New Delhi: The federal government plans to introduce a scheme to construct renewable vitality parks with photo voltaic, wind and biomass crops, two officers conscious of the plans stated, earlier than an present scheme for photo voltaic parks ends on the shut of this fiscal 12 months.
Initiatives in a renewable vitality park require fewer approvals, and so they present a targeted zone with correct infrastructure, facilities and restricted threat.
“A draft idea be aware has been floated for the brand new scheme for renewable vitality parks. The Centre ought to have the ability to roll out the programme throughout the present fiscal,” one of many two officers stated on situation of anonymity.
A second official stated the scheme can be much like the present one for photo voltaic parks, with the addition of recent elements corresponding to wind and biomass.
“There’s scope for having photo voltaic and wind energy crops collectively within the coastal states of the South together with Gujarat and Rajasthan. Already, wind generators have been arrange in some photo voltaic parks, the place the potential of wind vitality is considerable. Additional, in states like Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, biomass vitality manufacturing could be taken up with photo voltaic photovoltaic cells,” the second official added.
Biomass is sourced from pure materials together with residue from bamboo, sugarcane, corn and rice crops, animal waste and meals waste.
Based on a examine sponsored by the ministry of recent and renewable vitality, India has a biomass availability of about 750 million metric tonnes per 12 months. The examine estimated surplus biomass availability at about 230 million metric tonne every year, protecting agricultural residues, equivalent to a possible of about 28 GW.
The federal government has been specializing in biomass, amongst different renewable vitality sources, within the backdrop of its goal to realize 500 GW of renewable vitality by 2030. Based on a latest report by 1Lattice, a technology-enabled choice assist group, India’s biomass market could attain ₹32,000 crore by FY31, backed by authorities schemes and personal sector investments.
Queries despatched to the ministry of recent and renewable vitality remained unanswered until press time.
The plan comes at a time when the scheme to assist and develop photo voltaic parks within the nation is ready to finish this monetary 12 months.
Underneath the scheme for growth of photo voltaic parks and extremely mega solar energy tasks, the Centre gives monetary help of as much as ₹25 lakh per photo voltaic park for preparation of detailed undertaking stories (DPR) together with as much as ₹20 lakh per MW or 30% of the undertaking value, together with grid-connectivity value, whichever is decrease.
The brand new scheme can also plug the loopholes within the photo voltaic park scheme which has led to a sluggish tempo of growth of those parks, the second official cited above stated.
In a latest reply to a query within the Lok Sabha, minister for brand spanking new and renewable vitality R.Ok. Singh stated the federal government has accredited 57 photo voltaic parks with an combination capability 39.28 GW.
Out of those photo voltaic parks, 9 parks are totally full and extra eight parks are partially full, with a cumulative capability of 10,117 MW photo voltaic tasks commissioned in these parks.
The minister attributed to delay within the tasks to challenges in acquisition of clear land, mismatch in timelines between photo voltaic tasks and energy evacuation infrastructure, environmental points like Nice Indian Bustard (GIB) concern and regulatory challenges like non-approval of photo voltaic tariff by State Electrical energy Regulatory Commissions amongst others.
“After profitable bidding for establishing of photo voltaic tasks, 14 photo voltaic parks are delayed,” the minister had stated.
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