Lok Sabha Question No. 865 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: Biodiesel, Biogas and Solar Power Plants
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Khagen Murmu, Ravi Kishan Shukla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 865

ANSWERED ON 07/12/2023

## BIODIESEL; BIOGAS AND SOLAR POWER PLANTS

## 865 . SHRI KHAGEN MURMU SHRI RAVI KISHAN

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

- (a) whether the Union Government has received proposals from various States including West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh for setting up biodiesel, biogas and solar power plants;
- the details of proposals received and approved during the last three years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

- (b) if so, the details thereof; and

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

(a) to (c)The details of proposals received from various States including West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh for setting Up biodiesel, biogas and solar power plants, and the capacitieslquantum sanctioned, is as follows:

## Solar Power

| SI: no   | State          | No of Solar Park   |   Capacity (MW) |
|----------|----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|          | Andhra Pradesh | 1                  |             300 |
| 2        | Chhattisgarh_  | 1                  |             100 |
| 3        | Gujarat_       | 5                  |           10450 |
| 4        | Rajasthan      | 3                  |            4000 |
| 5        | Uttar Pradesh  | 6                  |            3365 |
| 6        | Jharkhand      |                    |             989 |
|          | Kerala         |                    |              50 |
| 8        | Odisha         |                    |             300 |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh | 3                  |            1680 |
| Total    | Total          |                    |           21234 |

During the last three years; the Government has sanctioned 24 Solar Parks of aggregate capacity 21,234 MW in various States\_The State-wise details are given\_in the table below

Under the component-A of the PM-KUSUM scheme 4391 MW decentralised ground mounted solar power capacity has been sanctioned, based on the demand received from states in the last three financial years including the current financial year till 31.10.2023. The state-wise details are given below:

|    | States            |     |
|----|-------------------|-----|
|    | Arunachal Pradesh |   2 |
|    | Assam             |  10 |
| 3  | Chhattisgarh      |  30 |
|    | Gujarat           | 500 |
|    | Goa               | 150 |
|    | Haryana           |  60 |
|    | Himachal Pradesh  |  90 |
| 8  | Jammu & Kashmir   |  20 |
| 9  | Jharkhand         |  20 |
| 10 | Kerala            |  30 |

|       | Madhya Pradesh   |   600 |
|-------|------------------|-------|
| 11    | Maharashtra      |   700 |
| 12 13 | Nagaland         |     5 |
| 14    | Odisha           |   500 |
| 15    | Punjab           |   220 |
| 16    | Rajasthan_       |   875 |
| 17    | Tamil Nadu       |   424 |
| 18    | Tripura _        |     5 |
| 19    | Uttar Pradesh    |   150 |
|       | Total            |  4391 |

Based on the requests received from States/UTs, Ministry has allocated a net capacity of 3579 MW for rooftop solar installations. The detail of the allocations to various states as on 30.11.2023 is attached at Annexure-L

## Biogas

As on 30.11.2023 , under the Waste to Energy Programme dated 02.11.2022, a total no of 94 complete Biogas/BioCNG proposals have been received in the Biourja portal, this includes 3 proposals from West Bengal and 23 proposals from Uttar Pradesh: The state-wise details may be seen at Annexure-LL

During the last 3 years, for Biogas Power (Offgrid) , one proposal of size 37.5 kW was approved for West Bengal, and 8 proposals for a total capacity 273.5 kW were approved for Uttar Pradesh:

Further; the state-wise details of biogas proposals may be seen at Annexure-LLL

## Biodiesel

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has not received or sanctioned any proposal for production of biodiesel during the last three years.

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Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 865 for 07/12/2023 regarding 'Biodiesel, Biogas and Solar Power Plants'

State-wise details of complete Biogas/BioCNG proposals received in Biourja under Waste to Energy programme dated 02.11.2023, as on 30.11.2023 portal

| SL: No.     | State          | No. of Proposals received in Biourja Portal   | No. of Proposals received in Biourja Portal   | Total   |
|-------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------|
| SL: No.     | State          | Biogas                                        | BioCNG                                        | Total   |
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh |                                               | 0                                             |         |
| 2           | Chhattisgarh   | 0                                             | 2                                             | 2       |
| 3           | Delhi          |                                               | 2                                             | 2       |
| 4           | Gujarat        |                                               |                                               | 7       |
| 5 _         | Haryana        |                                               | 12                                            | 13      |
| 6           | Jharkhand      |                                               |                                               |         |
| 7           | Karnataka      |                                               | 4                                             | 4       |
| 8 _         | Madhya Pradesh |                                               | 6                                             | 6       |
| 9           | Maharashtra    |                                               | 13                                            | 13      |
|             | Odisha         |                                               |                                               |         |
| 11.         | Punjab         |                                               | 9                                             | 9       |
| 12          | RAJASTHAN      |                                               | 2                                             | 2       |
| 13_         | Tamil Nadu     |                                               | 4                                             | 4       |
| 14.         | Telangana      |                                               | 2                                             | 2       |
| 15          | Uttar Pradesh  | 2                                             | 21                                            | 23      |
| 16.         | West Bengal    | 2                                             |                                               | 3       |
| 17.         | Uttarakhand    | 0                                             |                                               | 1       |
| Grand Total | Grand Total    | 6                                             | 88                                            | 94      |

Annexure-III referred to in reply to (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 865 for 07/12/2023 regarding *Biodiesel; and Solar Power Plants' part Biogas

State-wise details, where In-principle approval of CFA has been issued to Biogas/BioCNG proposals under Waste to Energy programme; during FY 2020-21,FY 2021-22, FY 2022-23, and FY 2023-24 (as on 30.11.2023)

| SI: No      | State          | No_of Proposals   |
|-------------|----------------|-------------------|
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh | 6                 |
| 2           | Delhi          |                   |
| 3           | Gujarat_       |                   |
| 4           | Haryana        |                   |
| 5           | Karnataka      |                   |
| 6           |                |                   |
| 8_          | Punjab_        |                   |
| 9_          | Rajasthan      |                   |
| 10 .        | Tamil Nadu     |                   |
| 11.         | Telangana      |                   |
| 12          | Uttar Pradesh  | 10                |
| 13          | Uttarakhand    | 1                 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total    | 58                |