Lok Sabha Question No. 850 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Target Fixed for Solar Energy Generation
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Talari Rangaiah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 850

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2020

## TARGET FIXED FOR SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION

## 850. SHRI TALARI RANGAIAH.

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

- (a) whether the target fixed for solar energy generation upto the year 2019 has been achieved;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor along with the steps taken/being taken by the Government to compensate the same?

## 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 has fixed a target for installing 100 GW of grid connected solar power by  December,  2022.  No  year-wise/State-wise  targets  have  been  fixed.  A  cumulative  grid connected  capacity  of  33,730.53  MW  has  been  installed  in  the  country  as  on  31.12.2019.  In addition,  solar    projects  of  capacity  22940  MW  are  under  various  stages  implementation  and 29470 MW under tendering. The State/UT-wise details of grid connected solar power installed as on 31.12.2019 in the country are given in Annexure.

- (c)  Major  challenges  in  Solar  Power  Sector  include  delays  in  payments  by  distribution companies in some States, delays in adoption of tariffs by concerned State Electricity Regulatory Commissions,  availability  of  land,  non  conducive  policies  in  certain  states,  etc.  In  order  to address the above and attract private investment, The Ministry of New and Renewable (MNRE) has taken the following steps:
- (1) The State DISCOMs have been requested to honour Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and 'Must Run' status accorded to wind and solar power projects, as per provisions of Indian Electricity Grid Code 2010.
- (2)  In  order  to  address  the  issue  of  delayed  payments  by  State  distribution  companies  to Renewable  Energy  generators,  the  Government  through  Ministry  of  Power's  Order  No. 23/22/2019-R&R dated  28.06.2019  has  made  it  mandatory  for  the  Distribution  Licensees  to open  and  maintain  adequate  Letters  of  Credit  (LCs)  as  Payment  Security  Mechanism  if provided for under Power Purchase Agreements with Distribution Licensees.
- (3)  In  order  to  strengthen  the  contractual  provisions  in  the  Contract  (Power  Purchase Agreements) between the solar power generators and the Procurers, and to facilitate setting up of Renewable Energy power projects, the Government, vide notification dated 22.10.2019 from Ministry  of  New  &  Renewable  Energy,  has  made  following  major  amendments  to  the 'Guidelines for Tariff Based Competitive Bidding Process for Procurement of Power from Grid Connected Solar PV Power Projects':

(i)    Solar  Power  Generators  have  been  allowed  to  submit  documents/lease  agreement  to establish possession/right to use 100% (hundred per cent) of the required land in the name of the Solar Power Generator for a period not less than the complete term of the PPA, on or before the Scheduled Commissioning Date (SCD).

(ii)  Clear and elaborate provisions for time extension and compensation to affected party in the event  of  natural  and  non-natural  Force  Majeure  events  with  specific  provisions  regarding termination due to natural and non-natural Force Majeure events have been included.

(iii)    Quantum  of  compensation  for  back-down  has  been  increased  from  50%  to  100%  with provision for recognition of only written instructions for back-down.

(iv)  Corresponding  time  extension  in  date  for  achievement  of  financial  closure  and  scheduled commissioning  date,  in  case  there  is  a  delay  in  adoption  of  tariff  by  the  concerned  State Electricity  Regulatory  Commission  beyond  a  period  of  60  days  from  the  filing  of  such application.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) AND (B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 850 FOR 06.02.2020 COMMISSIONING STATUS OF GRID CONNECTED SOLAR PROJECTS AS ON 31-12-2019

|   Sr. No. | State/UT          |   Cumulative 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 |