Question : HARNESSING OF NON -CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES

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(a) whether any estimates have been made by the Government to ascertain the potential of energy generation through non-conventional energy sources in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof; State-wise;

(c) the details of non-conventional energy sources projects and schemes currently in action;

(d) whether certain foreign institutions are providing assistance for the same;

(e) if so, the details thereof, project-wise, scheme-wise; and

(f) the States and Union Territories which have the potential for harnessing non-conventional energy sources?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI VILAS MUTTEMWAR)

(a), (b) & (c): Yes, Sir. State-wise details of estimated potential of non-conventional energy sources and cumulative achievement under grid interactive renewable electricity as on 31.12.2005 are given in Annexure.

(d) & (e): A grant of around of US$ 3.5 million from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Federal Republic of Germany is being provided for a project titled `Renewable Energy for Rural Livelihoods` being implemented under the United Nations Country Cooperation Framework-II. The World Bank has also provided a loan of US$ 130 million apart from a Global Environment Facility grant of US$ 5 million to the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) for small hydro power and energy efficiency & conservation projects.

(f): A list of States and Union Territories having potential for harnessing non-conventional energy sources is given in the Annexure.

State-wise details of estimated potential of non-conventional energy sources and cumulative achievement under grid interactive renewable electricity as on 31-12-2005.

Sl.No.	STATES/UTs	Wind	Small	Bagasse	Energy from	Cumulative	Cumulative	Power@	Hydro	Cogen-	Wastes (MSW)	Estimated	Installed	Power	eration	Potential	Capacity
(MW) (MW) (MW) (MW) (MW) (MW)
1 Andhra Pradesh 8275 255 200 123 8853 623.57 2 Arunachal Pradesh0 1059 0 0 1059 34.48 3 Assam 0 118 5 8 131 2.23 4 Bihar 0 194 200 62 456 45.92 5 Chhatisgarh 0 58 0 20 78 39.01 6 Goa 0 3 5 0 8 0.07 7 Gujarat 9675 157 200 112 10144 312.06 8 Haryana 0 30 0 23 53 69.76 9 Himachal Pradesh0 1625 0 1 1626 119.09 10 Jammu & Kashmir 0 170 0 10 180 110.26 11 Jharkhand 0 1207 0 0 1207 4.13 12 Karnataka 6620 653 300 151 7724 990.25 13 Kerala 875 467 10 37 1389 87.37 14 Madhya Pradesh 5500 336 25 92 5953 82.33 15 Maharashtra 3650 599 1000 287 5536 901.69 16 Manipur 0 106 0 2 108 5.45 17 Meghalaya 0 182 0 2 184 30.71 18 Mizoram 0 190 0 2 192 14.96 19 Nagaland 0 181 0 0 181 20.47 20 Orissa 1700 157 25 22 1904 7.37 21 Punjab 0 65 150 45 260 143.43 22 Rajasthan 5400 27 10 62 5499 344.62 23 Sikkim 0 203 0 0 203 35.60 24 Tamil Nadu 3050 339 350 151 3890 2785.44 25 Tripura 0 10 0 2 11 17.11 26 Uttar Pradesh 0 267 1000 176 1443 138.19 27 Uttaranchal 0 1478 0 5 1483 75.50 28 West Bengal 450 183 10 147 790 100.40 29 Andaman & Nicobar0 6 0 0 6 5.52 30 Chandigarh 0 0 0 6 6 0.00 31 Dadar & Nagar 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Haveli 32 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 33 Delhi 0 0 0 131 131 0.07 34 Lakshwadeep 0 0 0 0 0 0.65 35 Pondicherry 0 0 10 3 13 0.63 0 1020 Biomass Potential 16000# Industrial Waste Potential 1020 Total 45195 10324 3500 2700 77720 7148.34 @ $

@ For sites having wind power density greater than 250 w/sq.m. at 50 m hub height, wind farms requiring land @12ha/MW; and area availability for setting up of wind farms @3% of the total potential area
$ Aggregate potential of surveyed sites, although potential is placed at around 15,000 MW
# Aggregate potential from surplus agricultural residues only.In addition, the range of solar isolation in the country is 4-7 kWh/sq.m./day, whose tapping for grid-interactive power
currently is not economically viable. However, SPV home-lightingsystems for remote / isolated applications are being deployed alongwith solar thermal hot water systems,wherever feasible and cost effective.