Lok Sabha Question No. 2144 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-10
Subject: Tie-up with Norway for Solar Energy Generation
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: SANTOSH KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2144

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2016

## TIE-UP WITH NORWAY FOR SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION

## 2144.  SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any tie-up with Norway for the development of solar and wind energy in the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether Norway has suggested to include maximum number of villages in rural electrification through solar and  wind energy;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the  status  of  rural  electrification  through  solar  and  wind  energy  system  in  the  country, State/UT-wise including Bihar; and
- (e) the details of action plan drawn by the Government to extract the potential of solar energy in every State including Bihar?

## ANSWER

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

(a),(b)&(c): Yes,  Madam.  A  pilot  project  was  jointly  taken  up  by  the  Ministry  of  New  and Renewable  Energy  (MNRE)  and  Norwegian  Agency  for  Development  Cooperation  (NORAD), Government of  Norway during 2009-10.  The  project  was  implemented  through  Indian  Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) with the assistance of local NGOs for electrification of 28 villages in the state of Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Leh area of Jammu & Kashmir with  as  aggregate  capacity  of  290.58  KWp.  The  details  of  28  villages  electrified  under  the  pilot project is given in Annexure-I.

- (d): Details of villages electrified in States / UTs including Bihar is given in Annexure-II.
- (e): Government has fixed a target of 1 lakh MW of grid connected solar power  projects to be installed in the country by 2022 which includes Bihar.  Details of Solar Energy Potential, State / UT wise including Bihar is given in Annexure-III.

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Annexure-I referred to in reply to parts (a), (b)&(c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2144 to be answered on  10 th March, 2016 regarding 'Tie-up with Norway for Solar Energy Generation'.

## List of 28 villages electrified under the pilot project

|   S. No. | NGO      | Village        | State          |   Capacity(KWp) |
|----------|----------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|        1 | Haritika | Yara           | Uttar Pradesh  |           24.84 |
|        2 | Haritika | Manjuwara      | Uttar Pradesh  |           15.12 |
|        3 | Haritika | Chingewara     | Uttar Pradesh  |           10.8  |
|        4 | Haritika | Saitwara       | Uttar Pradesh  |           15.12 |
|        5 | Haritika | Narwara        | Uttar Pradesh  |           24.84 |
|        6 | Haritika | Dudaria        | Uttar Pradesh  |           11.34 |
|        7 | Haritika | Manpura        | Madhya Pradesh |           10.8  |
|        8 | Srijan   | Gohtaru Tola   | Madhya Pradesh |            5.94 |
|        9 | Srijan   | Manuhar Tola   | Madhya Pradesh |            6.48 |
|       10 | Srijan   | Debri Tola     | Madhya Pradesh |           15.12 |
|       11 | Srijan   | Kyontabandh    | Madhya Pradesh |           12.42 |
|       12 | Srijan   | School Tola    | Madhya Pradesh |           15.12 |
|       13 | Srijan   | Kudri Tola     | Madhya Pradesh |           11.88 |
|       14 | Srijan   | Seth Tola      | Madhya Pradesh |           12.42 |
|       15 | Pradan   | Chukapani      | Jharkhand      |            3.24 |
|       16 | Pradan   | Bara           | Jharkhand      |            6.96 |
|       17 | Pradan   | Tilaitand      | Jharkhand      |            3.24 |
|       18 | Pradan   | Gandrakpur     | Jharkhand      |            8.04 |
|       19 | Pradan   | Fitkoria       | Jharkhand      |            8.04 |
|       20 | Pradan   | Kurawa         | Jharkhand      |            5.94 |
|       21 | Pradan   | Danidih        | Jharkhand      |            7.5  |
|       22 | Pradan   | Ranabandh      | Jharkhand      |            4.86 |
|       23 | Pradan   | Salgatnar      | Jharkhand      |            6.96 |
|       24 | Pradan   | Chowkitetar    | Jharkhand      |            5.4  |
|       25 | Ledeg    | Maan           | Jammu &Kashmir |            8.64 |
|       26 | LEDeG    | Shayok         | Jammu &Kashmir |            9.18 |
|       27 | LEDeG    | Tashi Stongday | Jammu &Kashmir |           10.17 |
|       28 | LEDeG    | Juldo          | Jammu &Kashmir |           10.17 |

Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2144 to be answered on  10 th March, 2016 regarding 'Tie-up with Norway for Solar Energy Generation'.

## Details of States / UTs wise Villages Electrified under Remote Village Electrification Programme

| Sl.No.       | State                      | Villages electrified   |
|--------------|----------------------------|------------------------|
| 1            | Andhra Pradesh             | 13                     |
| 2            | Arunachal Pradesh          | 297                    |
| 3            | Assam                      | 1953                   |
| 4 Bihar      |                            | 0                      |
| 5            | Chattisgarh                | 568                    |
| 6            |                            | 0                      |
| 7            | Delhi Goa                  | 19                     |
| 8            | Gujarat                    | 38                     |
| 9            | Haryana                    | 286                    |
| 10           | Himachal Pradesh           | 21                     |
| 11 Jammu     |                            | 349                    |
| 12           | &Kashmir Jharkhand         | 700                    |
| 13 Karnataka | 30                         |                        |
| 14 Kerala    |                            | 607                    |
| 15           |                            | 577                    |
| 16           | Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra | 340                    |
| 17 Manipur   |                            | 240                    |
| 18 Meghalaya |                            | 149                    |
| 19           | Mizoram                    | 20                     |
| 20           | Nagaland                   | 11                     |
| 21 Odisha    |                            | 1614                   |
| 22 Punjab    |                            | 0                      |
| 23           | Rajasthan                  | 382                    |
| 24 Sikkim    |                            | 13                     |
| 25 Tamil     | Nadu                       | 131                    |
| 26           | Tripura                    | 842                    |
| 27           | Uttarakhand                | 594                    |
| 28           | Uttar Pradesh              | 335                    |
| 29 West      | Bengal                     | 1179                   |
| 30           | A&N Islands                | 0                      |
| 31           | Chandigarh                 | 0                      |
| 32 Dadra     | &Nagar Haveli              | 0                      |
| 33           | Daman &Diu                 | 0                      |
| 34           | Lakshadweep                | 0                      |
| 35           | Puducherry                 | 0                      |
|              | Total                      | 11308                  |

Annexure-III referred to in reply to part (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2144 to be answered on  10 th March, 2016 regarding 'Tie-up with Norway for Solar Energy Generation'.

## Details of State / UT wise

## Solar Energy Potential (in MW)

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs               |   Solar |
|-----------|--------------------------|---------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh           |   38440 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh        |    8650 |
| 3         | Assam                    |   13760 |
| 4         | Bihar                    |   11200 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh             |   18270 |
| 6         | Goa                      |     880 |
| 7         | Gujarat                  |   35770 |
| 8         | Haryana                  |    4560 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh         |   33840 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir           |  111050 |
| 11        | Jharkhand                |   18180 |
| 12        | Karnataka                |   24700 |
| 13        | Kerala                   |    6110 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh           |   61660 |
| 15        | Maharashtra              |   64320 |
| 16        | Manipur                  |   10630 |
| 17        | Meghalaya                |    5860 |
| 18        | Mizoram                  |    9090 |
| 19        | Nagaland                 |    7290 |
| 20        | Odisha                   |   25780 |
| 21        | Punjab                   |    2810 |
| 22        | Rajasthan                |  142310 |
| 23        | Sikkim                   |    4940 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu               |   17670 |
| 25        | Telangana                |   20410 |
| 26        | Tripura                  |    2080 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh            |   22830 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand              |   16800 |
| 29        | West Bengal              |    6260 |
| 30        | Andaman& Nicobar Islands |       0 |
| 31        | Chandigarh               |       0 |
| 32        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |       0 |
| 33        | Daman &Diu               |       0 |
| 34        | Delhi                    |    2050 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep              |       0 |
| 36        | Puducherry               |       0 |
| 37        | Others                   |     790 |
|           | Total                    |  748990 |