Lok Sabha Question No. 57 (STARRED), answered on 2015-07-23
Subject: Wind Mills
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Dr. BHOLA SINGH, RAVNEET SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED  QUESTION NO. 57

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2015

## WIND MILLS

## *57. DR. BHOLA SINGH:

SHRI RAVNEET SINGH:

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

- (a) the  estimated  number  of  wind  mills  and  their  potential/actual  production  of  power during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether  the  actual  production  is  far  below  than  projections  made  and  if  so,  the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  received  any  fresh  proposal  to  setup  new  wind  mills across various States in public and private sector;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  estimated  cost,  capacity  and  the  locations identified for the purpose, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) the time by which the new wind mills are likely to be set up?

## ANSWER

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

(a),(b),(c)(d)&(e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## Statement

## Statement referred to in reply to parts (a), (b), (c), (d), & (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 57  to be answered on 23.07.2015 regarding 'Wind Mills'

(a): Around 4768 number of wind mills with an installed capacity of 6,410 MW have been installed  in  the  country  during  last  three  years  and  the  current  year  up  to  30.06.2015. State/UT-wise  break-up  is  placed  at  Annexure-A.  Actual  production  of  power  from  wind mills  during  last  three  years  from  cumulative  capacity  installed  (including  the  capacity installed in last three years) is 96.90 billion units (BU) of electricity. State/UT-wise break-up of 96.90 BU is given at Annexure-B.

(b): No  Madam.  The  Capacity  Utilisation  Factor  during  the year  2014-15  of  the cumulative  capacity  installed  since  inception  is  around  19%,  which  is  not  far  below  the projections made by the project developers.

(c): The wind power developers submit proposals to the State  governments,  which is  a continuous process. The major States in the wind power sector are Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.

(d): The  estimated  cost  of  wind  power  projects  is  around  Rs.  6.50  crore  per  MW.  The projects  are  set  up  at  potential  sites  identified  by  the  National  Institute  of  Wind  Energy (NIWE) and by private sector under wind monitoring programme.

(e): The installation of wind power projects take around one year.

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## ANNEXURE-A

## ANNEXURE-A REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 57 FOR 23.07.2015

## State-wise/Year-wise number of turbines and capacity installed in wind sector

| STATE          | 2012-13   | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16*   | 2015-16*   | Total   | Total   |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|------------|---------|---------|
| STATE          | Nos       | MW        | Nos       | MW        | Nos       | MW        | Nos        | MW         | Nos     | MW      |
| Andhra Pradesh | 162       | 202       | 224       | 298       | 201       | 285       | 29         | 44         | 616     | 829     |
| Gujarat        | 167       | 208       | 211       | 280       | 135       | 191       | 56         | 85         | 568     | 764     |
| Karnataka      | 162       | 202       | 138       | 183       | 225       | 320       | 1          | 1          | 526     | 706     |
| Madhya Pradesh | 7         | 9         | 28        | 37        | 321       | 456       | 40         | 61         | 397     | 564     |
| Maharashtra    | 232       | 289       | 810       | 1075      | 246       | 350       | 3          | 4          | 1290    | 1718    |
| Rajasthan      | 493       | 615       | 75        | 99        | 369       | 524       | 68         | 103        | 1005    | 1341    |
| Tamil Nadu     | 140       | 175       | 81        | 107       | 131       | 186       | 14         | 21         | 366     | 488     |
| Total          | 1362      | 1700      | 1566      | 2079      | 1628      | 2312      | 212        | 319        | 4768    | 6410    |

## ANNEXURE-B

## ANNEXURE-B REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 57 FOR 23.07.2015

State-wise/Year-wise production of power from wind mills in Billion Units (BUs)

| State            |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   Total |
|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| Andhra Pradesh   |      0.48 |      0.82 |      1.68 |    2.98 |
| Gujarat          |      5.85 |      5.29 |      5.66 |   16.80 |
| Karnataka        |      4.34 |      4.55 |      4.66 |   13.55 |
| Kerala           |      0.06 |      0.07 |      0.06 |    0.19 |
| Madhya Pradesh   |      0.45 |      0.48 |      0.59 |    1.52 |
| Maharashtra      |      4.67 |      5.73 |      6.81 |   17.20 |
| Rajasthan        |      3.18 |      3.70 |      4.05 |   10.93 |
| Tamil Nadu       |     12.95 |     10.64 |     10.15 |   33.74 |
| Total Generation |     31.98 |     31.27 |     33.65 |   96.90 |

Note: The information regarding generation from wind power projects for current year has not been received from CEA so far.