Lok Sabha Question No. 3205 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-04
Subject: Power Generation from Renewable Energy Sources
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: R. PARTHIPAN, BHARAT SINGH, VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK, SURESH KODIKUNNIL, RAOSAHEB PATIL DANVE, ANIL SHIROLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 3205

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2016

Power Generation from Renewable Energy Sources

3205. SHRI R. PARTHIPAN:

SHRI BHARAT SINGH:

SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK: SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH:

SHRI RAOSAHEB DANVE PATIL: SHRI ANIL SHIROLE:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  the  targets  set  and  the  achievements  made  by  the  Government  in  power generation from various renewable energy sources including the projects undertaken/proposed to be undertaken in the country along with the funds allocated/ released and utilised thereunder during the last three years and the current year, State/ UT-wise including Maharashtra;
- (  b  )  the  details  of  the  proposals  received by the Union Government from different States for renewable energy based power generation projects and the action taken thereon during the said period, State-wise;
- (c) the time by which the pending proposals are likely to be cleared by the Union Government;

(d) the monitoring mechanism set up by the Union Government to monitor the appropriate use of funds allocated to States for the development and promotion of sources of renewable energy;

and

- (e)  the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  augment  the  grid  related  infrastructure  in  the country  and  bring  uniformity  in  the  renewal  purchase  obligation  mechanism  throughout  the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  POWER,  COAL  ,  NEW  &  RENEWABLE  ENERGY  &  MINES (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) : The  details  of  targets  set  and  achievements  made  in  power  generation  from  various renewable energy sources in the country during the last three years are as follows:

## (in MW)

| Year    |   Target | Achievements              |
|---------|----------|---------------------------|
| 2013-14 |     4325 | 3640                      |
| 2014-15 |     3770 | 4102                      |
| 2015-16 |     4460 | 7060                      |
| 2016-17 |    16600 | 1465.25 ( upto June 2016) |

Source wise details are given in the Annexure-I

The  State/UT  wise  details  of  Central  Financial  Assistance  provided  for  the  various  renewable energy projects including Maharashtra during last three years and current year are given in the attached Annexure.-II

(b) & (c) : Proposals  are  received  from  State  Governments  and  UT  Administrations  for sanction of the eligible central finance assistance (CFA) for different categories of end users and beneficiaries  (government  bodies  /  private  developers  /  industry  /  NGOs  /  individuals)  under various  schemes  and  programmes  of  the  Ministry  for  promotion  of  grid-interactive  renewable power projects as well as off-grid, decentralized renewable energy systems. Such proposals are received  on  a  regular  basis  and  those  found  complete  in  all  respects  as  per  guidelines  are approved for sanction and disbursement of eligible CFA in line with provisions of the respective schemes/programmes subject to availability of funds.

(d) : The  states  are  generally  utilizing  the  funds  allocated  to  them  as  per  guidelines  of  the respective  programmes/schemes.  To  ensure  proper  utilization  of  the  funds,  MNRE  obtains periodic  physical  &  financial  progress  reports,  utilization  certificates  &  audited  statements  of expenditure. To encourage and motivate the State Departments/State Nodal Agencies and other Stakeholder  for  timely  utilization  of  funds,  meetings  are  convened  with  them  periodically  to review the progress of projects and the pace of utilization of funds and to address their problems in  effective  implementation of schemes/programmes. State Nodal Officers in the Ministry also undertakes  inspection  visits  to  project  sites  to  ascertain  the  quantity  and  quality  of  project implementation and systems deployed, etc.

(e) : The  Government  is  implementing  'Green  Energy  Corridor  Project'  for  strengthening intra-state and inter-state transmission system along with other Grid related  infrastructure for the likely renewable power capacity addition to facilitate integration of large scale renewable energy generation, in the renewable rich states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujrat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra,  Rajasthan,  Tamil  Nadu,  Jammu  &  Kashmir  and  Madhya  Pradesh.  The  funding pattern  for    creating  intra-state  transmission  infrastructure  is  approved  as    share  of  KfW  loan (40%  of  the  cost)  and  grants  from  National  Clean  Energy  Fund  (40%  of  the  cost)  and  the remaining 20% as state contribution. The Inter- State Transmission Projects are proposed to be funded  with  70%  KfW  loan  and  30%  equity  by  Power  Grid  Corporation  of  India  Limited (PGCIL).  The  setting  up  of  Renewable  Energy  Management  Systems  (REMCs)  to  be  funded from budgetary sources.

The  Government  has  recently  approved  amendments  in  Tariff  Policy  in  January,  2016  which envisages  prescription  of  long  term  trajectory  of  RPO  prescribing  minimum  purchase  of  solar energy to promote the renewable energy, from the date of notification of the policy, which shall be such that it reaches up to 8% of the total electricity consumption excluding Hydro power by March 2022.

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## Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3205 for 4-8-2016 regarding 'Power Generation from Renewable Energy Sources'

Year wise and Source wise Target and achievements under various RE Sources

| S.                           |                                | 2013-14                      | 2013-14                      | 2014-15                      | 2014-15                      | 2015-16                      | 2015-16                      | 2016-17                      | 2016-17                      |
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| No.                          | Programme / system             | Target                       | Ach.                         | Target                       | Ach.                         | Target                       | Ach.                         | Target                       | Ach.(as on 30.06.20 16       |
| GRID POWER( Capacities inMW) | GRID POWER( Capacities inMW)   | GRID POWER( Capacities inMW) | GRID POWER( Capacities inMW) | GRID POWER( Capacities inMW) | GRID POWER( Capacities inMW) | GRID POWER( Capacities inMW) | GRID POWER( Capacities inMW) | GRID POWER( Capacities inMW) | GRID POWER( Capacities inMW) |
| 1                            | Wind Power                     | 2500                         | 2083.3                       | 2000                         | 2312                         | 2400                         | 3423.05                      | 4000                         | 373.95                       |
| 2                            | Small Hydro                    | 300                          | 171.4                        | 250                          | 251.61                       | 250                          | 218.60                       | 250                          | 30.32                        |
| 3                            | Bio Power                      | 105                          | 101.6                        |                              |                              | 400                          | 400                          | 400                          | 29.50                        |
| 4                            | Bagasse Cogeneration           | 300                          | 310.92                       | 400                          | 418.00                       |                              |                              |                              |                              |
| 5                            | Waste to Power (Indstl./Urban) | 20                           | 10.50                        | 20                           | 8.50                         | 10                           | 0.00                         | 10                           | 0.00                         |
| 6                            | Solar Power                    | 1100                         | 962.10                       | 1100                         | 1112.07                      | 1400                         | 3018.80                      | 12000                        | 1031.48                      |
|                              | Total                          | 4325                         | 3640                         | 3770                         | 4102.18                      | 4460.00                      | 7060.45                      | 16660                        | 1465.25                      |

## Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (d) of Lok Sabha  Unstarred Question  No. 3205 for 4-8-2016 regarding 'Power Generation from Renewable Energy Sources'

## State-wise and year-wise details of Central Financial Assistance provided in the last three years (2013-14 to 2015-16) and current year.

|   S No. | State / UT Name     | 2013-14   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   (Rs in crore) Current year |
|---------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
|       1 | ANDHRA PRADESH      | 3.2       |      1.86 |      5.08 |                         0    |
|       2 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH   | 27.39     |     15.68 |      5.39 |                        10    |
|       3 | ASSAM               | 19.01     |     16.15 |     14.7  |                         2.06 |
|       4 | BIHAR               | 10.44     |      6.74 |     16.19 |                         0    |
|       5 | CHANDIGARH          |           |     11.32 |     10.03 |                         0.02 |
|       6 | CHHATTISGARH        | 16.03     |     36.09 |     42.59 |                         5.88 |
|       7 | DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI  | 0         |      0.03 |      0    |                         0    |
|       8 | DAMAN &DIU          | 0         |      0.03 |      0    |                         0    |
|       9 | DELHI               | 74.57     |     31.64 |     43.15 |                         7.48 |
|      10 | GOA                 | 0.06      |      1.22 |      1.57 |                         0    |
|      11 | GUJARAT             | 38.23     |     36.09 |     58.6  |                        11.92 |
|      12 | HARYANA             | 7.8       |     52.22 |     78.22 |                        22.75 |
|      13 | HIMACHAL PRADESH    | 28.7      |     23.99 |     52.93 |                        15.96 |
|      14 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR   | 87.01     |     61.79 |     90.91 |                        17.37 |
|      15 | JHARKHAND           | 0         |      7.61 |     16.08 |                         0.16 |
|      16 | KARNATAKA           | 86.17     |     51.41 |     60.82 |                         2.13 |
|      17 | KERALA              | 10.17     |     31.93 |     32.73 |                         0.93 |
|      18 | LAKSHADWEEP         | 1         |      0.07 |      3.78 |                         0    |
|      19 | MADHYAPRADESH       | 13.94     |     30.26 |      6.8  |                         0.61 |
|      20 | MAHARASHTRA         | 156.11    |    229.04 |    248.4  |                        63.25 |
|      21 | MANIPUR             | 2.5       |      1.63 |     14.61 |                         0    |
|      22 | MEGHALAYA           | 8.93      |      8.39 |      8.57 |                        11.2  |
|      23 | MIZORAM             | 1.68      |      8.98 |     10.58 |                         2.9  |
|      24 | NAGALAND            | 7.51      |      9.9  |      7.81 |                         5.79 |
|      25 | ODISHA              | 0.59      |     27.92 |     10.78 |                         0    |
|      26 | PUDUCHERRY          | 0.10      |      0.01 |      0.01 |                         0    |
|      27 | PUNJAB              | 32.68     |     39.96 |     29.08 |                         1    |
|      28 | RAJASTHAN           | 28.64     |    113.3  |    249.54 |                         0.41 |
|      29 | SIKKIM              | 11.13     |      3.09 |      0.84 |                         1.46 |
|      30 | TAMIL NADU          | 67.58     |     52.64 |    194.86 |                        33.92 |
|      31 | TELANGANA           | 25.49     |     98.04 |    155.04 |                         7.07 |
|      32 | TRIPURA             | 0         |      1.94 |      5.42 |                         0    |
|      33 | UTTAR PRADESH       | 52.01     |     61.01 |     55.36 |                         0.71 |
|      34 | UTTARAKHAND         | 50.11     |      8.35 |     51.14 |                         0.32 |
|      35 | WEST BENGAL         | 15.51     |     17.17 |      9.3  |                         0.01 |
|      36 | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR | 0         |      0.09 |      0.03 |                         0    |
|      37 | CENTRAL AGENCY      | 678.17    |   1376.54 |   1720.93 |                       430.08 |