The Government of India has taken various initiatives to harness the hydro-power potential including the hydro pumped storage potential viz :-

1. Declaring large hydropower projects (capacity above 25 MW) as renewable energy source.
2. Hydro Renewable Energy Consumption Obligation by Designated Consumers.
3. Tariff rationalization measures for bringing down hydropower tariff.
4. Budgetary support for Flood Moderation/Storage hydroelectric projects.
5. Budgetary support towards cost of enabling infrastructure, i.e. roads, bridges, ropeways, railway siding, communication infrastructure and Transmission Line from power house to the nearest pooling point, including upgradation of polling substations of State or Central Transmission Utility.
6. Guidelines to promote development of Pumped Storage Projects (PSPs) in the country was issued on 10^th April, 2023.
7. Waiver of Inter State Transmission System (ISTS) charges for hydroelectric projects and PSPs.
8. Central Financial Assistance (CFA) to the State Governments of North Eastern Region (NER) towards their equity participation for development of Hydro Electric Projects in the NER through Joint Venture collaboration between State entities and Central Public Sector Undertakings.
9. Reduction of timeline by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) for concurrence of Detailed Project Reports (DPR) of hydroelectric projects and PSPs.

As per the study carried out by CEA during the period 2017-2023, the exploitable large hydro potential in the country is about 133.4 Giga Watt (GW).  Further, the identified pumped storage potential is about 181.4 GW.  The State / UT-wise details are at Annexure-I.

CEA has concurred 11 Hydroelectric (H.E.) schemes including PSPs with an aggregate installed capacity of 9,048 MW during the last five years. The State/UT-wise details are at Annexure-II. Further, 11 H.E. Schemes aggregating to 8,036 MW and 44 PSPs aggregating to 60,050 MW are under Survey & Investigation (S&I) for preparation of Detailed Project Report.  The State / UT-wise details are at Annexure-III.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Ministry of Power, Shri. Shripad Naik, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

 

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ANNEXURE-I

 

State / UT-wise details of Exploitable Potential of Hydro and Identified Potential of Pumped Storage (capacity above 25 MW)

(Figures in MW)

 

Note:  Exploitable/Identified Potential is subject to change due to addition/deletion and change in Installed capacity of some projects.

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ANNEXURE-II

 

State/UT-wise number of Hydro Electric (H.E.) Schemes including Pumped Storage Projects (PSPs) concurred by CEA during last five years

 

Sl. No.	Name of the HE Scheme	Sector	Developer	Installed Capacity (MW)	Date of concurrence
Andhra Pradesh
1	Pinnapuram (PSP)	Private	Greenko Energies Pvt. Ltd.	1200	20.04.2022
2	Upper Sileru (PSP)	State	APGENCO	1350	13.06.2023
Himachal Pradesh
3	Sunni Dam	Central	SJVNL	382	11.02.2021
4	Thana Plaun	State	HPPCL	191	07.09.2021
5	Dugar	Central	NHPC	500	26.04.2022
Jammu & Kashmir
6	Uri-I Stage-II	Central	NHPC	240	07.03.2023
Maharashtra
7	Bhivpuri (PSP)	Private	TATA Power	1000	30.09.2024
8	Bhavali (PSP)	Private	JSW Energy	1500	24.09.2024
Meghalaya
9	Wah-Umium Stage-III	Central	NEEPCO	85	26.07.2021
Odisha
10	Upper Indravati (PSP)	State	OHPC	600	30.08.2024
Karnataka
11	Sharavathy (PSP)	State	KPCL	2000	09.09.2024
Total				9048

 

 

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ANNEXURE-III

 

State/UT-wise details of Hydro Electric Schemes for which Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) are under preparation

 

1.  Hydro Electric (H.E.) Schemes

 

Sl.     No.	Name of Scheme	Installed Capacity (MW)
Jammu &Kashmir (J&K)
1	Dulhasti Stage-II	260
Sub Total  (J&K)		260
Arunachal Pradesh
2	Demwe Upper St-I	270
3	Niare	909
4	Naba	1082
5	Anjaw	270
6	Oju	2220
7	Subansiri Upper	1605
8	Kurung	320
Sub Total (Arunachal Pradesh)		6676
Meghalaya
9	MyntduLeshka Stage-II	210
Sub Total (Meghalaya)		210
West Bengal
10	Teesta Intermediate	90
Sub Total (West Bengal)		90
Kerala
11	Idukki Extension Scheme	800
Sub Total (Kerala)		800
Total		8,036

 

2.  Pumped Storage Projects (PSPs)

Sl.     No.	Name of Scheme	Installed Capacity (MW)
Rajasthan
1	Sukhpura Off-Stream	2560
2	Shahpur	1800
3	Sirohi	1200
4	Brahmani	600
Sub Total  (Rajasthan)		6160
Uttar Pradesh
5	Kandhaura	1680
6	Musakhand	600
7	UP01	3660
8	Shoma	2400
9	Jhariya	1620
10	Chichlik	1560
11	Panaura	1500
Sub Total  (Uttar Pradesh)		13020
Odisha
12	Balimela PSP	500
Sub Total (Odisha)		500
Gujarat
13	Serula	960
14	Juni Kayaliwel	300
15	Amalpada	300
Sub Total (Gujarat)		1560
Madhya Pradesh
16	Indira Sagar	640
17	MP30 Gandhi Sagar	1920
Sub Total (Madhya Pradesh)		2560
Chhattisgarh
18	Hasdeo Bango	800
19	Bilaspur	1000
Sub Total (Chhattisgarh)		1800

 

Maharashtra
20	Pane	1500
21	Tarali	1500
22	Malshej Ghat Bhorande	1500
23	Shirwata	1800
24	Warasgaon Warangi	1500
25	Koyna Nivakane	2700
26	Nayagaon	2000
27	Karjat (Saidongar-1)	3000
28	Maval (Saidongar-2)	1200
Sub Total (Maharashtra)		16700
Andhra Pradesh
29	Gandikota	1000
30	Chitravathi	500
31	Somasila	900
32	Owk	800
33	Paidipalem East	1200
34	Singanamala	800
35	Paidipalem North	1000
36	Veeraballi Off-Stream	1800
37	Vempalli	1500
38	Raiwada	900
39	Kamalapadu	950
40	Rayavaram	1500
41	Gadikota	1200
42	Pedakota	1800
Sub Total (Andhra Pradesh)		15850
Karnataka
43	Saundatti	1600
44	Narihalla	300
Sub Total (Karnataka)		1900
Total		60050

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