(a) the present status of renewable energy development;
(b) the quantum of funds allocated to various States during the last three years for development of New and Renewable Energy specially for solar power generation;
(c) the details of development of energy storage and smart grid;
(d) the quantum of funds utilized by the States during the last three years; and
(e) the capacity created for generation of solar power during the last three years, State-wise?
THE MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY, POWER and MoS for SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
(SHRI R.K. SINGH)
(a) The Government has set a target of installing 175 GW renewable energy capacity excluding large hydro in the country by December 2022. As against this target, as on 29th February 2020, a cumulative renewable energy capacity of 86.75 GW has been installed in the country with an additional capacity of 33.72 GW under various stages of implementation and 34.07 GW under various stages of bidding. Besides, as on same date 45.69 GW of large hydro capacity also stand established with 12.97 GW under implementation.
(b) to (d) Most of the grid connected renewable energy projects in the country are being implemented by the private sector developers selected through transparent competitive bidding process. However, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE) has been providing assistance in the form of Central Financial Assistance (CFA) to the designated Agencies/State Government nodal agencies for the implementation of various renewable energy schemes/programmes in the country as per scheme guidelines.
The state/UT wise details of funds released and utilized in the form of Central Financial Assistance (CFA) for implementation of various renewable energy programmes/schemes during the last three years i.e. from 2016-17 to 2018-19 are given in Annexure-I.
In March 2019, the Government approved the National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage which, inter-alia, aims to enhance the demand for storage.
The Ministry of New and renewable Energy is trying to create demand for storage by bringing tenders linked with storage through Solar Energy Corporation of India and NTPC.
In the year 2015, the Government launched National Smart Grid Mission (NSGM) to plan and monitor implementation of various policies and programs related to Smart Grid activities in India. Under NSGM, five projects have been sanctioned. Of these, three projects are in the States of Jharkhand, Odisha and Rajasthan and two projects in Union Territory of Chandigarh. These projects are primarily aimed at deployment of Advanced Metering Infrastructure/Smart Metering.
(e) The details of state-wise solar capacity created for generation of solar power during the last three years are given in the Annexure-II.
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