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Nation has more than 180 GW installed renewable energy capacity; new renewable energy consumption norms for distribution licensees to come in force from April 1, 2024: Union Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister

Posted On: 08 FEB 2024 7:57PM by PIB Delhi

The Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy and Power has informed about the installation of renewable energy capacity in the country.

Section 86 (1) (e) of the Act mandates respective State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (SERCs) to specify a percentage of the total consumption of electricity in the area of a distribution licensee to be purchased from renewable energy sources. Accordingly, all the SERCs have specified renewable purchase obligation (RPO) for the respective electricity distribution utilities (DISCOMs). The Ministry of Power has also issued guidelines on RPO trajectory from time to time.

Further, the Section 14 (x) of the Energy Conservation Act, 2001, as amended by Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2022, delegate powers to the Central Government to specify minimum share of consumption of non-fossil resources by designated consumers as energy or feed stock and specify different shares of consumption for different types of non-fossil resources for different designated consumers. The distribution licensees have also been notified as designated consumers under the Energy Conservation Act, 2001.

In terms of Section 14 (x) of the amended Energy Conservation Act, 2001, the Ministry of Power through notification dated 20.10.2023, has specified following minimum share of consumption of renewable energy by the electricity distribution licensees as a percentage of total share of energy consumption, with certain conditions: 

S/N

Year

Wind RE

Hydro RE

Distributed RE

Other RE

Total RE

1.

2024-25

0.67%

0.38%

1.50%

27.35%

29.91%

2.

2025-26

1.45%

1.22%

2.10%

28.24%

33.01%

3.

2026-27

1.97%

1.34%

2.70%

29.94%

35.95%

4.

2027-28

2.45%

1.42%

3.30%

31.64%

38.81%

5.

2028-29

2.95%

1.42%

3.90%

33.10%

41.36%

6.

2029-30

3.48%

1.33%

4.50%

34.02%

43.33%

  

The above notification will come into force on 1st April 2024 and therefore the distribution licensees will have to comply with the specified renewable energy consumption norms w.e.f. FY 2024-25.

All schemes being implemented by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy aim to promote the utilization of renewable energy sources in all regions of the country, including the tribal areas.

The source and state-wise details of the renewable energy capacity installed in the country as on 31.12.2023 are given below.

State-wise installed capacity of Renewable Power as on 31.12.2023

S. No.

STATES / UTs

Small Hydro Power

Wind Power

Bio Power

Solar Power

Large Hydro Power

Total Capacity

 

 

(MW)

(MW)

(MW)

(MW)

(MW)

(MW)

1

Andhra Pradesh

163.31

4096.65

566.39

4565.60

1610.00

11001.95

2

Arunachal Pradesh

133.11

 

0.00

11.79

1115.00

1259.90

3

Assam

34.11

 

2.00

155.81

350.00

541.92

4

Bihar

70.70

 

126.02

223.54

 

420.26

5

Chhattisgarh

76.00

 

275.00

1072.24

120.00

1543.24

6

Goa

0.05

 

1.94

35.76

 

37.75

7

Gujarat

91.64

11223.82

112.48

10549.07

1990.00

23967.01

8

Haryana

73.50

 

265.70

1240.47

 

1579.67

9

Himachal Pradesh

969.71

 

10.20

111.55

10263.02

11354.48

10

Jammu & Kashmir

161.43

 

0.00

54.98

3360.00

3576.41

11

Jharkhand

4.05

 

14.10

121.77

210.00

349.92

12

Karnataka

1280.73

5595.91

1907.72

9412.71

3689.20

21886.27

13

Kerala

270.52

62.50

2.50

859.01

1864.15

3058.68

14

Ladakh

40.99

 

0.00

7.80

89.00

137.79

15

Madhya Pradesh

123.71

2844.29

134.94

3170.05

2235.00

8507.99

16

Maharashtra

382.28

5157.98

2643.19

5080.28

3047.00

16310.73

17

Manipur

5.45

 

0.00

13.04

105.00

123.49

18

Meghalaya

55.03

 

13.80

4.19

322.00

395.02

19

Mizoram

45.47

 

0.00

30.43

60.00

135.90

20

Nagaland

32.67

 

0.00

3.17

75.00

110.84

21

Odisha

115.63

 

59.22

473.03

2154.55

2802.43

22

Punjab

176.10

 

530.95

1266.55

1096.30

3069.90

23

Rajasthan

23.85

5193.42

125.64

18777.14

411.00

24531.05

24

Sikkim

55.11

 

0.00

4.69

2282.00

2341.80

25

Tamil Nadu

123.05

10429.27

1043.70

7360.94

2178.20

21135.16

26

Telangana

90.87

128.10

220.37

4712.98

2405.60

7557.92

27

Tripura

16.01

 

0.00

18.47

 

34.48

28

Uttar Pradesh

49.10

 

2221.64

2740.87

501.60

5513.21

29

Uttarakhand

218.82

 

139.74

575.53

4035.35

4969.44

30

West Bengal

98.50

 

343.46

194.06

1341.20

1977.22

31

Andaman & Nicobar

5.25

 

0.00

29.91

 

35.16

32

Chandigarh

 

 

0.00

64.05

 

64.05

33

Dadar & Nagar Haveli/ Daman & Diu

 

 

0.00

46.47

 

46.47

34

Delhi

 

 

84.00

237.29

 

321.29

35

Lakshadweep

 

 

0.00

4.97

 

4.97

36

Pondicherry

 

 

0.00

43.27

 

43.27

37

Others

 

4.30

0.00

45.01

 

49.31

 

Total (MW)

4986.75

44736.24

10844.70

73318.49

46910.17

180796.35

 

The state-wise details of power generation from various renewable energy sources during the current year i.e. 2023-24 (upto Dec 2023) are given below.

State-wise details of power generation from various renewable energy sources during the current year i.e. 2023-24 (up to Dec 2023)

(All fig. in MUs)

Name of State/UT

Wind

Solar

Biomass

Bagasse

Small Hydro

Others

Renewable Energy Total

Large Hydro*

Total RE including Large Hydro

Chandigarh

0.00

9.99

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

9.99

0.00

9.99

Delhi

0.00

154.90

0.00

0.00

0.00

382.05

536.95

0.00

536.95

Haryana

0.00

701.62

218.99

57.46

178.80

44.91

1201.78

0.00

1201.78

HP

0.00

44.94

0.00

0.00

2314.92

0.00

2359.86

32268.80

34628.66

J & K

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

347.34

0.00

347.34

13926.66

14274.00

Ladkh

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

347.39

347.39

Punjab

0.00

2403.38

440.49

83.69

545.28

0.00

3472.84

3875.17

7348.01

Rajasthan

6861.59

28274.90

279.48

0.00

2.56

0.00

35418.53

609.78

36028.31

Uttar Pradesh

0.00

2966.98

24.39

1486.24

126.03

76.69

4680.33

666.83

5347.16

Uttarakhand

0.00

248.85

0.00

186.39

265.05

0.00

700.29

11884.86

12585.15

Chhattisgarh

0.00

622.30

1038.31

8.85

134.17

0.00

1803.63

257.93

2061.56

Gujarat

19804.55

9499.73

0.00

0.74

145.11

0.00

29450.12

3717.09

33167.21

Madhya Pradesh

3946.61

2696.29

64.85

27.28

355.13

19.86

7110.02

5313.27

12423.29

Maharashtra

7121.00

4130.21

228.17

1561.09

684.92

13.92

13739.31

4293.19

18032.50

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

0.00

11.10

9.71

0.00

0.00

0.00

20.81

0.00

20.81

Goa

0.00

45.72

0.00

0.00

0.00

5.92

51.64

0.00

51.64

Andhra Pradesh

7257.52

5990.90

13.38

32.57

95.97

230.68

13621.02

1112.50

14733.52

Telangana

242.92

4988.87

3.88

38.82

50.16

108.33

5432.98

1071.77

6504.75

Karnataka

9216.22

11119.16

44.20

1637.40

1297.11

0.00

23314.08

7262.83

30576.91

Kerala

196.72

840.23

0.00

60.45

612.62

0.03

1710.05

3895.44

5605.49

Tamil Nadu

15177.48

8468.41

95.56

423.43

142.21

0.00

24307.08

2860.98

27168.06

Lakshadweep

0.00

0.07

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.07

0.00

0.07

Puducherry

0.00

9.18

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

9.18

0.00

9.18

Andaman Nicobar

0.00

18.10

0.00

0.00

9.31

0.00

27.41

0.00

27.41

Bihar

0.00

140.65

0.00

72.73

5.51

0.00

218.89

0.00

218.89

Jharkhand

0.00

13.23

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

13.23

179.21

192.44

Orissa

0.00

548.77

73.21

0.00

350.59

0.00

972.57

4897.38

5869.95

Sikkim

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

9.27

0.00

9.27

8492.36

8501.63

West Bengal

0.00

119.30

0.00

0.00

163.65

1157.18

1440.13

2352.76

3792.89

Arunachal Pradesh

0.00

1.59

0.00

0.00

0.52

0.00

2.11

3752.98

3755.09

Assam

0.00

238.47

0.00

0.00

56.58

0.39

295.44

518.52

813.96

Manipur

0.00

5.79

0.00

0.00

0.00

1.23

7.02

248.72

255.74

Meghalaya

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

53.60

0.00

53.60

714.12

767.72

Mizoram

0.00

2.39

0.00

0.00

71.95

0.00

74.34

81.71

156.05

Nagaland

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

72.93

0.00

72.93

155.53

228.46

Tripura

0.00

3.58

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

3.58

0.00

3.58

All India Total

69824.59

84319.58

2534.61

5677.13

8091.27

2041.21

172488.40

114757.78

287246.18

* Large hydro generation Excluding Import from Bhutan

 

The details of provisions in place for encouraging the installation of Renewable Energy Plants are as follows:

  1. Permitting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) up to 100 percent under the automatic route.
  2.     Waiver of Inter State Transmission System (ISTS) charges for inter-state sale of solar and wind power for projects to be commissioned by 30th June 2025.
  3.      As per MoEFCC’s provisions of the EIA Notification 2006 Solar PV Power Projects, Wind Power Projects are exempted from Environment Impact Assessment (EIA).
  4.      Accelerated Depreciation at the rate of 40% is available on Solar and Wind Power Projects.
  5.      Central pollution control board has included Solar Power generation through solar photovoltaic cell plants of all capacities, Wind Power Plants of all capacities and hydel Power Plants upto and including capacity of 25 MW under white category.

 

This information has been given by the Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy and Power Shri R. K. Singh, in a written reply to a question, in Lok Sabha on February 8, 2024.

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