Lok Sabha Question No. 699 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Solar Energy Plants
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Gautham Sigamani Pon, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Amol Ramsing Kolhe

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 699

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2020

## SOLAR ENERGY PLANTS

699. SHRI SHRINIWAS PATIL SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE SHRI GAUTAM SIGAMAANI PON SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE

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

(a)  whether solar energy plants have been/being set up with foreign investment in the country including Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu;

(b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  investment  made  by  the  foreign  companies  for  the purpose, country-wise;

(c) the number of solar energy plants set up and functional with the help of foreign investment and cost of setting up of the same and the units of solar energy generated therefrom;

(d) whether the Government proposes to allow firms to bid tariffs in dollar to encourage foreign investment and if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether the Government extends any incentives to boost foreign direct investment in solar energy sector;

(f) if so, the details thereof; and

(g) the other steps taken by the Government for encouraging solar power generation in the country?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY, POWER and MoS for  SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a)&(b)  The  Government  have  allowed  100%  Foreign  Direct  Investment  (FDI)  in  Renewable energy sector including solar power industry through automatic route in the country  including Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. The Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade has reported  FDI  equity  inflow  of  USD  8,693.06  million  in  non-conventional  energy  sector  from April,2000 to September,2019. The country-wise details are given in Annexure-I.

(c)    The  details  of  state  wise  solar  energy  capacity  installed  in  the  country  are  given  in Annexure-II .  These  projects  have  generated  34.79  BU  of  electricity  in  current  year  so  far. However, details of solar energy plants set up with foreign investment alone are not available.

(d) The Government is not planning to allow firms to bid tariffs in dollar.

(e)&(f)  The  Government  has  allowed  100%  Foreign  Direct  Investment  (FDI)  in  Renewable energy sector including solar power industry through automatic route.

- (g)  The  Government  has  taken  following  steps  to  encourage  solar  power  generation  in  the country: (i) Announcement of a target of installing 100 GW of solar energy capacity by December, 2022. (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 up to December, 2022. (iii) Permitting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) up to 100 percent under the automatic route. (iv) Notification of standard bidding guidelines to enable distribution licensee to procure solar and wind power at competitive rates in cost effective and transparent manner. (v) Declaration of trajectory for Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) up to year 2022. (vi) Implementation of Green Energy Corridors/project to facilitate grid interaction of large scale renewable energy capacity addition. (vii) Notification of quality standards for deployment of solar photovoltaic system/devices. Launch of various new  schemes including Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthan  Mahabhiyan  (PM-KUSUM),  12000  MW  CPSU  Scheme  (Phase  II)  and  Solar  Rooftop

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- (viii) (Phase II) program.

## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) AND (B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 699 FOR 06.02.2020

## STATEMENT ON COUNTRY-WISE FDI EQUITY INFLOWS FROM APRIL 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2019 Sector NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY

(Amount in US$ million)

| S.No   | Name of the Country   | Amount of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows   | %age with Inflows   |
|--------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|        |                       | Total                                         | (In US$ million)    |
| 1      | Australia             | 28.82                                         | 0.33                |
| 2      | Austria               | 3.46                                          | 0.04                |
| 3      | Bahamas               | 0.20                                          | 0.00                |
| 4      | Bahrain               | 16.51                                         | 0.19                |
| 5      | Belgium               | 11.52                                         | 0.13                |
| 6      | Bulgaria              | 0.25                                          | 0.00                |
| 7      | Canada                | 348.20                                        | 4.01                |
| 8      | Cayman Islands        | 6.10                                          | 0.07                |
| 9      | China                 | 51.33                                         | 0.59                |
| 10     | Czech Republic        | 0.28                                          | 0.00                |
| 11     | Cyprus                | 23.02                                         | 0.26                |
| 12     | Denmark               | 2.16                                          | 0.02                |
| 13     | Finland               | 0.34                                          | 0.00                |
| 14     | France                | 154.65                                        | 1.78                |
| 15     | Germany               | 131.08                                        | 1.51                |
| 16     | HongKong              | 54.37                                         | 0.63                |
| 17     | Indonesia             | 430.67                                        | 4.95                |
| 18     | Israel                | 0.00                                          | 0.00                |
| 19     | Italy                 | 15.57                                         | 0.18                |
| 20     | Liechtenstein         | 0.48                                          | 0.01                |
| 21     | Japan                 | 168.86                                        | 1.94                |
| 22     | Korea(North)          | 14.52                                         | 0.17                |
| 23     | South Korea           | 21.52                                         | 0.25                |
| 24     | Kuwait                | 0.09                                          | 0.00                |
| 25     | Luxembourg            | 69.16                                         | 0.80                |
| 26     | Malaysia              | 312.72                                        | 3.60                |
| 27     | Mauritius             | 3,268.18                                      | 37.60               |
| 28     | NRI ***               | 0.12                                          | 0.00                |
| 29     | Netherland            | 732.02                                        | 8.42                |
| 30     | Norway                | 20.35                                         | 0.23                |
| 31     | Philippines           | 44.73                                         | 0.51                |
| 32     | Portugal              | 0.00                                          | 0.00                |
| 33     | Qatar                 | 0.08                                          | 0.00                |
| 34     | Russia                | 0.03                                          | 0.00                |

| 35   | Saudi Arabia            | 0.38     | 0.00   |
|------|-------------------------|----------|--------|
| 36   | Singapore               | 1,264.72 | 14.55  |
| 37   | South Africa            | 0.02     | 0.00   |
| 38   | Spain                   | 388.87   | 4.47   |
| 39   | Sweden                  | 0.25     | 0.00   |
| 40   | Slovenia                | 0.03     | 0.00   |
| 41   | Switzerland             | 2.68     | 0.03   |
| 42   | Syria                   | 0.00     | 0.00   |
| 43   | Turkey                  | 0.02     | 0.00   |
| 44   | UAE                     | 37.66    | 0.43   |
| 45   | United Kingdom          | 792.37   | 9.11   |
| 46   | U.S.A                   | 171.72   | 1.98   |
| 47   | British Virginia        | 8.92     | 0.10   |
| 48   | Country Details Awaited | 0.52     | 0.01   |
| 49   | Malta                   | 0.00     | 0.00   |
| 50   | Georgia                 | 0.00     | 0.00   |
| 51   | Virgin Islands(US)      | 7.80     | 0.09   |
| 52   | Seychelles              | 85.69    | 0.99   |
|      | Grand Total             | 8,693.06 |        |

Note: Source: Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

## ANNEXURE II

ANNEXURE  II  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (C)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 699 FOR 06.02.2020.

## GRID CONNECTED SOLAR POWER CAPACITY INSTALLED AS ON 31-12-2019

|   Sr. No. | State/UT          |   Solar Power Capacity (In MW) |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman & Nicobar |                          12.19 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh    |                        3559.02 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh |                           5.61 |
|         4 | Assam             |                          41.23 |
|         5 | Bihar             |                         149.35 |
|         6 | Chandigarh        |                          36.99 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh      |                         231.35 |
|         8 | Dadar &Nagar      |                           5.46 |
|         9 | Daman & Diu       |                          16.56 |
|        10 | Delhi             |                         156.12 |
|        11 | Goa               |                           4.78 |
|        12 | Gujarat           |                        2763.55 |
|        13 | Haryana           |                         249.27 |
|        14 | Himachal Pradesh  |                          32.57 |
|        15 | Jammu & Kashmir   |                          19.3  |
|        16 | Jharkhand         |                          38.4  |
|        17 | Karnataka         |                        7274.92 |
|        18 | Kerala            |                         141.75 |
|        19 | Lakshadweep       |                           0.75 |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh    |                        2237.48 |
|        21 | Maharashtra       |                        1663.42 |
|        22 | Manipur           |                           4.58 |
|        23 | Meghalaya         |                           0.12 |
|        24 | Mizoram           |                           1.52 |
|        25 | Nagaland          |                           1    |
|        26 | Odisha            |                         397.84 |
|        27 | Pondicherry       |                           5.51 |
|        28 | Punjab            |                         947.1  |
|        29 | Rajasthan         |                        4844.21 |
|        30 | Sikkim            |                           0.07 |
|        31 | Tamil Nadu        |                        3788.36 |
|        32 | Telangana         |                        3620.75 |
|        33 | Tripura           |                           9.41 |
|        34 | Uttar Pradesh     |                        1045.1  |
|        35 | Uttarakhand       |                         315.49 |
|        36 | West Bengal       |                         109.41 |