Lok Sabha Question No. 4285 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-19
Subject: Grid Connected Solar and Wind Power Plants
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Narayana Swamy Abbaiah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4285

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2020

## GRID CONNECTED SOLAR AND WIND POWER PLANTS

## 4285. SHRI A. NARAYANA SWAMY

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

- (a) the details of the grid connected solar and wind power plants which have come up during the last five years, State-wise;
- (b) ) whether the plants are utilizing their full capacity;
- (c ) if so, the details of installed capacity of power generation and actual power generated by such plants; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a)  The  State-wise  details  of  the  grid  connected  solar  and  wind  power  plants,  which  have  come  up  during  the  last  five  years,  are  given  in Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively
- (b) to  (d) Since, most of the solar and wind power plants are set up with private sector investment, as such it is imperative for them to utilise their full capacity so as to have financial viability of the plants.  As on 29.02.2020, cumulative solar and wind power installed capacity was 35065 MW and  37669 MW respectively. As per, Central Electricity Authority the solar and wind power projects generated 34.80 BU and 54.40 BU respectively from April 2019 to December 2019.

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## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) AND (B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4285 FOR 19.03.2020

State Wise/Year Wise Solar Capacity Installed/Added during last five years (up to 29.2020)    (in MW)

|   S. No. | State/UT          |   Capacity Added during 2014-15 |   Capacity Added during 2015-16 |   Capacity Added during 2016-17 |   Capacity Added during 2017-18 |   Capacity Added during 2018-19 |   Capacity Added during 2019-20 (upto 29.02.2020) |   Cumulative Capacity installed till 29.02.2020 |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman & Nicobar |                            0    |                            0    |                            1.46 |                            0    |                            5.17 |                                              0.46 |                                           12.19 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    |                          126.77 |                          435.11 |                         1294.26 |                          328.24 |                          890.22 |                                            473.34 |                                         3559.02 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh |                            0    |                            0.24 |                            0    |                            5.13 |                            0    |                                              0.22 |                                            5.61 |
|        4 | Assam             |                            0    |                            0    |                           11.78 |                            0.67 |                            9.95 |                                             18.83 |                                           41.23 |
|        5 | Bihar             |                            0    |                            5.1  |                          103.42 |                           33.93 |                            0    |                                              9.12 |                                          151.57 |
|        6 | Chandigarh        |                            2.5  |                            2.31 |                           10.52 |                            7.88 |                            9.51 |                                              2.28 |                                           36.99 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh      |                            0.5  |                           85.98 |                           35.28 |                          102.49 |                            0    |                                              0    |                                          231.35 |
|        8 | Dadar &Nagar      |                            0    |                            0    |                            2.97 |                            2.49 |                            0    |                                              0    |                                            5.46 |
|        9 | Daman &Diu        |                            0    |                            4    |                            6.46 |                            0.15 |                            3.86 |                                              2.84 |                                           17.31 |
|       10 | Delhi             |                            0.32 |                           20.31 |                           25.99 |                           17.8  |                           57.32 |                                             38.27 |                                          165.16 |
|       11 | Goa               |                            0    |                            0    |                            0.71 |                            0.2  |                            2.98 |                                              0.89 |                                            4.78 |
|       12 | Gujarat           |                           83.65 |                          128.87 |                          130.19 |                          328.89 |                          852.13 |                                            446.03 |                                         2886.16 |
|       13 | Haryana           |                            2.5  |                           14.59 |                           66.01 |                          123.45 |                            7.67 |                                             27.62 |                                          252.14 |
|       14 | Himachal Pradesh  |                            0    |                            0.2  |                            0.53 |                            0    |                           21.95 |                                             10.25 |                                           32.93 |
|       15 | J&K               |                            0    |                            1    |                            0.36 |                            0    |                           13.47 |                                              4.47 |                                           19.3  |
|       16 | Jharkhand         |                            0    |                            0.19 |                            7.08 |                            2.39 |                            9.28 |                                              3.45 |                                           38.4  |
|       17 | Karnataka         |                           46.22 |                           69.31 |                          882.38 |                         3915.22 |                         1151.43 |                                           1182.37 |                                         7277.92 |
|       18 | Kerala            |                            0    |                           13.31 |                           61.15 |                           33.46 |                           30.65 |                                              3.64 |                                          142.23 |
|       19 | Lakshadweep       |                            0    |                            0    |                            0    |                            0    |                            0    |                                              0    |                                            0.75 |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh    |                          205    |                          217.79 |                           80.67 |                          448.31 |                          534.81 |                                            418.3  |                                         2258.45 |

| 21.   | Maharashtra   |   82.23 |   34.26 |   66.61 |   777.56 |   394.36 |   827.96 |   2461.50 |
|-------|---------------|---------|---------|---------|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
| 22.   | Manipur       |    0    |    0    |    0.03 |     0.03 |     3.38 |     1.72 |      5.16 |
| 23.   | Meghalaya     |    0    |    0    |    0.01 |     0.01 |     0.1  |     0    |      0.12 |
| 24.   | Mizoram       |    0    |    0.1  |    0    |     0.1  |     0.3  |     1.02 |      1.52 |
| 25.   | Nagaland      |    0    |    0    |    0.5  |     0.5  |     0    |     0    |      1    |
| 26.   | Odisha        |    2.26 |   35.16 |   12.5  |     0.15 |   315.16 |     3.11 |    397.84 |
| 27.   | Pondicherry   |    0    |    0    |    0.05 |     0.08 |     2.98 |     2.37 |      5.51 |
| 28.   | Punjab        |  168.75 |  227.31 |  388.89 |   104.15 |     0    |    41.48 |    947.1  |
| 29.   | Rajasthan     |  228.85 |  329.18 |  543    |   518.49 |   894.02 |  1808.29 |   5035.08 |
| 30.   | Sikkim        |    0    |    0    |    0    |     0    |     0.01 |     0.06 |      0.07 |
| 31.   | Tamil Nadu    |   54.12 |  922.34 |  630.01 |   213.65 |   666.65 |  1340.66 |   3915.88 |
| 32.   | Telangana     |   61.25 |  360.8  |  759.13 |  2004.27 |   300.84 |    28.66 |   3620.75 |
| 33.   | Tripura       |    5    |    0    |    0.09 |     0    |     0    |     4.32 |      9.41 |
| 34.   | Uttar Pradesh |   42.16 |   72.79 |  193.24 |   357.13 |   265.69 |   135    |   1095.1  |
| 35.   | Uttarakhand   |    0    |   37.95 |  192.35 |    24.79 |    46.67 |     9.15 |    315.9  |
| 36.   | West Bengal   |    0    |    0.69 |   18.37 |    11.06 |    38.63 |    38.51 |    114.46 |
|       | TOTAL         | 1112.08 | 3018.89 | 5526    |  9362.67 |  6529.19 |  6884.68 |  35065.3  |

## ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) AND (B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4285 FOR 19.03.2020

## YEAR WISE WIND POWER INSTALLED CAPACITY (AS ON 29.2.2020)

| STATE          | 2014- 15   |   2015- 16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 (as on 29.2.2020) |   Cumulative Capacity till 29.02.2020 |
|----------------|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh | 285.20     |     400.1  |   2187.45 |   348.1   |   123.5   |                       2     |                               4092.45 |
| Gujarat        | 190.73     |     392.4  |   1392    |   272.8   |   459.65  |                    1405.95  |                               7479.02 |
| Karnataka      | 320.10     |     230.9  |    882.3  |   857     |    86.5   |                      95.7   |                               4790.6  |
| Kerala         | 0.00       |       8.4  |      8    |     1     |     0     |                      10     |                                 62.5  |
| Madhya Pradesh | 456.30     |    1261.4  |    356.7  |    22.1   |     0     |                       0     |                               2519.89 |
| Maharashtra    | 350.45     |     207.85 |    117.55 |    12.6   |    10.2   |                     206.2   |                               5000.33 |
| Rajasthan      | 523.50     |     685.5  |    287.7  |    16     |     2     |                       0     |                               4299.72 |
| Tamil Nadu     | 185.50     |     158.8  |    247.58 |   335.635 |   771.815 |                     323.435 |                               9292.34 |
| Telangana      | -          |      77.7  |     23.1  |     0     |    27.3   |                       0     |                                128.1  |
| Others         | 0.00       |       0    |      0    |     0     |     0     |                       0     |                                  4.3  |
| Total          | 2311.78    |    3423.05 |   5502.38 |  1865.23  |  1480.96  |                    2043.29  |                              37669.2  |