(a) whether the Government have any plan to set up wind mills to generate power in the country;
(b) if so, the details of the on-going and up-coming projects, and their expected capacity generation of power location-wise cost-wise;
(c) whether the Government have given any subsidy or concession to private sector companies for installation of wind mills based power generation in the country; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES (INDEPENDENT CHARGE), (SHRI M. KANNAPPAN)
(a)&(b): Yes, Sir. A wind power capacity of 1508 MW has already been established in 8 States of the country. Of this, 63 MW has come from demonstration projects and the remaining 1445 MW as commercial projects through private investments. State-wise break up of the installed capacity is given in Annexure-I. A capacity of about 50 MW is likely to be added during March, 2002. A target of 200 MW has been proposed for 2002-03. 219 potential sites for wind power projects have been identified in 13 States/U.Ts. State-wise break up of these sites is given in Annexure-II.
(c) & (d): No direct capital subsidy is provided to private sector companies to install wind power projects. Various fiscal and promotional incentives and soft loans are available, and attractive policies have been announced by the potential States for power generated from these projects.
Annexure-I referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question
No. 1226 for 07.03. 2002.
STATE-WISE WIND POWER INSTALLED CAPACITY(AS ON 31.12.2001)
(MW) State Demonstration Private Sector Total Projects Projects Capacity
Andhra Pradesh 6 86 92 Gujarat 17 150 167 Karnataka 3 52 55 Kerala 2 0 2 Madhya Pradesh 1 22 23 Maharashtra 6 314 320 Rajasthan 6 8 14 Tamil Nadu 19 813 832 West Bengal 1 0 1 Others 2 0 2
Total 63 1445 1508
S.No. State No. of sites
1. Andaman & Nicobar 1
2. Andhra Pradesh 34
3. Gujarat 36
4. Karnataka 30
5. Kerala 16 6. Lakshdweep 8
7 Madhya Pradesh 8
8. Maharashtra 28
9. Orissa 6 10. Rajasthan 9 11. Tamil Nadu 40 12. Uttar Pradesh 1 13. West Bengal 2
TOTAL 219