Lok Sabha Question No. 709 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Promotion of New and Renewable Energy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Raju Bista

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 709

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2020

## PROMOTION OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

709. SHRI RAJU BISTA

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

- (a) the funds allocated to West Bengal for promotion of new and renewable energy;
- (b) the programme currently being undertaken under these heads in West Bengal;
- (c) the installed capacity and generation of electricity from renewable energy sources; and
- (d) the funds allocated to the districts of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Uttar Dinajpur for renewable energy equipment like solar geysers, street lights etc.?

ANSWER

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

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a)  An  amount  of  Rs  1337.74  lakh  was  released  as  Central  Financial  Assistance  (CFA)  to  RE implementing  agencies  of  West  Bengal  during  current  financial  year  (upto  January  2020)  for  the promotion of renewable energy programmes.
- (b) The details of the renewable energy schemes/ programs being implemented in the country including the state of West Bengal are given in the Annexure .
- (c) A cumulative renewable energy capacity of 527.83 MW has been installed in the State of West Bengal upto 31 st December 2019.

A  total  of  938.16  million  units  (MU)  of  power  have  been  generated  during  the  year  2019-20  (upto October'2019).

- (d) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) releases funds to the designated Agencies / State Government for the implementation of the RE Schemes/Programmes. Further funds to the districts are allocated by them as per requirement.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.709 Part (b) TO BE ANSWERED ON 6/2/2020 regarding ' Promotion of New and Renewable Energy''

## Details of the Renewable Energy Schemes / Programmes

## 1. Grid Interactive Power :

- o Wind Power : Grid Interactive Wind Power projects.
- o Bio-power: Biomass power/ Cogeneration and waste to energy programme.
- o Small Hydro Power: Small hydro power plants up to 25 MW capacity.
- o Solar Power: Grid-interactive -Solar power generation plants, Solar Roof Top programme.
- o Green  Energy  Corridors: transmission  Infrastructure  for  evacuation  of  Power  from Renewable Energy Sources.

## 2. Off-Grid/ Distributed and Decentralized Renewable Power:

- o Solar Power -To promote the solar devices such as Solar Lighting Systems, Solar Power Packs  and  Concentrated  Solar  Technology  systems, PM-  KUSUM ,  Atal  Jyoti  Yojna (AJAY).
- o Biogas  Programme: setting  up  of  Family  Type  biogas  plants  for  cooking/  lighting/ manure/ small scale power generation
- o Solar  Thermal  Systems: deployment  of  decentralized  solar  thermal  systems/  devices (mainly  solar  cookers  /  driers  for  cooking,  drying  farm  produce)  under  National  Solar Mission.

## 3. Other programmes:

- o Supporting  research  and  development  projects  at  premier  institutions  and  industries  on different aspects of new and renewable energy technologies.
-  Solar
-  Hydrogen and fuel cell
-  Biogas
-  SHP
- o Human Resource Development and Training  Programme
- o Information and Publicity