Lok Sabha Question No. 3163 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-04
Subject: Generation of Power from Stubble
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Vijay Kumar Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3163

## ANSWERED ON 04.08.2022

## GENERATION OF POWER FROM STUBBLE

†3163. SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  formulate  any  scheme  of  power generation from stubble;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the time by which the Government proposes to implement this scheme to protect the environment as well as to increase the income of the farmers;

(d) the status of gasifiers installed and under construction till date; and

(e) the  details  of  the  work  undertaken  by  the  Government  to  promote entrepreneurship in the said sector?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (c) :   Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued 'Policy of Biomass utilization for power generation through co-firing in coal based power plants' in October, 2021, envisaging to use of 5-7% biomass for co-firing in all coal based thermal power plants.

All  coal  based  thermal  power  plants  of  power  generation  utilities having bowl mills for pulverisation of coal, are required to blend biomass pellets (annual  use  of  5%)  with  coal,  primarily,  of  agro  residue  along  with  coal  with effect  from  one  year  of  the  date  of  issue  of  the  policy.  It  shall  increase  to  7 percent  with  effect  from  two  years  after  the  date  of  issue  of  the  order  and thereafter.

As on date 31.07.2022, about 35 nos. of power plants in the country have co-fired biomass pellet in their units.

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Biomass is converted into electricity  in  coal  based  thermal  power plants eco-friendly and generates additional income to farmers by consumption of their agro residues.

(d) : The total installed capacity of gasifiers is about 174244 kWeq and 1710 kWeq is under construction.  State-wise details of Biomass gasifiers plants is given at Annexure.

(e) : In  order  to  develop  biomass  supply  chain  infrastructure  and  to encourage the investors and entrepreneur to participate in this sector, MoP has issued  Model  Long  term  Contract  (Minimum  tenure  of  7  years)  for  Biomass supply on 02.03.2022.

Further,  MoP  through  its  SAMARTH  Mission  has  organized  18 training  and  awareness  programs  since  October,  2021  for  farmers,  pellet manufacturers,  entrepreneurs  and  Thermal  Power  Plant  officers  in  several states across the country.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3163 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 04.08.2022

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Status of Gasifiers installed and under construction upto 30/06/2022

| Sl. No.      | State/UT       |   Total installed capacity | Under installation   |
|--------------|----------------|----------------------------|----------------------|
| 1            | Assam          |                       2933 | -                    |
| 2            | Andhra Pradesh |                      22914 | -                    |
| 3            | Bihar          |                       6254 | -                    |
| 4            | Chhattisgarh   |                       1210 | 150                  |
| 5            | Gujarat        |                      20080 | -                    |
| 6            | Haryana        |                       6463 | -                    |
| 7            | J&K            |                        200 | -                    |
| 8            | Jharkhand      |                        500 | -                    |
| 9            | Karnataka      |                       6297 | -                    |
| 10           | Maharashtra    |                       7150 | -                    |
| 11           | Madhya Pradesh |                      10207 | -                    |
| 12           | Meghalaya      |                        250 | -                    |
| 13           | Odisha         |                        270 | -                    |
| 14           | Rajasthan      |                       2629 | -                    |
| 15           | Tamil Nadu     |                      14860 | -                    |
| 16           | Uttar Pradesh  |                      33899 | -                    |
| 17           | Uttarakhand    |                       2150 | -                    |
| 18           | West Bengal    |                      31178 | 1560                 |
| 19           | Telangana      |                       4800 | -                    |
| Total (kWeq) | Total (kWeq)   |                     174244 | 1710                 |

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