Question : Assessment of Hydro Power Production Capacity

(a) the present capacity of hydropower production in the country, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether the Government has assigned responsibility to various agencies for conducting survey for assessment/study of the said capacity and if so, the details thereof;

(c) the quantum of hydro power being produced in the country presently by the States, State/UT-wise;

(d) the number of hydro power projects pending in the country for various reasons, State/UT-wise;

(e) the quantum of funds spent on these projects so far;

(f) whether the Government has conducted any loss assessment occurring due to the delay; and

(g) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

( SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (c) : Presently, 204 hydroelectric power generating stations (above 25 MW capacity) having an aggregate installed capacity of 45399.22 MW are in operation in the country. State/UT-wise installed capacity and energy generated from these hydroelectric stations during last year and current year (upto 30th June, 2019) are given at Annexure-I.
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As per reassessment studies of hydroelectric potential carried out by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) in the country during the year 1978-87, the assessed hydro power potential (above 25 MW) is 1,45,320 MW. The state-wise details of potential and its status of development are enclosed at Annexure-II.

The responsibility for conducting the basin-wise re-assessment / study of Hydro Electric Potential has been entrusted by CEA to WAPCOS Ltd. in March, 2017 for carrying out the assessment after taking into consideration the actual site constraint i.e. geology, submergence and other aspects including impact of these projects on the Environment and Forest etc. The progress of the reassessment / study is being reviewed by a Monitoring Committee of CEA, Central Water Commission (CWC), Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Survey of India (SoI) & National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC).

(d) & (e) : 36 hydro power projects (above 25 MW capacity) with an aggregate installed capacity of 12034.5 MW are presently under construction in the country and the fund spent so far on these projects is about Rupees 60,042 crores. Details of State-wise under construction hydro power projects are enclosed as Annexure-III.

(f) & (g) : Out of these 36 under construction H.E. Projects, 35 hydro power projects except Natwar Mori H.E. Project are delayed. The annual generation loss from the delayed 35 HEPs is estimated at about 41,018 MU. The details in this regards, are given in Annexure-IV.

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