Lok Sabha Question No. 3130 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-16
Subject: Wind - Solar Hybrid Park
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal, Sudarshan Bhagat, Vishnu Dutt Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3130

ANSWERED ON 16.12.2021

## WIND - SOLAR HYBRID PARK

## 3130. DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT SHRI VISHNU DATT SHARMA

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

- (a) whether the Government has identified any location to set up wind park or wind solar hybrid park in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the interest of the people across the country has increased towards solar and wind energy;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (e) if not, the steps taken by the Government to encourage them?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) & (b) Yes Sir. The probable sites identified for setting up wind or wind solar hybrid park have been conveyed by MNRE to States vide letter dated 16.11.2021. The state-wise details of sites, including Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, are given at Annex I .
- (c) & (d) The installed solar and wind capacities have increased rapidly between 2014 and 2021. The cumulative installed capacity of solar and wind energy has increased by 17.2 and 1.9 times respectively from March 2014 to November 2021. The State-wise details are at Annex II.

- (e) Question does not arise.

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Annex  I  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  &  (b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 3130 for 16.12.2021

| State          | District                                 | Area (sq. km) available   | Average Wind Speed (m/s)   |   Installable Potential (MW) [assuming 5 MW/ sq.km] |
|----------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| Tamil Nadu     | Tirunelveli                              | 68                        | 7.326                      |                                                 340 |
| Tamil Nadu     | Tuticorin                                | 169                       | 6.998                      |                                                 845 |
| Tamil Nadu     | Coimbatore & partially Palakkad (Kerala) | 351                       | 8.588                      |                                                1755 |
| Tamil Nadu     | Tiruchirappalli & Perambalur             | 547                       | 7.093                      |                                                2735 |
| Karnataka      | Tumakuru                                 | 530                       | 7.307                      |                                                2650 |
| Karnataka      | Chitradurga & Davangere                  | 640                       | 7.132                      |                                                3200 |
| Karnataka      | Bellary & Davangere                      | 924                       | 7.139                      |                                                4620 |
| Karnataka      | Chitradurga                              | 269                       | 7.153                      |                                                1345 |
| Karnataka      | Chitradurga & Davangere                  | 380                       | 7.194                      |                                                1900 |
| Gujarat        | Junagadh & Porbandar                     | 2900                      | 7.017                      |                                               14500 |
| Gujarat        | Kutch                                    | 771                       | 7.329                      |                                                3855 |
| Gujarat        | Kutch                                    | 680                       | 7.510                      |                                                3400 |
| Gujarat        | Kutch                                    | 590                       | 7.434                      |                                                2950 |
| Gujarat        | Kutch                                    | 308                       | 7.297                      |                                                1540 |
| Rajasthan      | Barmer                                   | 265                       | 6.50                       |                                                1325 |
| Rajasthan      | Barmer                                   | 109                       | 6.52                       |                                                 545 |
| Madhya Pradesh | West Nimar                               | 220                       | 6.91                       |                                                1100 |
| Telangana      | Ranga Reddy                              | 346                       | 7.14                       |                                                1730 |
| Telangana      | Ranga Reddy                              | 197                       | 6.61                       |                                                 985 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Anantapur                                | 361                       | 7.13                       |                                                1805 |
| Total (MW)     | Total (MW)                               |                           |                            |                                               53125 |

## Annex  II  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (c)  &  (d)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred

## Question No. 3130 for 16.12.2021

| S.         |                      | Cumulative installed capacity as on 31.03.2014 (MW)   | Cumulative installed capacity as on 31.03.2014 (MW)   | Cumulative installed capacity as on 30.11.2021 (MW)   | Cumulative installed capacity as on 30.11.2021 (MW)   |
|------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| No.        | STATES / Uts         | Wind Power                                            | Solar Power                                           | Wind Power                                            | Solar Power                                           |
| 1          | Andhra Pradesh       | 746.1                                                 | 135.97                                                | 4096.65                                               | 4380.71                                               |
| 2          | Arunachal Pradesh    |                                                       | 1.57                                                  |                                                       | 11.23                                                 |
| 3          | Assam                |                                                       | 1.42                                                  |                                                       | 68.57                                                 |
| 4          | Bihar                |                                                       | 1.66                                                  |                                                       | 190.53                                                |
| 5          | Chhatisgarh          |                                                       | 22.70                                                 |                                                       | 501.58                                                |
| 6          | Goa                  |                                                       | 0.08                                                  |                                                       | 18.49                                                 |
| 7          | Gujarat              | 3454.39                                               | 926.75                                                | 8969.12                                               | 6157.84                                               |
| 8          | Haryana              |                                                       | 16.72                                                 |                                                       | 787.38                                                |
| 9          | Himachal Pradesh     |                                                       | 3.04                                                  |                                                       | 63.68                                                 |
| 10         | Jammu & Kashmir      |                                                       | 7.99                                                  |                                                       | 46.87                                                 |
| 11         | Jharkhand            |                                                       | 17.16                                                 |                                                       | 88.07                                                 |
| 12         | Karnataka            | 2318.1                                                | 36.86                                                 | 5066.70                                               | 7513.71                                               |
| 13         | Kerala               | 35.1                                                  | 4.07                                                  | 62.50                                                 | 326.89                                                |
| 14         | Ladakh               |                                                       |                                                       |                                                       | 7.8                                                   |
| 15         | Madhya Pradesh       | 423.39                                                | 349.95                                                | 2519.89                                               | 2673.64                                               |
| 16         | Maharashtra          | 4095.80                                               | 251.32                                                | 5012.83                                               | 2540.63                                               |
| 17         | Manipur              |                                                       | 0.83                                                  |                                                       | 12.18                                                 |
| 18         | Meghalaya            |                                                       | 0.82                                                  |                                                       | 4.1                                                   |
| 19         | Mizoram              |                                                       | 0.78                                                  |                                                       | 7.88                                                  |
| 20         | Nagaland             |                                                       | 1.15                                                  |                                                       | 3.04                                                  |
| 21         | Odisha               |                                                       | 31.28                                                 |                                                       | 430.49                                                |
| 22         | Punjab               |                                                       | 21.66                                                 |                                                       | 1097.44                                               |
| 23         | Rajasthan            | 2785.02                                               | 756.25                                                | 4326.82                                               | 9512.59                                               |
| 24         | Sikkim               |                                                       | 1.7                                                   |                                                       | 4.64                                                  |
| 25         | Tamil Nadu           | 7269.58                                               | 108.50                                                | 9846.69                                               | 4810.23                                               |
| 26         | Telangana            |                                                       |                                                       | 128.10                                                | 4040.67                                               |
| 27         | Tripura              |                                                       | 2.93                                                  |                                                       | 14.87                                                 |
| 28         | Uttar Pradesh        |                                                       | 45.68                                                 |                                                       | 2123.57                                               |
| 29         | Uttarakhand          |                                                       | 11.75                                                 |                                                       | 552.8                                                 |
| 30         | West Bengal          |                                                       | 17.65                                                 |                                                       | 163.95                                                |
| 31         | Andaman & Nicobar    |                                                       | 5.34                                                  |                                                       | 29.49                                                 |
| 32         | Chandigarh           |                                                       | 2.81                                                  |                                                       | 53.45                                                 |
| 33         | Dadar & Nagar Haveli |                                                       | 0                                                     |                                                       | 5.46                                                  |
| 34         | Daman & Diu          |                                                       | 0                                                     |                                                       | 40.72                                                 |
| 35         | Delhi                |                                                       | 5.67                                                  |                                                       | 211.12                                                |
| 36         | Lakshwadeep          |                                                       | 1.92                                                  |                                                       | 3.27                                                  |
| 37         | Pondicherry          |                                                       | 0.09                                                  |                                                       | 12.05                                                 |
| 38         | Others               | 4.3                                                   | 27.87                                                 | 4.30                                                  | 45.01                                                 |
| Total (MW) |                      | 21131.78                                              | 2821.91                                               | 40033.60                                              | 48556.64                                              |