Lok Sabha Question No. 1740 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Solar Energy Corporation
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1740

TO BE ANSWERED ON-20.12.2018

## SOLAR ENERGY CORPORATION

## 1740. SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH

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

- (a) whether the capacity of 2500  megawatt solar wind hybrid power project in the country has been reduced to 1200 megawatt after issuing the tender for the said project but the tender of the concerned companies in this regard has not been cleared by Solar Energy Corporation of India despite the said reduction in capacity, if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  target  of  setting  up  l,75,000  megawatt  renewable  energy  project  in  the  country  will  be adversely affected due to non-participation of companies in submitting tender, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has reviewed the ongoing/pending projects under renewable energy as well as the renewable energy projects to be set up in future in the country, particularly in Bihar; and
- (d) if, so the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (I/C) (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) The capacity of tender for setting up of solar-wind hybrid projects of 2500 MW capacity in the country was reduced to 1200 MW. Against the revised capacity of 1200 MW, bids were received for total capacity of 1050 MW, and subsequently after e-reverse auction process, capacity of 840 MW has been recommended for award to the successful bidders.
- (b) No Madam. So far, SECI has issued bids for setting up of 23,540 MW capacity from Solar energy, 7200 MW capacity from Wind energy and 1200 MW capacity from solar-wind hybrid projects. The response of the bids for setting up of solar and wind power projects has been encouraging. The participation of companies was lower in some recent tenders of new technologies issued by SECI viz. floating solar, solar projects linked with manufacturing  facilities  and  wind-solar  hybrid  projects,  due  to  their  newness.  Details  of  tenders  issued  by SECI and the capacity of bids received are given in Annexure .
- (c) & (d) Yes Madam. The Government regularly reviews the renewable energy programmes and projects in the  country,  including  Bihar.  Details  of  major  sanctioned  (not  commissioned)  projects  in  Bihar  are  given below.
- (i) Installation of 2 HP and 3 HP DC submersible solar water pump (1650 numbers each).
- (ii) Installation of solar power plants at Government and residential buildings of aggregate 50.2 MW capacity.
- (iii) Installation 13 numbers of small hydro power plant of aggregate 24.3 MW capacity.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1740 for 20.12.2018

## (i) Tenders for Setting up of Solar PV Projects

## 1.  750 MW VGF scheme (NSM PH-II, Batch-I)

|   Sl. No. | States        |   Tender capacity (MW) | Date Issue RfS   | of of   |   Capacity of bids received (MW) |
|-----------|---------------|------------------------|------------------|---------|----------------------------------|
|         1 | Pan-India (A) |                    750 | 28.10.2013       |         |                             2170 |

## 2.  2000 MW VGF scheme (NSM PH-II, Batch-III)

| Sl. No.   | States                                    |   Tender capacity (MW) | Date of Issue of RfS   |   Capacity bids received (MW) |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1         | Maharashtra                               |                    450 | 27.08.2015             |                          1350 |
| 2         | Maharashtra (Re-bidding)                  |                     50 | 25.02.2016             |                            90 |
| 3         | UP Solar Park                             |                    440 | 25.09.2015             |                           565 |
| 4         | UP Solar Park (Re-bidding)                |                    315 | 19.04.2016             |                           155 |
| 5         | Andhra Pradesh (Ananthapuramu Solar Park) |                    400 | 02.01.2016             |                           600 |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh                              |                    100 | 17.03.2016             |                           160 |
| 7         | Karnataka                                 |                   1000 | 15.02.2016             |                          1230 |
| 8         | UP Non Solar Park                         |                    160 | 29.04.2016             |                           260 |
|           | Sub-Total (B)                             |                   2915 |                        |                          4410 |

## 3. Tenders issued under 5000 MW VGF Scheme (NSM PH-II, Batch-IV)

| Sl. No.   | States                                   | Tender capacity (MW)   | Date of Issue of RfS   |   Capacity of bids received (MW) |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1         | Gujarat Solar Park                       | 160 65                 | 22.04.2016 22.04.2016  |                              725 |
| 2         | Odisha                                   | 300                    | 11.05.2016             |                              340 |
| 3 4       | Maharashtra                              | 450                    | 14.06.2016             |                             1460 |
|           | Rajasthan Bhadla Phase-III (Saurya Urja) | 500                    | 08.11.2016             |                             5500 |
| 5         | Rajasthan Bhadla Phase-IV (Adani)        | 250                    | 08.11.2016             |                             3250 |
| 6         | Rajasthan Bhadla Phase-III (Saurya Urja) | 500                    | 21.06.2017             |                             4200 |
| 7         | Rajasthan Bhadla Phase-IV (Adani)        | 250                    | 21.06.2017             |                             2150 |
| 8         | UP Solar Park                            | 275                    | 04.01.2018             |                              525 |
| 9         | Kadapa Solar Park, A.P                   | 750                    | 05.01.2018             |                             1750 |
| 10        | Pavagada Solar Park, Karnataka           | 200                    | 05.01.2018             |                              400 |
|           | Sub-Total (C)                            | 3725                   |                        |                            20300 |

## 4. Solar Tenders under Standard Bidding Guidelines

| Sl. No.   | States                           |   Tender capacity (MW) | Date of Issue of RfS   | Capacity of bids received (MW)             |
|-----------|----------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 1         | ISTS -I                          |                   2000 | 30.01.2018             | 3800                                       |
| 3         | ISTS -II                         |                   3000 | 27.02.2018             | 5100                                       |
| 4         | Rajasthan (non-solar park)       |                    750 | 03.08.2018             | Last date for bid submission is 20.12.2018 |
| 5         | Dondaicha Solar Park Maharashtra |                    250 | 17.08.2018             | Last date for bid submission is 11.01.2019 |
|           | Sub-Total (D)                    |                   6000 |                        | 8900                                       |

## 5. Other Solar tenders

| Sl. No.   | States                                 |   Tender capacity (MW) | Date of Issue of RfS   | Capacity of bids received (MW)   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1         | Floating Solar- Rihand (Uttar Pradesh) |                    150 | 17.04.2018             | 200                              |
| 2         | Manufacturing linked solar             |                  10000 | 25.05.2018             | 2000                             |
|           | Sub-Total (E)                          |                  10150 |                        | 2200                             |
|           | Total-Solar (A+B+C+D+E)                |                  23540 |                        | 37,980                           |

## (ii) Tenders for Setting up of ISTS-connected Wind Power Projects

| Sl. No.    | Tranche     |   Tender capacity (MW) | Date of Issue of RfS   |   Capacity of bids received (MW) |
|------------|-------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1          | Tranche-I   |                   1000 | 28.10.2016             |                           2593.9 |
| 2          | Tranche-II  |                   1000 | 31.05.2017             |                           2892   |
| 3          | Tranche-III |                   2000 | 12.01.2018             |                           3699.8 |
| 4          | Tranche-IV  |                   2000 | 05.02.2018             |                           2933.2 |
| 5          | Tranche-V   |                   1200 | 30.06.2018             |                           2190   |
| Total-Wind | Total-Wind  |                   7200 |                        |                          14308.9 |

## (iii) Tenders for Setting up of Wind-Solar Hyrbid Power Projects

| Sl. No.                 | Tranche                 |   Tender capacity (MW) | Date of Issue of RfS   |   Capacity of bids received (MW) |
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1                       | Tranche-I               |                   1200 | 22.06.2018             |                             1050 |
| Total-Solar-Wind Hybrid | Total-Solar-Wind Hybrid |                   1200 |                        |                             1050 |