Subsidy for Solar Panels
Subsidy for Solar
Panels
Ministry of New & Renewable Energy is implementing
two National level programmes (i) Grid Connected Rooftop and Small Solar Power
Plants Programme and (ii) Off-Grid & Decentralized Solar Applications to
promote installation of solar rooftop systems on the roofs of residential and
other buildings in the country. This was stated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister
of State (IC) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy (IC) in a written
reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today .
The Minister further said that there is a provision for subsidy of 30% for general category States/UTs, 70% for grid connected solar rooftop and 90% for off-grid solar applications for special category States and Islands of Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep in the country. The large and major industries do require large utilization of power, however, there is no provision of subsidy to the industries by the Government for reducing power requirement to half. Government is, however, encouraging power saving through energy efficiency and conservation measures, the Minister added.
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Waiving of
Transmission Charges in Renewable Energy
Electricity Act, 2003 mandates Central Electricity
Regulatory Commission (CERC) to determine tariffs including transmission
tariffs. The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, vide CERC (Sharing of
Inter State Transmission Charges and Losses) (Third Amendment) Regulations,
2015 notified that no transmission charges for the use of ISTS network shall be
charged to solar based generation for the useful life of the projects
commissioned upto 30.6.2017. This was stated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of
State (IC) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy (IC) in a written
reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today . The Minister further stated that
in addition, these regulations have also specified that no transmission losses
for the use of ISTS network shall be attributed to solar based generation for
the useful life of the projects commissioned up to 30.6.2017. However, these
charges would be socialized among all Designated ISTS Customers (DICs).
The Minister further stated that Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved creation of intra-state transmission system in the state of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan at an estimated cost of Rs 8548.68 Cr with Government of India contribution from National Clean Energy fund (NCEF) of Rs 3419.47 crore as recommended by IMG in its 12th meeting held on 30th April, 2015. For the state of Tamil Nadu, CCEA in its meeting held on 10 December 2014 approved the proposal of Tamil Nadu for providing NCEF support of Rs. 637.2 crore. The award of contract through competitive bidding of projects is at various stages with the respective state governments, the Minister added.
The Minister further stated that Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved creation of intra-state transmission system in the state of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan at an estimated cost of Rs 8548.68 Cr with Government of India contribution from National Clean Energy fund (NCEF) of Rs 3419.47 crore as recommended by IMG in its 12th meeting held on 30th April, 2015. For the state of Tamil Nadu, CCEA in its meeting held on 10 December 2014 approved the proposal of Tamil Nadu for providing NCEF support of Rs. 637.2 crore. The award of contract through competitive bidding of projects is at various stages with the respective state governments, the Minister added.
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Potential of Wind
Energy
The
National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) has recently launched Wind Energy
Resource Map of India at 100 meter above ground level (AGL) on online
Geographic Information System platform. This Wind Atlas is available online in
the NIWE websitewww.niwe.res.in.
The wind energy potential in the country at 100 m AGL is over 302 GW. This was
stated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal & New
and Renewable Energy (IC) in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha
today
The
State-wise wind energy potential is given below:
|
S.No
|
State/UT
|
Potential
(MW@100m)
|
|
1
|
Andaman & Nicobar
|
8
|
|
2
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
44229
|
|
3
|
Chhattisgarh
|
77
|
|
4
|
Goa
|
1
|
|
5
|
Gujarat
|
84431
|
|
6
|
Karnataka
|
55857
|
|
7
|
Kerala
|
1700
|
|
8
|
Lakshadweep
|
8
|
|
9
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
10484
|
|
10
|
Maharashtra
|
45394
|
|
11
|
Odisha
|
3093
|
|
12
|
Puducherry
|
153
|
|
13
|
Rajasthan
|
18770
|
|
14
|
Tamil Nadu
|
33800
|
|
15
|
Telangana
|
4244
|
|
16
|
West Bengal
|
2
|
|
Total
|
302,251 MW
(302 GW)
|
|
The Minister further stated that depending upon the location of the project in
different wind power potential zones in the country, the plant load factor of
wind energy projects ranges from 20 per cent to 32 per
cent. The
wind power is being installed in the country under three different modes, viz.
i) Sale to Discoms under Feed-in-Tariff mode; ii) Captive use; and iii) Third
party sale under Independent Power Producer (IPP) mode. The Government is
promoting all three modes of installation, the Minister added.
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission on 7 August 2015 has notified
forecasting and scheduling regulations and also Deviation Settlement Mechanism
for inter-state transmission of solar and wind energy. Further, the Forum of
Regulators has also issued model regulations on forecasting, scheduling &
deviation settlement of wind & solar generators for intra-state
transmission, the Minister added.
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