Lok Sabha Question No. 3138 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-04
Subject: Installed Capacity of Power Generation
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: (SMT.) KAKOLI GHOSH DASTIDAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 3138

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2016

## Installed Capacity of Power Generation

## 3138. DR. KAKOLI GHOSH DASTIDAR:

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

- (a) the present installed capacity of power generation in the country and the share of renewable energy in that capacity;
- (b)  whether  India  is  among  top  five  countries  of  the  world  in  terms  of  renewable  energy production capacity, if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  reasons  for  less  capacity  utilisation  of  renewable  energy  sources  and  the  steps  being taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to enhance the incentives for the said purpose; and (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) : Against the total installed capacity of  304.51 GW from all sources, capacity addition of 44.24 GW have been installed  through Renewable Energy Sources, which is about 14.53 % of the total installed capacity in the country as on 30-6-2016.
- (b) : As per Renewable 2016 Global Status Report REN- 21, at the end of 2015, India stood 5th in the total capacity generation of Renewable energy power (excluding large Hydro Power) after China, United States, Germany and Japan.
- (c) : A  capacity  addition  of  over  44.24  GW  have  already  been  installed  from  various renewable  energy  sources  in  the  country.  Further,  the  Government  has  up-scaled  the  target  of renewable energy capacity to 175 GW by the year 2022 which includes 100 GW from solar, 60 GW from wind, 10 GW from bio-power and 5 GW from small hydro-power.
- (d) & (e) : The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has made  changes in the policy with regard to subsidy/incentives under various renewable energy programmes during the 12th Five Year Plan. The details of subsidy/incentives presently being provided under various programmes is given in Annexure.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (d & e) of Lok Sabha  Unstarred Question  No 3138 for    4/8/2016 regarding 'Installed Capacity of Power Generation'

Incentives/Subsidy available under various schemes / programmes.

## A.     GRID-INTERACTIVE RENEWABLE POWER PROGRAMMES:

## 1.      Wind Power Projects:

| Generation Based Incentive (GBI)   | Rs.0.50 per unit subject to max of Rs.1.00 crore/MW   |
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|

## 2.     Solar Power Projects:

| Solar PV Power projects under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) Phase-II, Batch-I of total 750 MW with Viability Gap Funding (VGF) support from National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF).   | Minimum Project Capacity 10MW Maximum Project Capacity 50MW   | VGF support upto 30% of Project Cost limited to Rs.2.50 Cr/MW based on reverse bidding process.   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

## 3.     Small Hydro Power Projects

Support to new SHP projects in State sector:

| Category                       | Above 100 KWand up to 1000KW   | Above1MW-25MW                                    |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| Special category and NE States | 75,000 per KW.                 | 7.5 Crores / MWlimited to `20 crore per project. |
| Other States                   | 35,000 per KW.                 | 3.5 Crores / MWlimited to `20 crore per project. |

Support to new SHP project in private / co-operative / joint sector:

| Areas                               | Upto25MW                                        |
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| N E Region, J &K, H.P. &Uttarakhand | 1.5 crore/ MWlimited to `5.00 crore per project |
| Other States                        | 1.0 crore/ MWlimited to `5.00 crore per project |

## 4. Biomass Power and Bagasse Cogeneration Projects:

Private / Joint / Cooperative / Public Sector Sugar Mills:

|                        | Special Category and NE States   | Other States      |
|------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------|
| Biomass Power projects | Rs.25 lakh per MW*               | Rs.20 lakh perMW* |
| Bagasse Co-generation  | Rs.18 lakh per MW*               | Rs.15 lakh perMW* |

| Co-generation projects by cooperative/public sector sugar mills 40 bar &above 60 bar &above 80 bar &above   | Rs.40 lakh Rs.50 lakh Rs.60 lakh Per MWof surplus power (maximum support Rs. 6.0 cr / project)   | Rs.40 lakh Rs.50 lakh Rs.60 lakh Per MWof surplus power (maximum support of Rs. 6.0 crore per project)   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

## 5.            Waste to Energy Projects:

| Type of Waste         | Central Financial Assistance                                 |
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| Municipal Solid Waste | Rs.2.00cr./MW, Max. Support 10 Cr. /project.                 |
| Urban Waste           | Rs.2.00cr./MW, Max. Support 5 Cr. /project.                  |
| Industrial waste      | Rs. 0.20cr to Rs. 1.00cr/MW, Max. Support Rs.5.00cr/project. |

## B.     OFF-GRID / DECENTRALIZED RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAMMES

|   S.No | Programme                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Subsidy                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      6 | Family Type Biogas Plants NE Region States including Sikkim (except plain areas of Assam) Plain areas of Assam J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand (excluding Terai region), Nilgiris of Tamil Nadu, Sadar, Kurseong and Kalimpong sub-divisions of Darjeeling, Sunderbans, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and SC & ST (not included in above areas) All Others | Rs.15,000 to Rs.17,000 per plant Rs.10,000 to Rs.11,000 per plant Rs.7,000 to Rs.11,000 per plant Rs.5,500 to Rs.9,000 per plant                                                                   |
|      7 | Solar Photovoltaic Systems                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |  Subsidy of 30% of project cost  For solar light through NABARD, Regional Rural Banks (RRB) and other commercial bank 40% subsidy is available.                                                  |
|      8 | Solar Water Heater                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 60% and 30% of the benchmark cost in special category states and other states respectively. Benchmark cost in the range of Rs. 11,000/sq.m. and 8,000/sq.m for different configuration of systems. |
|      9 | Concentrating Solar Thermal Technology                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 30% of the project cost.                                                                                                                                                                           |

|   10. | Small Aero-Generators and Hybrid Systems                                                                                                                                                          | Rs.1.00 lakh perKW                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|-------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    11 | Micro-hydel plants/ Water mills                                                                                                                                                                   |  Rs. 1.25 lakh/kw for Micro-hydelupto 100 kw.  Rs.0.50 lakh per watermill for mechanical application  Rs.1.50 lakh per watermill for electrical application                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|    12 | Biomass Gasifier                                                                                                                                                                                  |  Rs. 15,000 / kW (with 100% producer gas engine)  Rs. 2,500/kw for duel fuel engine  Rs. 2.0 lakh per 300 kw for Thermal Applications  20% higher CFA for special category states                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|    13 | Improved Cookstoves Family sized /domestic cook-stoves/earthen cookstoves Community Cook-stoves for MDM Kitchens, Anganwadis, Tribal/SC/Backward hostels, government and forest rest houses etc . | 50% of cost of cook-stoves with maximum ceiling of Rs. 400 for natural draft (including earthen chulhas with metal combustion chambers) and Rs.800 for forced draft - average support taken at Rs. 600/- per cookstove. 50% of cost of cook-stoves with maximum ceiling of Rs. 2500 for natural draft and Rs. 5000 for forced draft type cook-stoves - average support taken at Rs. 3750 per cook-stove |