Lok Sabha Question No. 534 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-20
Subject: Solar Energy Generation by DMRC
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VIJAY KUMAR S.R., KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, SUDHEER GUPTA, T. RADHAKRISHNAN, ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 534

TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 20, 2016

## SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION BY DMRC

No. 534 SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN:

Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of total energy consumption of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) along with expenditure thereon;
- (b) whether  the  DMRC  proposes  to  generate  20  MW  of  solar
- energy from the rooftops of its stations and office buildings;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  expenditure  likely  to  be incurred for the purpose;
- (d) the time by which it is likely to be made operational; and
- (e)      the details of steps taken to generate solar power energy in other Metro Rails which are running in various parts of the country?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

Cont….

(a): The  details  of  total  energy  consumption  of  Delhi  Metro  Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC) and expenditure incurred thereon during the last three years as received from DMRC are as under:

| Financial Year   |   Energy consumption in units (crore in KVAH*) |   Net expenditure on Power/Electricity Rs. (in crore) |
|------------------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 2013-14          |                                          63.34 |                                                399.86 |
| 2014-15          |                                          67.84 |                                                468.55 |
| 2015-16          |                                          73.48 |                                                526.4  |

*Kilo Volt Ampere Hour

(b)to(d): Yes, Sir.  DMRC has informed that they have planned to install solar Photo Voltaic (PV) power plants of 20 Mega Watt power (MWp) capacity by 2017 on the rooftops of its stations, depots and office buildings under Renewable Energy Service Companies (RESCO) model through open competitive bidding.  In this model, the developer invests the entire cost of solar plant and DMRC pay for the energy generated  at  a  tariff  as  agreed  mutually  in  the  Power  Purchase Agreement (PPA).  Out of this, 6.3 MWp solar plant capacity has been installed and made operational till date.

(e): Jaipur  Metro  Rail  Corporation  Ltd.  (JMRC)  has  informed  that they have installed a 100 KWp roof mounted solar power plant at its Mansarovar  Depot  and  it  is  under  operation  since  18.12.2015. Chennai  Metro  Rail  Limited  (CMRL)  has  informed  that  they  have awarded the work for installation of 1 MW solar energy on the rooftop. Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL), Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and Mumbai Metro One Pvt. Ltd. (MMoPL) have informed that they have planned to generate solar power energy through rooftop solar system.

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