(a) whether the Government has conducted any survey / assessment of lower power generation sector/area of the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
(c) whether the Government proposes to prepare any scheme so as to ensure uninterrupted development of wind power projects in all the States of the country including Madhya Pradesh or any such scheme is under consideration of the Government; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (I/C)
(SHRI R.K. SINGH)
(a)&(b) The National Institute for Wind Energy (NIWE), Chennai under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has carried out extensive wind and solar resource assessment by installing dedicated wind monitoring stations and solar radiation resource assessment stations throughout the country. The Biomass Atlas showing the potential of biomass power has been developed by Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. In addition, the Alternative Hydro Energy Centre, IIT, Roorkee has assessed the potential for Small Hydro Power. The details are provided in Annexure.
(c)&(d) For the orderly development and deployment of wind power projects in the country, the Ministry of Power has issued guidelines for tariff based competitive bidding on 08.12.2017. The objectives of these guidelines inter-alia is to provide a framework for procurement of wind power through transparent process of bidding, standardization of the process and defining the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders. These guidelines also aim to enable the Distribution Licensees to procure wind power at competitive rates in a cost effective manner. The guidelines are applicable for the entire country including the State of Madhya Pradesh.
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