Lok Sabha Question No. 859 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: Production of Solar Energy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: BHEEMRAO BASWANTHRAO PATIL, CH. MALLA REDDY, B. S. YEDDYURAPPA, GEETHA KOTHAPALLI, BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 859

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.04.2016

## PRODUCTION OF SOLAR ENERGY

859.     SHRI BHEEMRAO B. PATIL: SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY: SHRI B.S. YEDIYURAPPA: SHRIMATI KOTHAPALLI GEETHA: SHRI BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA:

Will the Minister of New and Renewable Energy be pleased to state:

- (a) the total power production increased through solar energy in the country;
- (b) whether  the  country  is  capable  of  producing  around  five  trillion  kilowatts  of  solar energy, if so, the facts thereof;
- (c) whether the Government is targeting 100 gigawatt of solar power generation by 2022, if  so,  the  present  status  thereof  and  the  steps  taken  to  achieve  the  target  along  with  the investment made and expenditure incurred for the said purpose;
- (d) whether  India  along  with  the  other  countries  has  launched  the  International  Solar Alliance at the Climate Change Conference in November last, if so, the vision behind this alliance and the manner in which the alliance mobilise investment or funds for this project;
- (e) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  increase  the  subsidy  given  by  different  nodal agencies to push the generation of solar energy, if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) whether the Government has received any proposal from various State Governments for  providing  funds  for  generation  of  solar  energy,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action taken by the Government thereon, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): As on 31.3.2016, a capacity of 6763 MW solar power has been installed.
- (b): At present the  estimated potential of  India is to generate about 750 GW solar energy, which is estimated to generate 1250 billion units annually at average capacity utilization factor(CUF) of 19%.
- (c): Yes, Madam. The Government has revised the National Solar Mission target of Grid Connected Solar Power projects from 20,000 MW by 2022 to 1,00,000 MW by 2022. Upto 31.3.2016,  a  capacity  of  6763  MW  has  been  achieved  through  solar  power  plants  and  a cumulative target of  17,000  MW has been kept for 2016-17. Government is  providing the following fiscal and promotional incentives for promoting solar industry:-

- capital and/or interest subsidy,
- tax holiday on the earnings for 10 years,
- generation based incentive,
- accelerated depreciation,
- viability gap funding (VGF),
- financing solar rooftop systems as part of home loan,
- concessional excise and custom duties,
- preferential tariff for power generation from renewables, and
- Foreign direct investment up to 100 per cent under the automatic route.

In addition power is offered at lower tariff through schemes like bundling with thermal power and VGF. Keeping in view the solar capacity addition, an investment of about 40, 000 crore has been made by solar power developers. In addition, expenditure of Rs. 2400 Crore has been incurred by MNRE since launch of National Solar Mission for Grid connected Solar projects.

(d): International  Solar  Alliance  (ISA),  an  alliance  of  121  solar  resource  rich  countries lying  fully  or  partially  between  the  tropic  of  Cancer  and  tropic  of  Capricorn  was  jointly launched by the Prime Minister of India and the President of France on 30 November 2015 at Paris,  France  on  the  side-lines  of  the  21st  Conference  of  Parties  to  the  United  Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

ISA is envisioned as a specialized platform to contribute towards the common goal of increasing  utilization  and  promotion  of  solar  energy  and  solar  applications  in  its  member countries. The Paris declaration on ISA states that the countries share the collective ambition to  undertake  innovative  and  concerted  efforts  for  reducing  the  cost  of  finance  and  cost  of technology for immediate deployment of competitive solar generation, financial instruments to  mobilise  more  than  1000  Billion  US  Dollars  of  investments  needed  by  2030  for  the massive  deployment  of  affordable  solar  energy  and  to  pave  the  way  for  future  solar generation, storage and good technologies for countries' individual needs.

(e): There is no proposal to increase the percentage of subsidy under off-grid solar programme which is largely implemented through nodal agencies.

(f): Solar  energy  generation  projects  are  set  up  based  on  power  purchase  agreements offered  by  Distribution  Companies.  For  this  they  are  not  required  to  send  proposals  to Government of India unless they require support under Government of India schemes for

various components. State-wise details of proposals sanctioned, received in accordance with different scheme guidelines from various State Government are given at Annexure.

## ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (f) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 859 FOR 28.4.2016

## (a) List of Solar Parks approved

|   Sl. No. | State             |   Capacity (MW) | Name of the Solar Power Parks Developer (SPPD)                         | Land identified at                                                                                     |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    |            1500 | AP Solar Power Corporation Pvt. Ltd., JVC of SECI, APGENCO and NREDCAP | NP Kunta of Anantpuramu & Galiveedu of Kadapa Districts                                                |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh    |            1000 | AP Solar Power Corporation Pvt. Ltd., JVC of SECI, APGENCO and NREDCAP | Kurnool District                                                                                       |
|         3 | Andhra Pradesh    |            1000 | AP Solar Power Corporation Pvt. Ltd., JVC of SECI, APGENCO and NREDCAP | Galiveedu Madal, Kadapa district                                                                       |
|         4 | Andhra Pradesh    |             500 | AP Solar Power Corporation Pvt. Ltd., JVC of SECI, APGENCO and NREDCAP | Talaricheruvu Village, Tadipathri Mandal, Anathapuramu District of Andhra Pradesh                      |
|         5 | Arunachal Pradesh |             100 | Arunachal Pradesh Energy Development Agency (APEDA)                    | Tezu township in Lohit district                                                                        |
|         6 | Assam             |              69 | JVC of APDCL, APGCL & SECI                                             | Amguri in Sibsagar district                                                                            |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh      |             500 | CREDA                                                                  | Rajnandgaon, Janjgir Champa districts                                                                  |
|         8 | Gujarat           |             700 | GPCL                                                                   | Radhanesda, Vav, Distt. Banaskantha                                                                    |
|         9 | Haryana           |             500 | Saur Urja Nigam Haryana Ltd (SUN Haryana)                              | Bugan in Hisar district, Baralu and Singhani in Bhiwani district and Daukhera in Mahindergarh district |
|        10 | Himachal Pradesh  |            1000 | HP State Electricity Board Ltd.                                        | Spiti Valley of Lahaul & Spiti District                                                                |
|        11 | Jammu & Kashmir   |             100 | JAKEDA                                                                 | Mohagarh and Badla Brahmana, District-Samba                                                            |
|        12 | Karnataka         |            2000 | Karnataka Solar Power Development Corporation Pvt. Ltd.                | Pavagada taluk Tumkur dist.                                                                            |

| Sl. No.   | State          | Capacity (MW)   | Name of the Solar Power Parks Developer (SPPD)                              | Land identified at                                                                     |
|-----------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|           |                |                 | (KSPDCL); JVC of SECI and KREDAL.                                           |                                                                                        |
| 13.       | Kerala         | 200             | Renewable Power Corporation of Kerala Limited (RPCKL); JVC of SECI and KSEB | Paivalike, Meenja, Kinanoor, Kraindalam and Ambalathara villages of Kasargode district |
| 14.       | Madhya Pradesh | 750             | Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited; a JVC of SECI and MPUVNL                     | Rewa, MP                                                                               |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh | 1000            | Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited; a JVC of SECI and MPUVNL                     | Neemuch, Agar and Mandsaur                                                             |
| 16.       | Madhya Pradesh | 500             | Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited; a JVC of SECI and MPUVNL                     | Rajgarh and Shajapur                                                                   |
| 17.       | Madhya Pradesh | 500             | Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited; a JVC of SECI and MPUVNL                     | Chhattarpur and Morena                                                                 |
| 18.       | Maharashtra    | 500             | M/s Pragat Akshay Urja Ltd                                                  | Sakri, Dhule district of Maharashtra                                                   |
| 19.       | Maharashtra    | 500             | Maharashtra State Electricity Generating Company Ltd. (MAHAGENCO)           | Dondaicha, district Dhule, Maharashtra                                                 |
| 20.       | Maharashtra    | 500             | M/s K. P. Power Pvt. Ltd                                                    | Taluka Patoda, district Beed, Maharashtra                                              |
| 21.       | Meghalaya      | 20              | Meghalaya Power Generation Corporation Ltd (MePGCL)                         | West Jaintia Hills & East Jaintia Hills districts                                      |
| 22.       | Nagaland       | 60              | Directorate of New & Renewable Energy, Nagaland                             | Dimapur, Kohima and New Peren districts                                                |
| 23.       | Odisha         | 1000            | GEDCOL                                                                      | Balasore, Keonjhar, Deogarh, Boudh, Kalahandi and Angul                                |

|   Sl. No. | State                                                   |   Capacity (MW) | Name of the Solar Power Parks Developer (SPPD)                                                            | Land identified at                                                                                                              |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        24 | Rajasthan                                               |             680 | Rajasthan Solar Park Development Company Ltd. (RSDCL), a subsidiary of RRECL                              | Bhadla Phase II, Bhadla, Rajasthan                                                                                              |
|        25 | Rajasthan                                               |            1000 | Surya Urja Company of Rajasthan Ltd; a JVC between State Govt. and IL & FS Energy Development Company Ltd | Bhadla Phase III, Bhadla, Rajasthan                                                                                             |
|        26 | Rajasthan                                               |             750 | M/s Essel Surya Urja Company of Rajasthan Limited; JVof GoR and Essel Infraprojects Limited               | Villages Ugraas, Nagnechinagar & Dandhu, tehsil Phalodi, dist Jodhpur (450 MW) and villages Lavan & Purohitsar, tehsil Pokaran, |
|        27 | Rajasthan                                               |             500 | M/s Adani Renewable Energy Park Rajasthan Limited (AREPRL); a JVC of Government of Rajasthan and APEPRL.  | Bhadla Phase IV, Bhadla, Jodhpur Rajasthan                                                                                      |
|        28 | Rajasthan (321MW through support of GoI out of 1500 MW) |             321 | M/s Adani Renewable Energy Park Rajasthan Limited (AREPRL); a JVC of Government of Rajasthan and APEPRL.  | Fatehgarh & Pokaran, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan                                                                                       |
|        29 | Telangana                                               |             500 | SECI, Telangana GENCO and Telangana New & Renewable Energy Development Corporation Ltd. (TNREDC)          | Gattu, Mehboob Nagar Distt.                                                                                                     |
|        30 | Uttar Pradesh                                           |             600 | Lucknow Solar Power Development Corporation Ltd.; JVC of UPNEDA and SECI                                  | Jalaun, Allahabad, Mirzapur and Kanpur Dehat districts                                                                          |

|   Sl. No. | State       |   Capacity (MW) | Name of the Solar Power Parks Developer (SPPD)                        | Land identified at                                                                                        |
|-----------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        31 | Uttarakhand |              50 | State Industrial Development Corporation Uttarakhand Limited (SIDCUL) | Industrial Area, Sitarganj (Phase I), Industrial Area, Sitarganj (Phase II) and Industrial Area, kashipur |
|        32 | West Bengal |             500 | West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd.               | East Mednipur, West Mednipur, Bankura                                                                     |
|        33 | TOTAL       |           19400 |                                                                       |                                                                                                           |

## (b) Canal Top and Canal Bank projects approved

## State-wise Allocation of 50 MW Canal-Top Solar PV projects

| Sl. No.   | State          | Implementing Agency in the State                                             | Capacity for which in- principle approval has been given (MW)   |
|-----------|----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh | New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCAP) | 1MW canal-top                                                   |
| 2         | Gujarat        | SardarSarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL)                                  | 10MW canal-top                                                  |
| 3         | Karnataka      | Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Limited (KBJNL)                                    | 10MW canal-top                                                  |
| 4         | Kerala         | Kerala State Electricity Board Limited (KSEB)                                | 2MW canal-top                                                   |
| 5         | Punjab         | Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA)                                      | 20MW canal-top                                                  |
| 6         | Uttarakhand    | Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited                                         | 1MW canal-top                                                   |
| 7         | Uttar Pradesh  | Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department                                          | 6MW canal-top (3.5MW + 2.5 MW)                                  |
|           | Total          |                                                                              | 50 MWcanal-top                                                  |

## State-wise Allocation of 50 MW Canal-Bank Solar PV Projects

|   Sl. No. | State          | Implementing Agency in the State                    | Capacity for which in- principle approval has been given (MW)   |
|-----------|----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh | Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited | 5MW canal-bank                                                  |

|    |             | (APGENCO)                                                               |                 |
|----|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
| 2  | Gujarat     | SardarSarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL)                             | 15MW canal-bank |
| 3  | Kerala      | Kerala State Electricity Board Limited (KSEB)                           | 1MW canal-bank  |
| 4  | Uttarakhand | Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited                                    | 19MW canal-bank |
| 5  | West Bengal | West Bengal State Electricity Development Corporation Limited (WBSEDCL) | 10MW canal-bank |
|    | Total       |                                                                         | 50 MWcanal-bank |