Lok Sabha Question No. 395 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-03
Subject: Use of Solar Energy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Prathap Simha, Umesh G. Jadhav, Annasaheb Shankar Jolle, Ramesh Bidhuri, B. Y. Raghavendra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 395

ANSWERED ON 03.02.2022

## USE OF SOLAR ENERGY

395. SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA DR. UMESH G. JADHAV SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI SHRI B.Y. RAGHAVENDRA

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

- (a) whether the use of solar energy has increased in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including in districts of Karnataka;
- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to promote solar energy during the last three years and the current year; and
- (d) the steps taken to increase the  potential and encourage the use of renewable energy in the country?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) Yes, Sir
- (b) The installed solar capacity in the country has increased from 2632 MW in March 2014 to 48088 MW till 31.12.2021. The state wise installed solar capacity as on 31-12-2021 is given at Annexure-I .

The installed solar capacity in Karnataka has also increased from 31 MW in March 2014 to 7497 MW till 31.12.2021. The district-wise installed solar capacity in Karnataka is placed at Annexure-II .

- (c) & (d) The Government has taken various steps to promote renewable energy including solar energy. The details are placed at Annexure-III .

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## Annexure-I

## State wise cumulative solar capacity installed in the country as on 31-12-2021

| SI. No.   | State/UT          |   Capacity (MW)* |
|-----------|-------------------|------------------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar |            29.22 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh    |          4292.37 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh |             5.61 |
| 4         | Assam             |            59.15 |
| 5         | Bihar             |           169.48 |
| 6         | Chandigarh        |            52.64 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh      |           308.83 |
| 8         | Dadar &Nagar      |             5.46 |
| 9         | Daman & Diu       |            40.72 |
| 10        | Delhi             |           209.66 |
| 11        | Goa               |            18.37 |
| 12        | Gujarat           |          6206.34 |
| 13        | Haryana           |           593.2  |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh  |            45.04 |
| 15        | Jammu & Kashmir   |            24.49 |
| 16        | Jharkhand         |            53.56 |
| 17        | Karnataka         |          7496.8  |
| 18        | Kerala            |           306.3  |
| 19        | Ladakh            |             7.8  |
| 20        | Lakshadweep       |             0.75 |
| 21        | Madhya Pradesh    |          2592.15 |
| 22        | Maharashtra       |          2506.81 |
| 23        | Manipur           |             6.36 |
| 24        | Meghalaya         |             0.19 |
| 25        | Mizoram           |             1.53 |
| 26        | Nagaland          |             1    |
| 27        | Odisha            |           405.22 |
| 28        | Pondicherry       |            11.87 |
| 29        | Punjab            |          1051.09 |
| 30        | Rajasthan         |          9979.72 |
| 31        | Sikkim            |             2.76 |
| 32        | Tamil Nadu        |          4757.76 |
| 33        | Telangana         |          4154.42 |
| 34        | Tripura           |             9.41 |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh     |          1990.28 |
| 36        | Uttarakhand       |           540.49 |
| 37        | West Bengal       |           151    |
| Total     | Total             |         48087.8  |

Annexure-II District-wise cumulative solar capacity installed in Karnataka as on 31-12-2021.

| SI. No.   | District         |   Capacity (in MW)* |
|-----------|------------------|---------------------|
| 1         | Bagalkote        |              166    |
| 2         | Bangalore Rural  |               35    |
| 3         | Belagavi         |              330.4  |
| 4         | Bellary          |              474.5  |
| 5         | Bengaluru Urban  |                1    |
| 6         | Bidar            |              415    |
| 7         | Chamarajanagara  |              227    |
| 8         | Chikkaballapura  |               92    |
| 9         | Chikkamangaluru  |                0    |
| 10        | Chitradurga      |              680    |
| 11        | Dakshina Kannada |                0    |
| 12        | Davanagere       |              106.8  |
| 13        | Dharawada        |               50    |
| 14        | Gadag            |              228    |
| 15        | Hassan           |               31.5  |
| 16        | Haveri           |               93    |
| 17        | Kalaburgi        |              321    |
| 18        | Kodagu           |                0    |
| 19        | Kolar            |              121    |
| 20        | Koppal           |              294.6  |
| 21        | Mandya           |               59    |
| 22        | Mysore           |               65.5  |
| 23        | Raichur          |              282.38 |
| 24        | Ramanagara       |               97.5  |
| 25        | Shivamogga       |                1    |
| 26        | Tumkur           |             2588.38 |
| 27        | Udupi            |                0    |
| 28        | Uttara Kannada   |                0    |
| 29        | Vijaypura        |              260.8  |
| 30        | Yadgiri          |              142.5  |
| Total     |                  |             7163.86 |

## Annexure-III Various steps taken by Government to promote renewable energy including

## solar energy in the country

- 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 30 th June 2025,
- Declaration of trajectory for Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) up to the year 2022,
- Setting  up  of  Ultra  Mega  Renewable  Energy  Parks  to  provide land  and transmission to RE developers on a plug and play basis,
- Introduced various schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan  Mahabhiyan  (PM-KUSUM), Solar Rooftop Phase II,  12000  MW CPSU Scheme Phase II, Production Linked Incentive(PLI) scheme for promoting solar manufacturing etc,
- Laying of new transmission lines and creating new sub-station capacity under the Green Energy Corridor Scheme for evacuation of renewable power,
- Notification of standards for deployment of solar photovoltaic system/devices,
- 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.