Lok Sabha Question No. 1509 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-15
Subject: Potential of Wind Energy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: S. Gnanathiraviam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1509

ANSWERED ON 15.12.2022

## POTENTIAL OF WIND ENERGY

## 1509. SHRI GNANATHIRAVIAM S

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

- (a) the total estimated potential of wind energy in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the details of wind energy potential tapped at present, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the details of the Government's action plan to tap the full wind energy potential of the country?

ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) The wind resource assessment conducted by the National Institute of Wind Energy indicates an estimated wind power potential of 695.5 GW at 120 meter above ground level in the country. The state wise wind power potential is given at Annexure-I.
- (b) As on 30th November 2022, wind power projects of 41,895 MW capacity are commissioned. The state wise details of commissioned wind power projects are at Annexure II.
- (c) The Government has taken several steps to promote renewable energy, including wind energy, in the country. These, inter alia , include;
-  permitting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) up to 100 percent under the automatic route,
-  waiver of Inter State Transmission System (ISTS) charges for inter-State sale of solar and wind power for projects to be commissioned by 30th June 2025,
-  declaration of trajectory for Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) up to the year 2030,
-  setting  up  of  Ultra  Mega  Renewable  Energy  Parks  to  provide land  and transmission  to  RE developers on a plug and play basis,
-  laying  of  new  transmission  lines  and  creating  new  sub-station  capacity  for  evacuation  of renewable power,
-  setting up of Project Development Cell for attracting and facilitating investments,
-  Standard Bidding Guidelines for tariff based competitive bidding process for procurement of Power from Grid Connected Solar PV and Wind Projects,
-  Government has issued orders that power shall be dispatched against Letter of Credit (LC) or advance payment to ensure timely payment by distribution licensees to RE generators,
-  Notification of Promoting Renewable Energy through Green Energy Open Access Rules 2022,
-  Notification of Late Payment Surcharge and related matters Rules 2022.

In addition to the above, the following steps have been taken specifically for promoting wind energy:

-  declaration of trajectory for Wind Renewable Purchase Obligation (Wind RPO) up to the year 2030,
-  Concessional custom duty exemption on certain components required for manufacturing of wind electric generators,
-  Generation Based Incentive (GBI) is being provided to the wind projects commissioned on or before 31 March 2017,
-  Technical  support  including  wind  resource  assessment  and  identification  of  potential  sites through the National Institute of Wind Energy, Chennai.

## Annexure I referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1509 for 15.12.2022

## Statewise wind power potential of the country at 120 meter above ground level

| State                     |   Wind potential at 120 magl |
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                       1277   |
| Andhra Pradesh            |                      74906   |
| Arunachal Pradesh         |                        274   |
| Assam                     |                        246   |
| Bihar                     |                       3650   |
| Chandigarh                |                          0   |
| Chhattisgarh              |                        348   |
| Daman, Diu, Dadra         |                          0   |
| Delhi                     |                          0   |
| Goa                       |                          8   |
| Gujarat                   |                     142560   |
| Haryana                   |                        419   |
| Himachal Pradesh          |                        151   |
| Jammu & Kashmir           |                          3   |
| Jharkhand                 |                          0   |
| Karnataka                 |                     124155   |
| Kerala                    |                       2311   |
| Lakshadweep               |                         31   |
| Madhya Pradesh            |                      15404   |
| Maharashtra               |                      98213   |
| Manipur                   |                          0   |
| Meghalaya                 |                          1   |
| Mizoram                   |                          0   |
| Nagaland                  |                          0   |
| Odisha                    |                       8346   |
| Puducherry                |                        382   |
| Punjab                    |                        278   |
| Rajasthan                 |                     127756   |
| Sikkim                    |                          0   |
| Tamil Nadu                |                      68750   |
| Telangana                 |                      24835   |
| Tripura                   |                          0   |
| Uttar Pradesh             |                        101   |
| Uttarakhand               |                         54   |
| West Bengal               |                       1050   |
| Total inMW                |                     695509   |
| Total inGW                |                        695.5 |

## Annexure II referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1509 for 15.12.2022

## Wind Power installed capacity (as on 30th November 2022)

| STATE          |   Cumulative wind power capacity (MW) |
|----------------|---------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh |                               4096.65 |
| Gujarat        |                               9860.62 |
| Karnataka      |                               5268.15 |
| Kerala         |                                 62.5  |
| Madhya Pradesh |                               2844.29 |
| Maharashtra    |                               5012.83 |
| Rajasthan      |                               4681.82 |
| Tamil Nadu     |                               9936.01 |
| Telangana      |                                128.1  |
| Others         |                                  4.3  |
| Total          |                              41895.3  |