THE MINISTER OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY (DR. FAROOQ ABDULLAH)
(a),(b),(c),(d)&(e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House
STATEMENT
Statement referred to in reply to parts (a),(b),(c),(d)&(e) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question
No. 314 for 16.04.2010 regarding Geo-thermal Energy and Small Hydro Power Projects by Shri
Nityananda Pradhan
(a): So far, 740 Small Hydro Power (SHP) projects with an aggregate capacity of 2735 MW
have been set up in the country. The State wise details are given in Annexure-I.
(b)&(c): The Government has signed Memorandum of Understanding with Governments of
Australia,Iceland and Philippines for scientific co-operation, research and to explore the
potential of Geo-thermal in India. As far as small hydro power projects are concerned,
indigenous technologies are available to set up these projects and no assistance has been
sought from the developed countries.
(d): A target of 300 MW during 2010-11 and 350 MW during 2011-12 have been fixed for
setting up of small hydro projects. 278 SHP projects aggregating to 769 MW are under
implementation.
(e): Small hydro projects are being set up both in public as well as private sector.
In order to tap the potential, 23 States have announced their policies to invite private
sector to set up SHP projects. They are extending various facilities such as wheeling and
banking of power, purchase of power by State utilities as per tariff decided by the State
Electricity Regulatory Commission etc. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Sources is
giving capital subsidy to the State Governments and private sector to set up SHP projects.
Besides, the Ministry is also supporting training programmes on various technical aspects of
SHP development and identification of new potential sites.
Annexure - I
Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 314 for
16.04.2010 regarding Geo-thermal Energy and Small Hydro Power Projects by Shri Nityananda
Pradhan
S.No. State Projects installed Nos. Capacity (MW)
1 Andhra Pradesh 60 186.83
2 Arunachal Pradesh 88 73.420
3 Assam 4 27.110
4 Bihar 12 54.600
5 Chattisgarh 6 19.050
6 Goa 1 0.050
7 Gujarat 4 12.60
8 Haryana 7 70.100
9 Himachal Pradesh 100 330.315
10 J&K 34 129.330
11 Jharkhand 6 4.050
12 Karnataka 96 640.45
13 Kerala 9 133.87
14 Madhya Pradesh 10 71.160
15 Maharashtra 34 245.325
16 Manipur 8 5.450
17 Meghalaya 4 31.030
18 Mizoram 18 36.470
19 Nagaland 10 28.670
20 Orissa 9 64.300
21 Punjab 39 132.55
22 Rajasthan 10 23.850
23 Sikkim 16 47.110
24 Tamil Nadu 15 90.05
25 Tripura 3 16.010
26 Uttar Pradesh 9 25.100
27 Uttarakhand 94 132.92
28 West Bengal 23 98.400
29 A&N Islands 1 5.250
Total 740 2735.42
