | Karnataka      |           312   |
| 10       | Kerala         |           200   |
| 11       | Lakshadweep    |            10   |
| 12       | Maharashtra    |           502   |
| 13       | Manipur        |             1   |
| 14       | Meghalaya      |            70   |
| 15       | Mizoram        |             1   |
| 16       | Nagaland       |             3.8 |
| 17       | NCT of Delhi   |             9.5 |
| 18       | Puducherry     |            25   |
| 19       | Punjab         |            50   |
| 20       | Tamil Nadu     |            50   |
| 21       | Telangana      |            25   |
| 22       | Uttarakhand    |            26   |
| 23       | West Bengal    |            50   |
|          | Total          |          2099.3 |

## PM-KUSUM (as on 23.3.2021)

| S. No.   | State             | Component-A (MW)   | Component-B (Nos)   | Component-C (Nos)             | Component-C (Nos)         |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
| S. No.   | State             | Component-A (MW)   | Component-B (Nos)   | Individual Pumps Solarization | Feeder Level Solarization |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 0                  | 0                   | 0                             | 50000                     |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                  | 50                  | 0                             | 0                         |
| 3        | Assam             | 0                  | 1000                | 500                           | 0                         |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh      | 30                 | 20000               | 0                             | 0                         |
| 5        | Delhi             | 62                 | 0                   | 550                           | 0                         |
| 6        | Gujarat           | 500                | 3424                | 7000                          | 500                       |
| 7        | Goa               | 50                 | 200                 | 7000                          | 0                         |
| 8        | Haryana           | 65                 | 37000               | 468                           | 0                         |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 20                 | 1550                | 0                             | 0                         |
| 10       | Jammu &Kashmir    | 5                  | 5000                | 0                             | 0                         |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 50                 | 11000               | 500                           | 10000                     |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 500                | 10500               | 1000                          | 100000                    |
| 13       | Kerala            | 40                 | 100                 | 100                           | 2000                      |
| 14       | Ladakh            | 0                  | 600                 | 0                             | 0                         |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh    | 300                | 60000               | 0                             | 50000                     |
| 16       | Maharashtra       | 500                | 100000              | 0                             | 100000                    |
| 17       | Manipur           | 0                  | 150                 | 0                             | 0                         |
| 18       | Meghalaya         | 5                  | 700                 | 0                             | 10000                     |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 0                  | 50                  | 0                             | 0                         |
| 20       | Odisha            | 500                | 6000                | 0                             | 0                         |
| 21       | Puducherry        | 7                  | 0                   | 0                             | 0                         |
| 22       | Punjab            | 220                | 9500                | 0                             | 25000                     |
| 23       | Rajasthan         | 1200               | 75000               | 37500                         | 0                         |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | 75                 | 6500                | 20000                         | 0                         |
| 25       | Telangana         | 500                | 0                   | 0                             | 65000                     |
| 26       | Tripura           | 5                  | 3900                | 2600                          | 0                         |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     | 225                | 23000               | 0                             | 30000                     |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       | 0                  | 0                   | 200                           | 0                         |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 0                  | 0                   | 700                           | 0                         |
|          | Total             | 4859               | 375224              | 78118                         | 442500                    |

| S. No.   | State          |   Capacity (MW) |
|----------|----------------|-----------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh |            1.39 |
| 2        | Bihar          |           12.9  |
| 3        | Haryana        |           14.5  |
| 4        | Karnataka      |           63    |
| 5        | Madhya Pradesh |            1.99 |
| 6        | Maharashtra    |           74.4  |
| 7        | Odisha         |            0.8  |
| 8        | Punjab         |            8.4  |
| 9        | Telangana      |            2    |
| 10       | Uttar Pradesh  |            6.75 |
| 11       | West Bengal    |            4.2  |
|          | Total          |          190.33 |

Waste to Energy  (as on 23.3.2021)

| S. No.   | State          |   Capacity (MW) |
|----------|----------------|-----------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh |           30.96 |
| 2        | Gujarat        |           33.72 |
| 3        | Haryana        |            0.88 |
| 4        | Karnataka      |            0.23 |
| 5        | Maharashtra    |            1.67 |
| 6        | Tamil Nadu     |            2.21 |
| 7        | Telangana      |            1.17 |
| 8        | Uttar Pradesh  |            1.31 |
| 9        | West Bengal    |            0.36 |
|          | Total          |           72.5  |

## Biogas Power (Off-Grid (as on 23.3.2021)

| Sl. No.   | State          |   Size (kW) |
|-----------|----------------|-------------|
| 1.        | Tamil Nadu     |        75   |
| 2.        | Punjab         |        40   |
| 3.        | Gujarat        |        33.7 |
| 4.        | Haryana        |       150   |
| 5.        | Madhya Pradesh |        37   |
| 6.        | Maharashtra    |       533.5 |
| 7.        | Odisha         |       130   |
| 8.        | Andhra Pradesh |        24   |
| 9.        | Telangana      |       472   |
| 10.       | Uttar Pradesh  |       236   |
|           | Total          |      1731.2 |