Lok Sabha Question No. 2240 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-10
Subject: National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF)
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: A.T. (NANA) PATIL, SRINIVAS KESINENI, KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE, P. KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2240

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2016

## NATIONAL CLEAN ENERGY FUND (NCEF)

2240.  SHRI A.T NANA PATIL:

SHRI KESINENI NANI:

SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

SHRI P.KUMAR:

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

(a) the amount of funds collected/available in the National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF) during the last three years and the current year;

(b) whether the clean energy research programmes and projects have been financed from the  NCEF  during  the  said  period,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  results  of  these research projects and achievements therefrom, project-wise;

- (c) whether any research programme/initiatives funded by the NCEF has been successful in developing a clean energy technology and has been commercialised, if so, the details there of;
- (d) whether the government has set up/proposes to set up any renewable energy project with the usage of NCEF; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  the  optimum utilization of funds meant for the development of renewable energy sources in the country?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  POWER,  COAL  &  NEW  AND  RENEWABLE ENERGY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a): The information is placed at Annexure I.

(b),(c),(d)&(e): The Government is already setting up projects under NCEF. Details of projects sanctioned including research project during the last 3 Years are placed at AnnexureII.

The steps taken by the Government for optimum utilization of funds including NCEF funds are as follows:

To ensure proper utilization of the funds, the Ministry of New & Renewable  Energy (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 Stakeholders 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 MNRE also undertakes inspection visits to project sites to ascertain the quantity and quality of project implementation and systems deployed, etc.

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## Annexure-I

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2240 for 10.03.2016 regarding National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF)

## Details of Fund Position in NCEF (Rs. in Crore)

| Year         | Coal Cess Collected   | Amount transferred to NCEF   | Amounts financed from NCEF for projects   |
|--------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 2013-2014    | 3,471.98              | 1,650.00                     | 1218.78                                   |
| 2014-2015    | 5393.46               | 4,700.00                     | 3588.00                                   |
| 2015-16 (RE) | 12,623.33             | 4,700.00                     | 5127.09                                   |
| 2016-17(BE)  | 26148.20              | 8447.00                      | -                                         |
| Total        |                       | 19497.00                     | 9,933.87                                  |

## Annexure II

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (b),(c)(d)&(e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2240 for 10.03.2016 regarding National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF)

## Following is a statement of the projects, recommended for funding by the Inter Ministerial Group (IMG), constituted to recommend the funding under NCEF

## (This is upto the last IMG Meeting, i.e. the 12 th IMG which took place on 30.04.2015):

| S. No.       | Ministry / Deptt.   | Project                                                                                                                                                      | Amount approved by IMG (in crore)   |
|--------------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| F.Y. 2011-12 | F.Y. 2011-12        | F.Y. 2011-12                                                                                                                                                 |                                     |
| 1            | MNRE                | Solar Water Heaters                                                                                                                                          | 64.14                               |
| 2            | MNRE                | SPV System in 6 States                                                                                                                                       | 85.88                               |
| 3            | MNRE                | Refinancing through NABARD                                                                                                                                   | 46.80                               |
| 4            | MoE&F               | Remediation of Hazardous Waste Sites                                                                                                                         | 60.00                               |
| 5            | MoE&F               | Green India Mission                                                                                                                                          | 200.00                              |
| 6            | MoP                 | Flue Gas based Aqua Ammonia Power Cycle                                                                                                                      | 8.00                                |
| 7            | MoP                 | Indigenous Development of 1200 kV Ultra High Voltage (UHV) AC transmission Technology-Establishment of 1200 kV National Test Station (R&D Project)           | 39.40                               |
| 8            | MNRE                | Bihar SaurkrantiSichaiYojna (Pilot Project)                                                                                                                  | 17.64                               |
| 9            | MNRE                | Funding for Off-grid SPV systems to be installed under JNNSM in 9 villages of North 24 Paragana District, West Bengal                                        | 44.64                               |
|              |                     |                                                                                                                                                              | 566.50                              |
| F.Y. 2012-13 | F.Y. 2012-13        | F.Y. 2012-13                                                                                                                                                 |                                     |
| 10           | MNRE                | Installation of SPV power plants up to size of 500kWp with aggregate capacity of 50 MWp                                                                      | 70.90                               |
| 11           | MNRE                | Financial Support for extending subsidy- for installation of Solar Photovoltaic lights and small capacity systems through NABARD                             | 73.71                               |
| 12           | MNRE                | Installation of Solar Photovoltaic Power Plants aggregating to 4 MWp capacity at different Indian Railway Locations                                          | 15.20                               |
| 13           | MNRE                | Pilot grid connected Solar Thermal Power Projects under JNNSM                                                                                                | 1020.00                             |
| 14           | MDWS                | Solar Energy Based Dual Pump Piped Water Supply in 78 IAP Districts                                                                                          | 221.30                              |
| 15           | MNRE                | Viability Gap Funding for setting up 750 MW Grid connected Solar PV Power projects under JNNSM                                                               | 1314.00                             |
| Total        | Total               | Total                                                                                                                                                        | 2715.11                             |
| FY.2013-14   | FY.2013-14          | FY.2013-14                                                                                                                                                   |                                     |
| 16           | MNRE                | Installation of Solar Water Heating System, 20,000 Home Lighting System (model 2) and 2,000 Solar Street Lights through NHB                                  | 104.70                              |
| 17           | MNRE                | Assessment of wind Power Potential at 100 m level in 500 new stations                                                                                        | 172.22                              |
| 18           | MNRE                | Market Development of medium and high Temperature Concentrated Solar Technology (CSTs) for community cooking, process heat and cooling applications          | 68.00                               |
| 19           | MNRE                | Localization of Solar Energy through Local Assembly, Sale and Usage of 1 Million Solar Study Lamps                                                           | 21.19                               |
| 20           | MNRE                | Installation of 23,500 Nos. SPV Power Plants of 1 KWp capacity each for Domestic household in Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Chhattisgarh and | 44.40                               |

|    |         | other selected states.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |         |
|----|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
| 21 | MNRE    | Financial Support for extending subsidy- for installation of Solar Photovoltaic lights and small capacity systems through NABARD, RRB's, Nationalised banks and Cooperative banks under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM).                 |  149.81 |
| 22 | MNRE    | Financial Support for extending subsidy- for installation of Solar Photovoltaic lights and small capacity systems through Solar Energy Corporation of India implementing through commercial Banks under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). |  105.09 |
| 23 | MNRE    | 5x100 KWp SPV Power Plants from Deogarh to Basukinathalongwith 2500 Nos. LED Street Lights                                                                                                                                                               |    4    |
| 24 | MNRE    | Installation of 17,500 SPV water Pumping System in Rajasthan, Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and other selected states to meet the irrigation requirements                                                                              |  299.25 |
| 25 | MNRE    | Installation of Solar Water Heating Systems with cumulative collector area of 4,00,000 Sq. m. for institutional and industrial sector in the different states of the country.                                                                            |  108    |
| 26 | MNRE    | Installation of Grid Connected Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Power Plans with aggregate 50 MWP capacity in various states across the country on pilot basis.                                                                                                |   56.18 |
| 27 | MNRE    | National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF)-Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) concessional funding support for Renewable Energy.                                                                                                                  |  100    |
|    |         | Total                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 1232.84 |
| 28 | MNRE    | 52 MWp Grid Connected Rooftop SPV Plants through Multi Govt. Agencies                                                                                                                                                                                    |  143.2  |
| 29 | MNRE    | 54 MWp Grid Connected Rooftop SPV Power Plants through State Nodal agencies                                                                                                                                                                              |  149.85 |
| 30 | MNRE    | Installation of 5 lakh sq.m. collector area Solar Water Heating System in Domestic & Building Sector                                                                                                                                                     |  142.5  |
| 31 | MNRE    | Setting up 1000 MW of Grid-connected Solar PV Power Projects by Establishments of Ministry of Defence                                                                                                                                                    | 1250    |
| 32 | MNRE    | 25 MWpSPV Plan through SNA's and channel partners                                                                                                                                                                                                        |  142.5  |
| 33 | MNRE    | Generation Based Incentive (GBI) for grid connected wind power projects                                                                                                                                                                                  |  741    |
| 34 | MoHI&PE | Solar PV Manufacturing Plant of BHEL                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1092.22 |
| 35 | MNRE    | Installation of 8,500 SPV water Pumping System                                                                                                                                                                                                           |  148.26 |
| 36 | MNRE    | 73 MWp Grid Connected Rooftop SPV Power Plants in the Warehouses through Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI)                                                                                                                                        |  148.92 |
| 37 | MNRE    | Setting up 1000 MW of Grid-connected Solar PV Power Project by CPSUs                                                                                                                                                                                     | 1000    |
| 38 | MNRE    | Revised proposal for NCEF funding of 960 crore for pilot grid connected solar thermal projects                                                                                                                                                           |  960    |
| 39 | MNRE    | IREDA to on lend to viable RE projects under NCEF                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 2500    |

| 40          | MNRE                    | Intra-State Transmission System for Renewable Power Evacuation in Rajasthan                                                                                            | 402.52   |
|-------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|
| 41          | MNRE                    | Intra-State Transmission System for Renewable Power Evacuation in Tamil Nadu                                                                                           | 637.20   |
| 42          | MoEF                    | 12 MW Ghazipur Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) to Energy Project.                                                                                                          | 120.00   |
| 43          | MNRE                    | Installation of solar power generator above 3 Wp up to size of 100 kWp ( with or without battery) with aggregate capacity of 25 MWp through SNA's and channel partners | 142.5    |
| 44          | MNRE                    | Solar Electrification of 1000 villages under JNNSM                                                                                                                     | 154.50   |
| 45          | MNRE                    | Provision of solar power in border areas                                                                                                                               | 25.00    |
| 46          | MNRE                    | Setting up of 1000 MW of grid connected solar PV power projects with Viability Gap Funding under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM                        | 2100     |
|             | Total                   | Total                                                                                                                                                                  | 12000.17 |
|             | FY. 2015-16 (till date) | FY. 2015-16 (till date)                                                                                                                                                |          |
| 47          | MNRE                    | InSTS for Renewable Power Evacuation in Rajasthan (Green energy Corridor)                                                                                              | 407.32   |
| 48          | MNRE                    | InSTS for Renewable Power Evacuation in Andhra Pradesh (Green energy Corridor)                                                                                         | 515.70   |
| 49          | MNRE                    | InSTS for Renewable Power Evacuation in Himachal Pradesh (Green energy Corridor)                                                                                       | 364.21   |
| 50          | MNRE                    | InSTS for Renewable Power Evacuation in Gujarat (Green energy Corridor)                                                                                                | 785.20   |
| 51          | MNRE                    | InSTS for Renewable Power Evacuation in Karnataka (Green energy Corridor)                                                                                              | 362.40   |
| 52          | MNRE                    | InSTS for Renewable Power Evacuation in Madhya Pradesh (Green energy Corridor)                                                                                         | 840.00   |
| 53          | MNRE                    | InSTS for Renewable Power Evacuation in Maharashtra (Green energy Corridor)                                                                                            | 144.64   |
| 54          | MNRE                    | Setting-up of 5000 MW of Grid Connected Solar PV Power Projects with VGF under Batch-IV of Phase-II of JNNSM                                                           | 5050     |
| 55          | MNRE                    | Grid Connected Rooftop and Small Solar Power Plants Programme (40000 MW)                                                                                               | 5000     |
| 56          | MNRE                    | Decentralised Generation of Renewable Energy {with special emphasis on Unemployed Youths and Village Panchayats (10000 MW)}                                            | 5000     |
| Total       | Total                   | Total                                                                                                                                                                  | 18469.47 |
| GRAND TOTAL | GRAND TOTAL             | GRAND TOTAL                                                                                                                                                            | 34984.09 |