Lok Sabha Question No. 839 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-03
Subject: Funds for Solar and Wind Energy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: ARJUNLAL MEENA, ABHISHEK SINGH, C.R. CHAUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 839

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2015

## FUNDS FOR SOLAR AND WIND ENERGY

+839.  SHRI  ARJUN LAL MEENA : SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH : SHRI C.R. CHAUDHARY :

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

- (a) the  potential  and  actual  installed  capacity  of  solar  and  wind  plants  in  the  country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the funds allocated, released and utilized for promotion of solar and wind energy during the last three years and the current year, State/UT- wise ;
- (c) whether any target has been set by Government for promoting wind energy, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Central Government has identified potential areas for production of solar and wind energy, if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) the details of agencies currently engaged in the field of solar and wind energy in the country, particularly in the Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) area of Rajasthan ?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The potential and actual installed capacity of solar and wind,  state/UT wise is given in Annexure I & II respectively.
- (b): The total funds released under Solar and Wind programme, year wise are given below:

Rs. In Crores

| Year              | Wind   | Solar   |
|-------------------|--------|---------|
| 2012-13           | 64.71  | 568.64  |
| 2013-14           | 314.39 | 636.20  |
| 2014-15           | 578.00 | 1111.28 |
| 2015-16           | 272.40 | 1584.21 |
| (till 30/10/2015) |        |         |

State  wise  funds  released  in  some  solar  programme  is  given  at  Annexure  III.      In  wind programme, funds are not released State -wise.

- (c): A target of 60,000 MW has been set by 2022.  State wise details are given at Annexure -IV.
- (d): Solar potential is available almost entire country in around 300 days in a year. Statewise solar potential is given in Annexure I.

Under Wind resource assessment programme, around 810 sites have been monitored in the country by National Institute of Wind Energy.  Around 235 sites have been found to have wind power density of 200 W/m 2 or more, which is considered good for wind power project.

(e): List of designated State agencies engaged in promotion and development of Renewable energy is given in Annexure V.

## Annexure-I  referred to in reply to Part (a) of the  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 839  for  03/12/2015

State-wise estimated Solar Energy Potential and Total Commissioned Capacity in the Country.

| Sr. No.   | State/UT          |   Solar Potential (GWp) # (Feb. 2015) | Total Commissioned Capacity (MW) as on 26/11/2015   |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |                                    38 | 283.74                                              |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |                                     9 | 0.265                                               |
| 3         | Assam             |                                    14 | -                                                   |
| 4         | Bihar             |                                    11 | -                                                   |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |                                    18 | 73.18                                               |
| 6         | Goa               |                                     1 | -                                                   |
| 7         | Gujarat           |                                    36 | 1024.15                                             |
| 8         | Haryana           |                                     5 | 12.8                                                |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |                                    34 | -                                                   |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    |                                   111 | -                                                   |
| 11        | Jharkhand         |                                    18 | 16                                                  |
| 12        | Karnataka         |                                    25 | 104.22                                              |
| 13        | Kerala            |                                     6 | 12.025                                              |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh    |                                    62 | 673.58                                              |
| 15        | Maharashtra       |                                    64 | 378.7                                               |
| 16        | Manipur           |                                    11 | -                                                   |
| 17        | Meghalaya         |                                     6 | -                                                   |
| 18        | Mizoram           |                                     9 | -                                                   |
| 19        | Nagaland          |                                     7 | -                                                   |
| 20        | Odisha            |                                    26 | 56.92                                               |
| 21        | Punjab            |                                     3 | 200.32                                              |
| 22        | Rajasthan         |                                   142 | 1256.7                                              |
| 23        | Sikkim            |                                     5 | -                                                   |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu        |                                    18 | 385.87                                              |
| 25        | Telangana         |                                    20 | 77.25                                               |
| 26        | Tripura           |                                     2 | 5                                                   |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh     |                                    23 | 71.26                                               |
| 28        | Uttarakhand       |                                    17 | 5                                                   |
| 29        | West Bengal       |                                     6 | 7.21                                                |
| 30        | Delhi             |                                     2 | 6.712                                               |
| 31        | UT                |                                     1 | 15.706 *                                            |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL             |                                   750 | 4666.608                                            |

( * includes A&N : 5.1 MW, Lakshadweep :0.75MW, Puducherry : 0.025MW, Chandigarh :5.041 MW,  Daman & Diu : 4 MW and Others : 0.79 MW)

Annexure-II

## Annexure-II  referred to in reply to Part (a) of the  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 839  for  03/12/2015

## Break-up of wind potential and achievements

| S.No   | State/ UT      | Estimated wind power potential at 100m height (MW)   | Installed capacity as on 31.10.2015 (MW)   |
|--------|----------------|------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh | 44229                                                | 1134.35                                    |
| 3      | Chhattisgarh   | 77                                                   | -                                          |
| 5      | Gujarat        | 84431                                                | 3876.50                                    |
| 6      | Karnataka      | 55857                                                | 2720.33                                    |
| 7      | Kerala         | 1700                                                 | 35.10                                      |
| 9      | Madhya Pradesh | 10484                                                | 1025.19                                    |
| 10     | Maharashtra    | 45394                                                | 4638.35                                    |
| 11     | Odisha         | 3093                                                 | -                                          |
| 12     | Puducherry     | 153                                                  | -                                          |
| 13     | Rajasthan      | 18770                                                | 3728.84                                    |
| 14     | Tamil Nadu     | 33800                                                | 7514.76                                    |
| 15     | Telangana      | 4244                                                 | -                                          |
| 16     | Others         | 19                                                   | 4.30                                       |
|        | TotalinMW      | 302251 *                                             | 24677.72                                   |

## Annexure-III  referred to in reply to Part (b) of theJ  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 839 for 03/12/2015

## State-wise break-up of funds released by the Government for setting up Grid Connected  solar power plants in last three years

(all figures are in crore Rs.)

| Sl. No.   | State /        | Funds released   | Funds released   | Funds released   | Funds released   |
|-----------|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State /        | 2012-13          | 2013-14          | 2014-15          | 2015-16          |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh | 15.18            | 13.60            | 146.08           | 3.87             |
| 2         | Chhattisgarh   | 4.45             | 5.66             | 5.55             | 5.18             |
| 3         | Gujarat        | 0.00             | 0.00             | 2.75             | 0                |
| 4         | Haryana        | 7.72             | 9.25             | 11.82            | 9.86             |
| 5         | Jharkhand      | 11.25            | 14.00            | 29.30            | 18.12            |
| 6         | Karnataka      | 0.00             | 0.00             | 12.00            | 20               |
| 7         | Kerala         | 0.00             | 0.00             | 3.60             | 0.25             |
| 8         | Madhya Pradesh | 2.93             | 4.81             | 8.29             | 12.68            |
| 9         | Maharashtra    | 7.12             | 7.78             | 6.62             | 7.68             |
| 10        | Odisha         | 3.74             | 6.45             | 13.09            | 0                |
| 11        | Punjab         | 4.35             | 8.93             | 32.35            | 0                |
| 12        | Rajasthan      | 11.73            | 25.26            | 56.40            | 37.36            |
| 13        | Tamil Nadu     | 7.52             | 17.00            | 15.40            | 9.88             |
| 14        | Telangana      | 0.00             | 0.00             | 2.75             | 0                |
| 15        | Uttar Pradesh  | 4.66             | 4.77             | 17.15            | 3.5              |
| 16        | Uttarakhand    | 0.22             | 7.64             | 18.25            | 5.72             |
| 17        | West Bengal    | 0.00             | 0.00             | 6.00             | 0                |
| 18        | Delhi          | 0.00             | 0.49             | 0.00             | 0                |
| 19        | Meghalaya      | -                | -                | -                | 0.25             |
| 20        | Arunachal      | -                | -                | -                | 0.25             |
| 21        | Nagaland       | -                | -                | -                | 0.25             |
|           | TOTAL          | 80.87            | 125.64           | 387.4            | 136.33           |

In addition to this Rs.360.82 Crores has been released to SECI during the current year for VGF scheme which is still to be disbursed further.

## Annexure-IV  referred to in reply to Part (c) of theJ  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 839 for 03/12/2015

## State-wise break-up of Wind Power Target by the year 2022

| State/UTs           |   Wind (MW) |
|---------------------|-------------|
| Rajasthan           |        8600 |
| Gujarat             |        8800 |
| Madhya Pradesh      |        6200 |
| Maharashtra         |        7600 |
| Andhra Pradesh      |        8100 |
| Telangana           |        2000 |
| Karnataka           |        6200 |
| Tamil Nadu          |       11900 |
| Other ( New States) |         600 |
| All India           |       60000 |

## Annexure-V Annexure-V  referred to in reply to Part (d) of theJ  Lok Sabha Unstarred

## Question No. 839 for 03/12/2015

|   Sl. No. | State             | Agencies handling Renewable Energy                                              |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    | New & Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCAP) Ltd. |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh | Arunachal Pradesh Energy Development Agency (APEDA)                             |
|         3 | Assam             | Assam Energy Development Agency (AEDA)                                          |
|         4 | Bihar             | Bihar Renewable Energy Development Agency (BREDA)                               |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh      | Chhattisgarh State Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA)                  |
|         6 | Goa               | Goa Energy Development Agency                                                   |
|         7 | Gujarat           | Gujarat Energy Development Agency (GEDA)                                        |
|         8 | Haryana           | Haryana Renewal Energy Development Agency (HAREDA)                              |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh  | Himachal Pradesh Energy Development Agency (HIMURJA)                            |
|        10 | Jammu & Kashmir   | Jammu & Kashmir Energy Development Agency (JAKEDA)                              |
|        11 | Jharkhand         | Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency                                   |
|        12 | Karnataka         | Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (KREDL)                      |
|        13 | Kerala            | Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technology (ANERT),                |
|        14 | Madhya Pradesh    | MP UrjaVikas Nigam Ltd.                                                         |
|        15 | Maharashtra       | Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA)                                    |
|        16 | Manipur           | Manipur Renewable Energy Development Agency (MANIREDA)                          |
|        17 | Meghalaya         | Meghalaya Non-conventional &Rural Energy Development Agency (MNREDA)            |
|        18 | Mizoram           | Zoram Energy Development Agency (ZEDA)                                          |
|        19 | Nagaland          | Nagaland Renewable Energy Development Agency                                    |

|   20. | Odisha        | Odisha Renewable Energy Development Agency               |
|-------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|    21 | Punjab        | Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA)                  |
|    22 | Rajasthan     | Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Limited (RRECL)   |
|    23 | Sikkim        | Sikkim Renewable Energy Development Agency               |
|    24 | Tamil Nadu    | Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA)              |
|    25 | Telengana     | Telengana New & Renewable Energy Development Corporation |
|    26 | Tripura       | Tripura Renewable Energy Development Agency (TREDA)      |
|    27 | Uttar Pradesh | UP New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA)  |
|    28 | Uttarakhand   | Uttrakhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (UREDA)   |
|    29 | West Bengal   | West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency (WBREDA) |