Lok Sabha Question No. 148 (STARRED), answered on 2015-07-30
Subject: &#8216;Green Energy Corridor&#8217; Project
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION NO. 148

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2015

## GREEN ENERGY CORRIDOR PROJECT

## *148.  SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  plans  to  develop  'Green  Energy  Corridor'  Project  to facilitate the flow of renewable energy in the National Grid;
- (b) if so, the aims and the blueprint of the project including its estimated expenditure;
- (c) whether  any  external  financial  and  technical  assistance  has  been  sought  by  the Government and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the efforts being made by the Government to provide solar-based electricity in each house round the clock; and
- (e) whether any survey has been conducted to identify the areas appropriate for tapping solar energy and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

## 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  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a),(b),(c),(d)&  (e)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Starred Question No. 148 for answer on 30.07.2015 regarding Green Energy Corridor Project

(a): Yes, Madam.

(b): The Green Energy Corridor report prepared by the Power Grid Cooperation of India Ltd.  (PGCIL)in  December  2012    estimated  transmission  infrastructure  requirement  for  the likely renewable power capacity in renewable resource rich States including Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and  also Jammu & Kashmir. The study report  estimated  that  the  cost  of  transmission  system  strengthening both  at  Intra-state  and  Inter-state  level  would  be  around  Rs.  40,000  crore,  with  around  Rs 20,600 crore for creating intra state transmission network, around Rs 19000 crore for interstate  transmission  and  Rs.  234  crore  for  establishment  of  Renewable  Energy  Management Centers  (REMCs).  The  Central  Electricity  Authority  appraised  PGCIL's  estimates  and suggested  that  around  Rs  34,000  crore  would  be  required  to  strengthen  and  develop renewable power evacuation and transmission infrastructure for the planned renewable power capacity addition up to 2017 and also for establishing REMCs.

(c): Yes, Madam. On 11 April 2013, KfW, Germany agreed to provide concessional loan of  Euro  1  billion,  over  the  next  six  years,  to  augment  and  strengthen  power  transmission infrastructure for evacuation of renewable power. In addition, GIZ, Germany has agreed to provide technical assistance of Euro 2 million for forecasting, balancing, market design and network management in connection with grid integration of renewable power.  So far, KfW, Germany has signed loan agreements for soft loan with the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. for Euro 500 million; with the State of Tamil Nadu for Euro 76 million; and with state of Rajasthan for Euro 49 million.

(d): Solar power plants are being setup in both grid -connected and off-grid modes. Gridconnected  solar  power  contributes  in  increasing  availability  of  grid  power  in  the  country including for electrification of households. Under off-grid and decentralized solar application scheme  the  Ministry  of  New  and  Renewable  Energy  (MNRE)  is  promoting  Solar  Power packs to individual households.

(e): Yes Madam. MNRE has launched a nationwide Solar Radiation Resource Assessment (SRRA) station network for assessing solar potential in the country and to identify potential areas for harvesting the solar energy.  This project is implemented in two phases.  In Phase- I program, 51 SRRA  stations  and  in PhaseII,  60  SRRA  stations  and  4  Advanced Measurement Stations are installed  at  selected  locations  spread  all  over  the  country.  Statewise list of SRRA stations is given at Annexure -I.

PHASE - I

|   Sl. No. | State          | Station Name   | Location                                                    | District      |
|-----------|----------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|        1. | Andhra Pradesh | Chilakapale m  | Sri Sivani College of Engineering                           | Srikakulam    |
|        1. | Andhra Pradesh | Rajahmundr y   | Godavari Institute ofEngineering& Technology                | East Godavari |
|        1. | Andhra Pradesh | Kadiri         | Agricultural Research Station,Kadiri                        | Anantpur      |
|        1. | Andhra Pradesh | Tirupati       | Sri VenkateswaraUniversity College of Engineering           | Chittoor      |
|        1. | Andhra Pradesh | Guruzala       | Vagdevi College of Pharmacy                                 | Guntur        |
|        1. | Andhra Pradesh | Guntur         | Acharya Nagarjuna University                                |               |
|        2. | Telangana      | Medak          | Govt. Polytechnic College for Women                         | Medak         |
|        3. | Chhattisgarh   | Bilaspur       | Chhatisgarh Energy Educational Park                         | Bilaspur      |
|        4. | Gujarat        | Santalpur      | 66KV Substation-GETCO (Shifted to Charanka in 08/2014)      | Patan         |
|        4. | Gujarat        | Charanka       | Gujarat Solar Park                                          | Patan         |
|        4. | Gujarat        | Bhogat         | 132 KV Sub Station -Enercon                                 | Jamnagar      |
|        4. | Gujarat        | Jambua         | 132 KV Sub Station-GETCO                                    | Vadodara      |
|        4. | Gujarat        | Keshod         | 220 KV Sub Station-GETCO                                    | Junagadh      |
|        4. | Gujarat        | Vartej         | 220KV Substation- GETCO                                     | Bhavnagar     |
|        4. | Gujarat        | Idar           | 132 KV substation-GETCO                                     | Sabarkantha   |
|        4. | Gujarat        | Kotada Pitha   | 33/66 KV Substation- Sri Ram Lietnar                        | Amreli        |
|        4. | Gujarat        | Chandrodi      | 66/33KV Substation- Veer Energy &Infrastructure             | Kutch         |
|        4. | Gujarat        | Tharad         | 220 KV substation- GETCO                                    | Banaskantha   |
|        4. | Gujarat        | Sadodar        | 220KV Substation- Enercon                                   | Jamnagar      |
|        4. | Gujarat        | Gandhi Nagar   | Germi1 MWsolar power plant, PDPU campus,                    | Gandhi Nagar  |
|        5. | Haryana        | Gurgaon        | National Institute of Solar Energy                          | Gurgaon       |
|        6. | Jammu& Kashmir | Leh            | Energy Park , Ladakh Renewable Energy Development Agency    | Leh           |
|        7. | Karnataka      | Bellary        | KREDL Sogi wind farm (Shifted to Haveri on 13.06.2015)      | Bellary       |
|        7. | Karnataka      | Haveri         | Horticulture Research Extension Station (UHS), Devihosur    | Haveri        |
|        7. | Karnataka      | Belgaum        | KREDL Mavinhunda wind farm (Shifted to Gokak on 18.04.2015) | Belagavi      |
|        7. | Karnataka      | Gokak          | KRC College of Horticulture, Arabhavi                       | Belagavi      |
|        7. | Karnataka      | Gulbarga       | Visvesvaraya Technological University                       | Gulbarga      |
|        7. | Karnataka      | Bijapur        | 110/33/11 KV Substation- KPTCL/KIADB                        | Bijapur       |

State-wise list of SRRA stations and in Phase I and Phase- II

|               |                | Chitradurga     | 220/66/11KV Substation-KPTCL                                      | Chitradurga     |
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
| 8.            | Madhya Pradesh | Mandsaur        | 33/11KV Substation (Shifted to Gwalior in 10/2014)                | Mandsaur        |
| 8.            |                | Gwalior         | College of Agriculture                                            | Gwalior         |
| 8.            |                | Rajgarh         | 220/132/33 KV Substation                                          | Rajgarh         |
| 8.            |                | Neemuch         | 33/11 KV Sub Station- MPPKVV(Shifted to Sitamau on 27.01.2015)    | Neemuch         |
|               |                | Sitamau         | Solar Power Plant(Sun Edison)                                     | Mandsaur        |
| 9.            |                | Karad           | Govt. College of Engineering                                      | Satara          |
| 9.            | Maharashtra    | Shegaon         | Solar Research Centre - SGIARC                                    | Buldana         |
| 9.            |                | Pandharpur      | SVERI College of Engineering                                      | Solapur         |
| 10. Rajasthan |                | Amarsagar       | 220 KV GSS                                                        | Jaisalmer       |
| 10. Rajasthan |                | Kota            | Rajasthan Technical University                                    | Kota            |
| 10. Rajasthan |                | Bodana          | 132 KV GSS                                                        | Jaisalmer       |
| 10. Rajasthan |                | Mathania        | 132KV GSS                                                         | Jodhpur         |
| 10. Rajasthan |                | Sirohi          | 220 KV GSS                                                        |                 |
| 10. Rajasthan |                | Abu Road        | (shifted to Abu Rd in 06/2013) Solar Power plant, Brahama kumaris | Sirohi          |
| 10. Rajasthan |                | Phalodi         | 220KV GSS                                                         | Jodhpur         |
| 10. Rajasthan |                | Balotra         | 220 KV GSS                                                        | Barmer          |
| 10. Rajasthan |                | Ratangarh       | 220 KV GSS                                                        | Churu           |
| 10. Rajasthan |                | Ajmer           | Govt. Mahila Engineering College                                  | Ajmer           |
| 10. Rajasthan |                | Jodhpur         | IIT -Jodhpur                                                      | Jodhpur         |
| 10. Rajasthan |                | Pokhran         | 132KV GSS                                                         | Jaisalmer       |
| 10. Rajasthan |                | Bagora          | 132 KV GSS                                                        | Jalore          |
|               |                | Chennai         | National Institute of Wind Energy                                 | Chennai         |
| 11.           |                | Karaikudi       | Central Electro Chemical Research Institute                       | Sivaganga       |
| 11.           |                | Ramanathap uram | Syed Ammal Engineering College                                    | Ramanathapur am |
| 11.           | Tamil Nadu     | Kayathar        | NIWE Wind Turbine Research Station                                | Thoothukudi     |
| 11.           |                | Erode           | Kongu Engineering college                                         | Erode           |
| 11.           |                | Trichy          | National Institute of Technology, CEESAT                          | Trichy          |
| 11.           |                | Vellore         | VIT University, CO 2 laboratory                                   | Vellore         |
| 12.           | Puducherry     | Puducherry      | Women's Polytechnic College                                       | Puducherry      |

## PHASE - II

|   S. no. | State                  | Station Name   | Location of Commissioning                  | District      |
|----------|------------------------|----------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------|
|       1. | Andaman & Nicobar (UT) | Port Blair     | Central Agricultural Research Institute    | South Andaman |
|       2. | Andhra Pradesh         | Kadapa         | Global College of Engineering& Technology  | Kadapa        |
|       3. | Telangana              | Mahbubnagar    | Jayaprakash Narayan College of Engineering | Mahbubnagar   |
|       3. | Telangana              | Warangal       | Warangal Institute of Technology           | Warangal      |

|     |                       |             | &Science                                                   |               |
|-----|-----------------------|-------------|------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|  4. | Arunachal             | Itanagar    | Arunachal Pradesh Energy Development Agency campus         | Papum Pare    |
|  4. | Pradesh               | Pasighat    | Arunachal Pradesh Energy Development Agency campus         | East Siang    |
|  5. | Assam                 | Silchar     | National Institute of Technology                           | Cachar        |
|  5. | Assam                 | Tezpur      | Tezpur University                                          | Sonitpur      |
|  6. | Bihar                 | Aurangabad  | Kirishi Vigyan Kendra ,Siris                               | Aurangabad    |
|  6. | Bihar                 | Muzaffarpur | Muzaffurpur Institute of Technology                        | Muzaffarpur   |
|  6. | Bihar                 | Purnea      | Millia Institute of Technology                             | Purnea        |
|  7. | Chandigarh (UT)       | Chandigarh  | University Institute of Engineering and Technology         | Chandigarh    |
|  8. | ChhattisgarhAmbikapur |             | Rajmohini Devi Agricultural University                     | Ambikapur     |
|  9. | Dadra &Nagar Haveli   | Silvassa    | Dr.BBA Government Polytechnic(Shifted to Panaji)           | Silvassa      |
| 10. | Goa                   | Panaji      | National Institute of Technology, Ponda                    | North Goa     |
| 11. | Gujarat               | Surat       | S.V.National Institute of Technology                       | Surat         |
| 12. | Haryana               | Murthal     | Deenabandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science& Technology   | Sonepat       |
| 13. | Himachal Pradesh      | Solan       | Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Agriculture &Forestry        | Solan         |
| 13. | Himachal Pradesh      | Palampur    | College of Agriculture                                     | Kangra        |
| 14. | Jammu& Kashmir        | Kargil      | 10kW solar power plant,Kurbathang                          | Kargil        |
| 14. | Jammu& Kashmir        | Katra       | Shri Mata Vaishno Devi UniversityReasi                     |               |
| 15. | Jharkhand             | Deoghar     | Birla Institute of Technology                              | Deoghar       |
| 15. | Jharkhand             | Jamshedpur  | National Institute of Technology                           | East Singhbum |
| 15. | Jharkhand             | Ranchi      | Central University of Jharkhand (new campus)               | Ranchi        |
| 16. | Karnataka             | Mysore      | NIE Institute of Technology                                | Mysore        |
| 17. | Kerala                | Alappuzha   | College of Engineering& Management                         | Alappuzha     |
| 17. | Kerala                | Kannur      | Govt. Engineering College                                  | Kannur        |
| 18. | Madhya Pradesh        | Indore      | Devi Ahalya Vishwa Vidyalaya                               | Indore        |
| 18. | Madhya Pradesh        | Jabalpur    | Shri Ram Institute of Science and Technology               | Jabalpur      |
| 18. | Madhya Pradesh        | Khandwa     | BMCollege of Agriculture                                   | Khandwa       |
| 18. | Madhya Pradesh        | Rewa        | Rewa Engineering College                                   | Rewa          |
| 19. | Maharashtra           | Bhandara    | Manohar Bhai Patel Institute of Engineering and Technology | Bhandara      |
| 19. | Maharashtra           | Jalgaon     | Govt.College of Engineering                                | Jalgaon       |
| 19. | Maharashtra           | Shahada     | D.N. Patel College of Engineering                          | Nandurbar     |
| 19. | Maharashtra           | Nashik      | Sandip Institute of Technology&                            | Nashik        |

|     |               |               | Research Centre                                                      |                 |
|-----|---------------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|     |               | Osmanabad     | Terna College of Engineering                                         | Osmanabad       |
|     |               | Wardha        | Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Rural Industrialization                 | Wardha          |
| 20. | Manipur       | Imphal        | Manipur Renewable Energy Development Agency campus.                  | Imphal          |
| 21. | Meghalaya     | Tura          | Don Bosco College                                                    | West Garo Hills |
| 22. | Mizoram       | Aizawl        | Power House                                                          | Aizawl          |
| 23. | Nagaland      | Kohima        | Municipal Council Convention Centre                                  | Kohima          |
| 24. | Odisha        | Bargarh       | Padmashree Krutartha Acharya College of Engineering                  | Bargarh         |
| 24. | Odisha        | Bhubaneshwar  | Apex Institute of Technology and Management                          | Khordha         |
| 24. | Odisha        | Similiguda    | Samantha Chandrasekar Institute of Technology &Management            | Koraput         |
| 24. | Odisha        | Rourkela      | National Institute Technology                                        | Sundergarh      |
| 25. | Punjab        | Talwandi Sabo | Guru Kashi University                                                | Bathinda        |
| 25. | Punjab        | Kapurthala    | Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Renewable Energy           | Kapurthala      |
| 26. | Rajasthan     | Jaipur        | Suresh Gyan Vihar University                                         | Jaipur          |
| 27. | Sikkim        | Gangtok       | Sikkim Armed Police campus,Pangthang                                 | East Sikkim     |
| 28. | Tamil Nadu    | Tiruvallur    | Prathyusha Institute of Technology and Management                    | Tiruvallur      |
| 29. | Tripura       | Agartala      | National Institute of Technology                                     | West Tripura    |
| 30. | Uttar Pradesh | Banda         | Kalicharan Nigam Institute of Technology                             | Banda           |
| 30. | Uttar Pradesh | Gorakhpur     | Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology                        | Gorakhpur       |
| 30. | Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur        | Indian Institute of Pulses Research                                  | Kanpur          |
| 30. | Uttar Pradesh | Moradabad     | Moradabad Institute of TechnologyMoradabad Kamala Nehru Institute of | Sultanpur       |
| 30. | Uttar Pradesh | Sultanpur     | Technology                                                           |                 |
| 31. | Uttarakhand   | Dehradun      | University of Petroleum &Energy Studies                              | Dehradun        |
| 31. | Uttarakhand   | Nainital      | Birla Institute of Applied Science                                   | Nainital        |
| 32. | West Bengal   | Murshidabad   | Dumkal Institute of Engineering& Technology                          | Murshidabad     |
| 32. | West Bengal   | Howrah        | Indian Institute of Engineering Science &Technology                  | Kolkatta        |
| 32. | West Bengal   | Jalpaiguri    | Govt.Engineering College                                             | Jalpaiguri      |