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Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

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.

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State-wise installed capacity of Renewable Power as on 31.12.2023

S. No. STATES / UTs Small Wind Bio Power Solar Large Total
Hydro Power Power Hydro Capacity
Power Power

(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

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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 & 5.25 0.00 29.91 35.16

Nicobar

32 Chandigarh 0.00 64.05 64.05

33 Dadar & Nagar 0.00 46.47 46.47

Haveli/ Daman &
Diu

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)

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Name of Wind Solar Biomass Bagasse Small Others Renewable Large Total RE
State/UT Hydro Energy Hydro* including
Total 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 0.00 2966.98 24.39 1486.24 126.03 76.69 4680.33 666.83 5347.16
Pradesh

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 3946.61 2696.29 64.85 27.28 355.13 19.86 7110.02 5313.27 12423.29
Pradesh

Maharashtra 7121.00 4130.21 228.17 1561.09 684.92 13.92 13739.31 4293.19 18032.50

Dadra and 0.00 11.10 9.71 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.81 0.00 20.81
Nagar Haveli
and Daman
and Diu

Goa 0.00 45.72 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.92 51.64 0.00 51.64

Andhra 7257.52 5990.90 13.38 32.57 95.97 230.68 13621.02 1112.50 14733.52
Pradesh

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

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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 0.00 18.10 0.00 0.00 9.31 0.00 27.41 0.00 27.41
Nicobar

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 0.00 1.59 0.00 0.00 0.52 0.00 2.11 3752.98 3755.09
Pradesh

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 69824.59 84319.58 2534.61 5677.13 8091.27 2041.21 172488.40 114757.78 287246.18
Total

* Large hydro generation Excluding Import from Bhutan

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

i. Permitting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) up to 100 percent under the automatic route.
ii. 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.
iii. As per MoEFCC’s provisions of the EIA Notification 2006 Solar PV Power Projects, Wind Power
Projects are exempted from Environment Impact Assessment (EIA).
iv. Accelerated Depreciation at the rate of 40% is available on Solar and Wind Power Projects.

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v. 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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