Lok Sabha Question No. 901 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-07
Subject: International Solar Alliance
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Bhola Singh, Sukanta Majumdar, Vinod Kumar Sonkar

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.901 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 th DECEMBER, 2023

## International Solar Alliance

## 901. SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंी

Will the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the five Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) under Petroleum and Natural Gas  Ministry  joined  International  Solar  Alliance  (ISA)'s  Coalition  for  Sustainable Climate Action (ISA-CSCA);
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the oil and gas companies are making efforts to deploy solar panel across the value chain of their operations and propose to increase the solar power capacity;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the  progress  made so far in this regard;
- (e)  whether  the  Ministry  has  approved  some  players  for  over  10  GW  of  fresh  solar equipment manufacturing under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan;
- (f) if so, the details thereof; and
- (g) the other important initiatives being taken by the Ministry in this regard?

## ANSWER

## पेोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंालय म रायमंी ( ी रामेवर तेल )) MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a)  and  (b):  Indian  Oil  Corporation  Limited  (IOCL),  Bharat  Petroleum  Corporation Limited  (BPCL),  GAIL  (India)  Limited,  Hindustan  Petroleum  Corporation  Limited (HPCL)  and  Oil  and  Natural  Gas  Corporation  Limited(ONGC),  which  are  Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) under the administrative control of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, are corporate partners of International Solar Alliance (ISA) and have contributed to the  ISA Corpus Fund.

(c)  and  (d):  Indian  Oil  PSUs  have  taken  up  deployment  of  solar  panels  across  the value  chain  of  their  operations  by  putting  up  solar  projects  at  their  refineries, terminals,  depots,  LPG  bottling  plants,  pipeline  &  pumping  stations,  retail  outlets, lube plants, R&D Centre and Housing colonies. PSU wise data in respect of solarised Retail Outlets (ROs) as on 01.12.2023 is as follows:

| S. No.   | Name of the oil PSU   |   Total ROs |   Total solarised ROs | Percentage of ROs solarised   |
|----------|-----------------------|-------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1        | IOCL                  |       36888 |                 22038 | 59.7%                         |
| 2        | BPCL                  |       21464 |                  5527 | 25.8%                         |
| 3        | HPCL                  |       21525 |                 11628 | 54.0%                         |
|          | Total                 |       79877 |                 39193 | 49.07%                        |

Indian  Oil  and  Gas  PSUs  have  also  put  up  various  solar  captive  projects  across Strategic Business Units (SBUs) totalling 280.868 MW. The details are as under:

| S.No.   | Name of Oil PSU   | Captive Solar consumption/ Captive Solar Projects   |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | IOCL              | 67.85 MW(as on 31.10.2023)                          |
| 2       | BPCL              | 52 MW(as on 01.12.2023)                             |
| 3       | HPCL              | 93.328 MW(as on 01.09.2023)                         |
| 4       | ONGC              | 39.69 MW(as on 31.03.2023)                          |
| 5       | GAIL              | 14 MW(as on 01.12.2023)                             |
| 6.      | OIL               | 14 MW(as on 01.12.2023)                             |
| Total   | Total             | 280.868MW                                           |

(e) to (g) : As per information received from Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE),  Letters  of  Award  have  been  issued  for  setting  up  of  48,337  MW  of fully/partially  integrated  Solar  PV  module  manufacturing  under  Production  Linked Incentive Scheme for High Efficiency Solar Photo Voltaic (PV) module. The details are placed at Annexure-I.

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## (A). Tranche-I of Production Linked Incentive Scheme for High Efficiency Solar PV Modules:

Indian  Renewable  Energy  Development  Agency  Limited  (IREDA)  has  issued  Letters  of Award in November / December 2021 for setting up of 8,737 MW of fully integrated solar PV module manufacturing, as follows:

| Sl. No.   | Name of Company to whom Letter of Award has been issued by IREDA   | Manufacturing Capacity (MW)   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1         | Shirdi Sai Electricals Limited                                     | 4000                          |
| 2         | Reliance New Energy Solar Limited                                  | 4000                          |
| 3         | Adani Infrastructure Private Limited                               | 737                           |
|           | TOTAL                                                              | 8737MW                        |

## (B).  Tranche-II of Production Linked Incentive Scheme for High Efficiency Solar PV Modules:

Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) has issued Letters of Award in April 2023 for setting up of 39,600 MW of fully/ partially integrated solar PV module manufacturing, as follows:

| Sl. No.             | Name of Company to whom Letter of Award has been issued by SECI   | Manufacturing Capacity (MW)   |                     |
|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------|
| (P+W+C+M)* Category | (P+W+C+M)* Category                                               | (P+W+C+M)* Category           | (P+W+C+M)* Category |
| 1                   | Indosol Solar Private Limited                                     | 6000                          |                     |
| 2                   | Reliance New Solar Energy Limited                                 | 6000                          |                     |
| 3                   | FS India Solar Ventures Private Limited                           | 3400                          |                     |
| (W+C+M)* Category   | (W+C+M)* Category                                                 | (W+C+M)* Category             | (W+C+M)* Category   |
| 4                   | Waaree Energies Limited                                           | 6000                          |                     |
| 5                   | Avaada Electro Private Limited                                    | 3000                          |                     |
| 6                   | ReNew Solar (Shakti Four) Private Limtied                         | 4800                          |                     |
| 7                   | JSW Renewable Technologies Limited                                | 1000                          |                     |

| 8               | Grew Energy Private Limited     | 2000            |
|-----------------|---------------------------------|-----------------|
| (C+M)* Category | (C+M)* Category                 | (C+M)* Category |
| 9               | VSL Green Power Private Limited | 2400            |
| 10              | AMPIN Solar One Private Limited | 1000            |
| 11              | TP Solar Limited                | 4000            |
| TOTAL: 39600MW  | TOTAL: 39600MW                  | TOTAL: 39600MW  |

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P+W+C+M : Manufacturing of polysilicon + Ingot-Wafers + Cells + Modules W+C+M : Manufacturing of Ingot-Wafers + Cells + Modules C+M : Manufacturing of Cells + Modules

(Source:  Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA), Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI))