Capacity of Solar Energy
Capacity of Solar Energy
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. This
was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal &
New and Renewable Energy in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha
today.
State-wise
details of total current commissioned capacity of solar energy in the country
is given below:-
|
Sr. No.
|
State/UT
|
Total Commissioned
Capacity (MW) as on 07/03/2016
|
|
1.
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
475.74
|
|
2.
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
0.265
|
|
3.
|
Bihar
|
5
|
|
4.
|
Chhattisgarh
|
73.18
|
|
5.
|
Gujarat
|
1024.15
|
|
6.
|
Haryana
|
12.8
|
|
7.
|
Jharkhand
|
16
|
|
8.
|
Karnataka
|
104.22
|
|
9.
|
Kerala
|
12.025
|
|
10.
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
678.58
|
|
11.
|
Maharashtra
|
378.7
|
|
12.
|
Odisha
|
66.92
|
|
13.
|
Punjab
|
342.32
|
|
14.
|
Rajasthan
|
1264.35
|
|
15.
|
Tamil Nadu
|
635.87
|
|
16.
|
Telangana
|
392.39
|
|
17.
|
Tripura
|
5
|
|
18.
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
140
|
|
19.
|
Uttarakhand
|
5
|
|
20.
|
West Bengal
|
7.21
|
|
21.
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
|
5.1
|
|
22.
|
Delhi
|
6.712
|
|
23.
|
Lakshadweep
|
0.75
|
|
24.
|
Puducherry
|
0.025
|
|
25.
|
Chandigarh
|
5.041
|
|
26.
|
Daman & Diu
|
4
|
|
27.
|
Others/Rooftop
|
114.223
|
|
TOTAL
|
5775.571
|
|
A total investment of around Rs. 6,00,000 crore has been estimated to
achieve the target of 100 GW. Solar power projects are installed by both,
private and public sector companies. Banks and Financial Institutions have
given green commitments to finance upto 78,850 MW. The organisations setting up
the projects raise equity and loan from domestic as well as international
sources. Financial institutions in India are also providing loans to this
sector based on their prudential lending norms, the Minister added.
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Cost of Solar Power Generation
As per the tariff order notified by the
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) for the year 2015-16, the cost
of solar power generated from solar power production units, which is the
levellised tariff for 25 years, is Rs. 7.04 per unit for solar power plants
based on solar photovoltaic technology and Rs. 12.05 per unit for solar power
plants based on solar thermal technology. This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal,
Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy in a
written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today. However, in the recent
bidding for grid-connected solar PV power plants under National Solar Mission,
in Bhadla Phase-II solar park in Rajasthan, lowest bid of Rs. 4.34/kWh has been
received.
The Minister further stated that the land area required to set up solar power plants depends on the type of technology deployed and decreases with increase in the efficiency of the deployed technology. Current estimates are that to set up 1 GW of solar power, approximately 2,000 hectares of land will be required.
The “in-principle” approval of Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) does not support setting up of solar power plants on fertile or agricultural land. Generally, barren / waste lands are preferred by the developers as the same can be acquired easily at a low cost. Further, MNRE has come up with a scheme on solar parks, wherein land and other infrastructure for setting up solar power plants is readily made available to the solar power developers and for this, the State Governments have been asked to prioritise the use of government waste / non-agricultural land.
The Minister further stated that the land area required to set up solar power plants depends on the type of technology deployed and decreases with increase in the efficiency of the deployed technology. Current estimates are that to set up 1 GW of solar power, approximately 2,000 hectares of land will be required.
The “in-principle” approval of Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) does not support setting up of solar power plants on fertile or agricultural land. Generally, barren / waste lands are preferred by the developers as the same can be acquired easily at a low cost. Further, MNRE has come up with a scheme on solar parks, wherein land and other infrastructure for setting up solar power plants is readily made available to the solar power developers and for this, the State Governments have been asked to prioritise the use of government waste / non-agricultural land.
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Funds for R&D of New and Renewable Energy
Technology
Against the budget of Rs. 513.28 crore allocated by Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy for research and development (R&D) of new and renewable
energy technology, a total expenditure of Rs. 435.95 crore was incurred
during the last three years and the current year. This was stated by Sh. Piyush
Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy in
a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
Year wise and subject-wise budget allocated and expenditure incurred is
given below:-
|
Sl No.
|
Subject Area
|
|||||
|
2014-15
|
2015-16(up to Feb2016)
|
|||||
|
Funds Allocated
|
Expenditure
|
Funds Allocated
|
Expenditure
|
|||
|
1.
|
Solar
|
44.80
|
44.80
|
33.90
|
33.25
|
|
|
2.
|
Biogas R&D/Biogas Bottling
|
10.00
|
8.02
|
1.00
|
0.86
|
|
|
3.
|
Biofuel
|
8.00
|
1.104
|
5.00
|
1.00
|
|
|
4.
|
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
|
19.00
|
10.80
|
5.90
|
2.80
|
|
|
5.
|
Wind-Hybrid
|
2.00
|
2.0
|
2.94
|
2.94
|
|
|
6.
|
SHP
|
1.00
|
1.00
|
0.50
|
0.50
|
|
|
7.
|
Institutions
(a) NISE
(b) NIWE
(c) NIBE
|
40.00
12.64
10.55
|
49.36
10.96
4.39
|
20.00
5.00
15.50
|
6.23
|
|
|
|
Total
|
147.99
|
132.434
|
89.74
|
47.58
|
|
Total Funds Allocated – Rs. 513.28 crore
Total Expenditure – Rs. 435.95 crore
The
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy released Central Financial Assistance
including subsidy totalling Rs.8293.31 crore during the last three years and
the current year for promoting new and renewable energy.
The
Minister further stated that details of step taken to promote use of renewable
energy among public include the government policy initiatives
involving R&D, academic, industry and financial institutions for technology
demonstration, training, resource assessment, publicity and awareness. Other
steps taken to give impetus to use of renewable energy, include, providing
various fiscal and financial incentives, such as capital/interest subsidy,
generation based incentives, accelerated depreciation, concessional excise and
customs duties, preferential tariff for purchase of power generated from
renewable sources. A separate financing institution, namely, the Indian
Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) has been set up as a public sector
undertaking for market development and financing of renewable energy projects.
In addition, the Ministry organized the Global Renewable Energy Investors
Promotion Meet (RE-INVEST 2015) on 15-17th February 2015 at New Delhi as an
attempt exploring proliferating public/private sector investment to give boost
to use of renewable energy.
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