Question : Power Gap

(a) whether there is a gap between projection and actual production of wind energy in the country during each of the last three years and the current year;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise along with the number of wind mills and their potential/actual production of energy across the country, as on date, State/ UT-wise;
(c) whether the Government has received proposals from Public and Private sectors for setting up new wind mills across the country;
(d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise along with present status of such proposals;
(e) the estimated cost, capacity and the locations identified for setting up such wind mills, State/UT-wise; and
(f) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government to promote generation and use of wind energy in the country?

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (I/C)
(SHRI R.K. SINGH)


(a) & (b) No Madam. No year to year projection is made for energy generation from different sources of renewable energy including wind power. The Government has set a target of installing 60 GW of wind power capacity by 2022, against which 35 GW capacity has already been installed. The state wise installed capacity and energy generation (actual production) of wind power in the country during last three years and current year are given in Annexure -I.

(c) to (e) The wind power projects in the country are installed on the basis of commercial viability through tariff based competitive bidding process. As on date, the bids for setting up of wind power projects of aggregate 8389.90 MW capacity have been finalised through Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd. (SECI) and National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. (NTPC), as detailed in Annexure-II. Besides, bids of 500 MW each have been finalised by the states of Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Maharashtra.

(f) The Government is promoting wind power projects in entire country by providing various fiscal and financial incentives such as Accelerated Depreciation benefit; concessional custom duty exemption on certain components of wind electric generators. Besides, Generation Based Incentive (GBI) is being provided to the wind projects commissioned before 31 March 2017.

In addition to fiscal and other incentives as stated above, following steps also have been taken to promote installation of wind capacity in the country:
• Technical support including wind resource assessment and identification of potential sites through the National Institute of Wind Energy, Chennai.
• In order to facilitate inter-state sale of wind power, the inter-state transmission charges and losses have been waived off for wind and solar projects to be commissioned by March, 2022.
• Issued Guidelines for Tariff Based Competitive Bidding Process for procurement of Power from Grid Connected Wind Power Projects. These Guidelines aim to enable the Distribution Licensees to procure wind power at competitive rates in a cost effective manner.
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