Lok Sabha Question No. 458 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-08
Subject: Green Energy Corridor Project
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 458 ANSWERED ON 08.12.2022

## GREEN ENERGY CORRIDOR PROJECT

## 458. SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM

Will the Minister of New & Renewable Energy be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to expand the Green Energy Corridor Project and if so, the details along with the action plan thereof, capacity-wise;
- (b) the details of the funding mechanism and financial outlay for the year 2022-23;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to implement the project beyond eight renewable energy rich States; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a)  The  Government  of  India  approved  the  Green  Energy  Corridor  (GEC)  -  Intra-State Transmission System Phase-II scheme on 06.01.2022 for setting up 10753 circuit kilometres (ckm) of transmission lines and 27546 Mega Volt-Amperes (MVA) of substations for grid integration and power evacuation of 19431 MW capacity of Renewable Energy (RE) power projects in 7 States. The state-wise details are as under:
- (b) The project cost is Rs. 12031.33 crore and the Central Financial Assistance (CFA) @ 33% of project cost is Rs. 3970.34 crore. The financial outlay (budget estimates) for FY 2022-23 for Green Energy Corridor scheme is Rs. 300 crore.
- (c)&(d) States were requested to send proposal under GEC-Intra State Transmission System Phase -II scheme. However, proposals were received from only 10 States. Finally, projects of 7  States  were  approved  and  the  entire  Central  Financial  Assistance  of  Rs  3970.34  crores approved under the GEC -phase II scheme  was allocated to the said 7 States. This includes 2 new States (Kerala and Uttar Pradesh) which were not covered in the first phase of the GEC scheme and  are also not among the renewable energy rich States.

| State            |   Length of transmission lines (ckm) |   Capacity of substations (MVA) |   RE addition envisaged (MW) |
|------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Gujarat          |                                 5138 |                            5880 |                         4000 |
| Himachal Pradesh |                                   62 |                             761 |                          317 |
| Karnataka        |                                  938 |                            1225 |                         2639 |
| Kerala           |                                  224 |                             620 |                          452 |
| Rajasthan        |                                 1170 |                            1580 |                         4023 |
| Tamil Nadu       |                                  624 |                            2200 |                         4000 |
| Uttar Pradesh    |                                 2597 |                           15280 |                         4000 |
| Total            |                                10753 |                           27546 |                        19431 |

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