Lok Sabha Question No. 1073 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-08
Subject: Installed Capacity of Renewable Energy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Ranjeeta Koli, Dushyant Singh, Manoj Rajoria, Sumedhanand Saraswati

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1073

ANSWERED ON 08/02/2024

## INSTALLED CAPACITY OF RENEWABLE ENERGY

1073. SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI DR. MANOJ RAJORIA

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

- (a) whether there is any change in total solar capacity of the country from 2014-15;
- (b) if so, the details of overall installed capacity of renewable energy as of March 31, 2023, State-wise;
- (c) the accumulated capacity of installed renewable energy in megawatts, excluding large hydro power, year-wise;
- (d) whether the Government proactively engaged in developing sustainable renewable energy and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government proposes any initiative regarding Mission LiFE and to promote Reduce, Reuse and Recycle practices in the country's energy sector and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the status of the scheme for Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects, particularly in the State of Rajasthan?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a)  The solar power installed capacity in the country has increased from 2.82 GW as on 31.03.2014 to 73.32 GW as on 31.12.2023.
- (b) The details of overall installed capacity of renewable energy as of March 31, 2023, State-wise is given at Annexure-I
- (c) The accumulated capacity of installed renewable energy in megawatts, excluding large hydro power, year-wise in the last five years is given at Annexure-II
- (d)  The  details  of  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  in  developing  sustainable renewable energy in the country, are given at Annexure-III.
- (e) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India has notified the EWaste (Management) Rules, 2022 on 2nd November, 2022. As per these rules, every manufacturer and producer of solar photo-voltaic modules or panels or cells shall:-
- i. ensure registration on the portal;

ii. store solar photo-voltaic modules or panels or cells waste generated up to the year 2034- 2035 as per the guidelines laid down by the Central Pollution Control Board in this regard;

iii. file annual returns in the laid down form on the portal on or before the end of the year to which the return relates up to year 2034-2035;

iv. ensure that the processing of the waste other than solar photo-voltaic modules or panels or cells shall be done as per the applicable rules or guidelines for the time being in force;

v. ensure that the inventory of solar photo-voltaic modules or panels or cells shall be put in place distinctly on portal;

vi. comply with standard operating procedure and guidelines laid down by the Central Pollution Control Board in this regard.

Further,  the  recycler  of  solar  photo-voltaic  modules  or  panels  or  cells  shall  be  mandated  for recovery of material as laid down by the Central Pollution Control Board in this regard.

The E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022 provides that the Department of Industry in the State and Union territory or any other government agency authorized in this regard by the State Government or the Union territory, as the case may be, shall ensure earmarking or allocation of industrial space or shed for e-waste dismantling and recycling in the existing and upcoming industrial park, estate and industrial clusters.

(f) So far, 58 Solar Parks with an aggregate capacity of 40,000 MW have been sanctioned in 13 States  in  the  country.  An  aggregate  capacity  of  10,576  MW  of  solar  projects  have  been commissioned in 20 Solar Parks, so far.  The Details of all states including Rajasthan are given at Annexure IV

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## ANNEXURE- I REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1073 FOR 08.02.2024

## State-wise installed capacity of Renewable Energy (as on 31.12.2023)

|   S. No. | STATES / UTs      |   Installed Capacity of Renewable Energy inMW |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                                       9391.95 |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                        144.9  |
|        3 | Assam             |                                        191.92 |
|        4 | Bihar             |                                        420.26 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh      |                                       1423.24 |
|        6 | Goa               |                                         37.75 |
|        7 | Gujarat           |                                      21977    |
|        8 | Haryana           |                                       1579.67 |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh  |                                       1091.46 |
|       10 | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                        216.41 |
|       11 | Jharkhand         |                                        139.92 |
|       12 | Karnataka         |                                      18197.1  |
|       13 | Kerala            |                                       1194.53 |
|       14 | Ladakh            |                                         48.79 |
|       15 | Madhya Pradesh    |                                       6272.99 |
|       16 | Maharashtra       |                                      13263.7  |
|       17 | Manipur           |                                         18.49 |
|       18 | Meghalaya         |                                         73.02 |
|       19 | Mizoram           |                                         75.9  |
|       20 | Nagaland          |                                         35.84 |
|       21 | Odisha            |                                        647.88 |
|       22 | Punjab            |                                       1973.6  |
|       23 | Rajasthan         |                                      24120    |

| 24   | Sikkim                               |     59.80 |
|------|--------------------------------------|-----------|
| 25   | Tamil Nadu                           |  18957    |
| 26   | Telangana                            |   5152.32 |
| 27   | Tripura                              |     34.48 |
| 28   | Uttar Pradesh                        |   5011.61 |
| 29   | Uttarakhand                          |    934.09 |
| 30   | West Bengal                          |    636.02 |
| 31   | Andaman & Nicobar                    |     35.16 |
| 32   | Chandigarh                           |     64.05 |
| 33   | Dadar & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |     46.47 |
| 34   | Delhi                                |    321.29 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep                          |      4.97 |
| 36   | Puducherry                           |     43.27 |
| 37   | Others                               |     49.31 |
|      | Total (MW)                           | 133886    |

## ANNEXURE II REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1073 FOR 08.02.2024

## Year wise cumulative renewable energy capacity from the year 2019-20 to 2023-24 (upto Dec 2023)

| S.N.                    |   Year |   Added capacity (MW) | Cumulative Renewable Energy Capacity Installed (MW)   |
|-------------------------|--------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 1                       |   8843 |                 88255 | 2019-20                                               |
| 2020-21                 |   7548 |                 95803 | 2                                                     |
| 2021-22                 |  14082 |                109885 | 3                                                     |
| 2022-23                 |  15274 |                125159 | 4                                                     |
| 2023-24 (upto Dec 2023) |   8727 |                133886 | 5                                                     |

## ANNEXURE-III REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1073 FOR 08.02.2024

## Details of measures taken to promote Solar Power Plants in the Country

- Notification of prescribed trajectory for RE power bids to be issued by Renewable Energy  Implementation  Agencies  from  FY  2023-24  to  FY  2027-28.  Under  the trajectory, 50 GW/annum of RE bids to be issued.
- 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 2029-30,
- 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.
- Notification  of  Promoting  Renewable  Energy  through  Green  Energy  Open Access Rules 2022.
- Notification  of  'The  Electricity  (Late  Payment  Surcharge  and  related  matters) Rules (LPS rules).
- Launch of Green Term Ahead Market (GTAM) to facilitate sale of Renewable Energy Power through exchanges.
- Launch  of  a  National  Portal  where  residential  consumers  from  any  part  of  the country can apply for the installation of rooftop solar and get subsidies directly into their bank account under the Programme
- Development of online portals at the DISCOM level and aggregation of demand relating to RTS projects.
- Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, 2020 has been issued for net-metering up to five hundred Kilowatt or up to the electrical sanctioned load, whichever is lower.
- Quality standards for deployment of solar photovoltaic systems/devices notified.
- Information and public awareness activities through various mediums.

## ANNEXURE- IV REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (f) OF LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1073 FOR 08.02.2024

## List of Solar Parks sanctioned and projects commissioned

| Sl. No.   | State            |   Number of Parks |   Sanctioned Capacity (MW) | Projects commissioned (in MW)   |
|-----------|------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh   |                 5 |                       4200 | 3050                            |
| 2         | Chhattisgarh     |                 1 |                        100 | 100                             |
| 3         | Gujarat          |                 7 |                      12150 | 900                             |
| 4         | Himachal Pradesh |                 1 |                         53 | -                               |
| 5         | Jharkhand        |                 3 |                       1089 | -                               |
| 6         | Karnataka        |                 2 |                       2500 | 2000                            |
| 7         | Kerala           |                 3 |                        255 | 100                             |
| 8         | Madhya Pradesh   |                 9 |                       4780 | 1000                            |
| 9         | Maharashtra      |                 4 |                       1105 | -                               |
| 10        | Mizoram          |                 1 |                         20 | 20                              |
| 11        | Odisha           |                 3 |                        340 | -                               |
| 12        | Rajasthan        |                10 |                       9568 | 3065                            |
| 13        | Uttar Pradesh    |                 9 |                       3840 | 341                             |
| Total     | Total            |                58 |                      40000 | 10576                           |