Lok Sabha Question No. 1270 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-27
Subject: Procurement of Biomass Pellets for Co-firing in TPPs
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Ritesh Pandey, Hasnain Masoodi, Sunita Duggal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1270

## ANSWERED ON 27.07.2023

## PROCUREMENT OF BIOMASS PELLETS FOR CO-FIRING IN TPPS

1270. SHRI RITESH PANDEY: SHRI HASNAIN MASOODI: SHRIMATI SUNITA DUGGAL:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Government  has  data  on  the  number  of  power  plants successfully implementing the mandate to use five per cent biomass pellets in co-firing with coal, as per the revised biomass policy;

(b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(c) whether the Government has taken any initiatives to ensure the availability  and  procurement  of  biomass  pellets  for  co-firing  in  Thermal  Power Plants (TPPs);

(d) if so, the details of Metric Tonnes of agri residues-based biomass that has been co-fired in coal based thermal power plants till May 2023, State/ UT-wise; and

(e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) & (b) : There are 47 number of Thermal Power Plants which have carried  out co-firing of agro residue based biomass pellets with coal. Recently, Ministry of Power has issued modification on 16.06.2023 to revise the biomass policy  dated  08.10.2021  and  now  it  mandates  5%  biomass  co-firing  in  Thermal Power  Plants  (TPPs)  from  2024-25.    This  obligation  shall  increase  to  7%  from 2025-26.

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(c) : The Government has taken many initiatives to ensure the availability and procurement of biomass pellets for co-firing in TPPs like, Finance Assistance Schemes by MNRE and CPCB have been issued for biomass pellet manufacturing, Reserve bank of India (RBI) has approved 'Biomass pellet manufacturing' as an eligible  activity  under  Priority  Sector  Lending  (PSL),  Procurement  Provision  of Biomass  Category  has  been  created  on  GeM  portal,  Revised  Model  long  term contract for Biomass supply was issued by MOP,  Vendor database finalized and listed on SAMARTH website, awareness programmes & Advertisement Campaign ,  Provision  of  Udyam  Aadhaar  on  National  Single  Window  System,  Bankable Model Project Report for Biomass Pellet Plants etc.

Further,  MoP  through  a  policy  Addendum  dated  03-05-2023  has  indicated the various type of various agro residues such as stubble/straw/stalk/husk which are surplus and not being used as animal fodder for making the biomass pellets. This  includes  agro-residue  obtained  from  crops  like  Paddy,  Soya,  Arhar,  Gwar, Cotton,  Gram,  Jawar,  Bajra,  Moong,  Mustard,  Sesame,  Til,  Maize,  Sunflower, Jute, Coffee, etc. as well as Groundnut Shell, Coconut Shell, Castor Seed Shell etc.

In  addition,  pellets  made  from  the  following  agro  product/crop/waste  can also be used for co-firing in TPPs viz Bamboo and its by-products, Horticulture waste such as dry leaves and trimmings obtained from maintenance & pruning of trees and plants and other biomass such as Pine Cone/Needle, Elephant Grass, Sarkanda, etc.

(d) & (e) : Approximately 1,64,976 Metric Tonnes of agri residues-based biomass has been co-fired in 47 no. of coal based thermal power plants till May 2023.   State-wise list of thermal power plants co-firing above biomass pellets is enclosed as Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (d)  &  (e)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.1270 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 27.07.2023

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## Biomass usage status of different Power Plants for co-firing (Till 31.05.2023)

|   Sl. No. | Organization/ Power Utility   | Name of the Plant                                    | State          |   Cumulative Biomass usage (MT) |
|-----------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|----------------|---------------------------------|
|         1 | NTPC                          | Simhadri Super Thermal Power Station, Visakhapatnam, | Andhra Pradesh |                            4551 |
|         2 | NTPC                          | Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station, Bhagalpur,    | Bihar          |                              10 |
|         3 | Jindal Power                  | Jindal Super Thermal Power Plant Tamnar              | Chhattisgarh   |                              24 |
|         4 | Adani Power                   | Raipur Energen Limited                               | Chhattisgarh   |                              77 |
|         5 | DB Power Ltd                  | Badadarha TPP                                        | Chhattisgarh   |                              25 |
|         6 | Adani Power                   | Raigarh Energy Generation Ltd.                       | Chhattisgarh   |                              25 |
|         7 | Vedanta Ltd                   | Bharat Aluminium Company Limited                     | Chhattisgarh   |                            6942 |
|         8 | NTPC                          | Lara Super Thermal Power Station, Raigarh,           | Chhattisgarh   |                             489 |
|         9 | NTPC                          | Sipat Super Thermal Power Station, Bilaspur,         | Chhattisgarh   |                            3882 |
|        10 | HPGCL                         | Rajiv Gandhi TPS, Hisar                              | Haryana        |                              95 |
|        11 | HPGCL                         | Yamuna Nagar TPS                                     | Haryana        |                             455 |
|        12 | CLP/Apraava Energy            | Mahatma Gandhi TPS, Jhajjar                          | Haryana        |                            4410 |
|        13 | NTPC JV                       | IGSTPP, Jhajjar                                      | Haryana        |                           16009 |
|        14 | Tata Power                    | Jojobera Power Plant                                 | Jharkhand      |                              23 |
|        15 | NTPC                          | Kudgi Super Thermal Power Station, Bijapur,          | Karnataka      |                            1912 |
|        16 | JSW Energy Limited            | JSW Energy - TPP Toranagallu                         | Karnataka      |                             336 |
|        17 | NTPC                          | Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Station, Narsinghpur,  | Madhya Pradesh |                            3140 |
|        18 | NTPC                          | Khargone Super Thermal Power Station, Khargone,      | Madhya Pradesh |                           13417 |
|        19 | Jaiprakash Power ventures     | Jaypee Nigrie Super Thermal Power Plant, Sidhi       | Madhya Pradesh |                             577 |
|        20 | Jaiprakash Power ventures     | Jaypee Bina TPS Madhya Pradesh                       | Madhya Pradesh |                             425 |
|        21 | Reliance Power                | Sasan Power Ltd, Madhya Pradesh                      | Madhya Pradesh |                              44 |
|        22 | NTPC                          | Mauda Super Thermal Power Station, Nagpur,           | Maharashtra    |                           24167 |
|        23 | NTPC                          | Solapur Super Thermal Power Station, Solapur,        | Maharashtra    |                            3060 |

| 24   | Dhariwal infrastructure limited,   | Dhariwal Thermal Power Plant Chandrapur                  | Maharashtra   |     87 |
|------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|---------------|--------|
| 25   | GMR Group                          | GMR Warora Energy Limited                                | Maharashtra   |     20 |
| 26   | JSW Energy Limited                 | JSW Energy - Ratnagiri Maharashtra                       | Maharashtra   |      5 |
| 27   | Sai Wardha                         | Sai Wardha Power Generation Private Limited, Warora,     | Maharashtra   |     10 |
| 28   | Vedanta                            | Jharsuguda Captive Power                                 | Orissa        |     44 |
| 29   | GMR Energy                         | GMR Kamalganaga Orissa                                   | Orissa        |     20 |
| 30   | Vedanta                            | TSPL, Mansa,                                             | Punjab        |     50 |
| 31   | L&T                                | NPL, Rajpura,                                            | Punjab        |     30 |
| 32   | PSPCL                              | GGSSTP, Ropar                                            | Punjab        |     61 |
| 33   | PSPCL                              | GHTP, Lehra Mohabbat                                     | Punjab        |     39 |
| 34   | Adani Power                        | Adani Power Rajasthan Limited                            | Rajasthan     |    111 |
| 35   | Shree Group                        | Shree Mega Power-1 &2                                    | Rajasthan     |   7816 |
| 36   | OPG Power                          | OPG Power Generation Pvt Ltd, Tamil Nadu                 | Tamil Nadu    |    715 |
| 37   | UPRVUNL                            | Harduaganj TPS                                           | Uttar Pradesh |   7392 |
| 38   | NTPC                               | National Capital Power Station, Dadri,                   | Uttar Pradesh |  20617 |
| 39   | NTPC                               | Tanda Thermal Power Station, Ambedkar Nagar,             | Uttar Pradesh |   3806 |
| 40   | NTPC                               | Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Station, Raebareli, | Uttar Pradesh |   9486 |
| 41   | Hindalco Industries Ltd.           | Mahan Al. Unit- CPP                                      | Uttar Pradesh |  29676 |
| 42   | NTPC                               | Farakka Super Thermal Power Plant, Murshidabad,          | West Bengal   |     77 |
| 43   | CESC Limited                       | Budge Budge Thermal Power Station                        | West Bengal   |    181 |
| 44   | Haldia Energy Ltd                  | Haldia Thermal Power Plant                               | West Bengal   |     90 |
| 45   | DVC                                | Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Station (DSTPS)             | West Bengal   |    501 |
| 46   | WBPDCL                             | Bakreswar Thermal Power Station                          | West Bengal   |     22 |
| 47   | WBPDCL                             | Sagardighi TPS                                           | West Bengal   |     25 |
|      | Total                              |                                                          |               | 164976 |

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