Electricity from Paddy Husk
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is promoting generation of electricity from various agro-residues including paddy husk. Targets of 400 megawatt biomass power projects for the 12th Plan period and 100 megawatt during the current financial year i.e. 2014-15 have been fixed by MNRE. This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of state (IC) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
The Minister further Fiscal incentives such as accelerated depreciation, concessional customs duty, excise duty exemption, income tax holiday for 10 years and preferential tariff are provided for biomass power projects. In addition, the Central Financial Assistance of Rs.25.0 lakh per megawatt in special category states and Rs.20.0 lakh per megawatt for other states with a cap of Rs.1.50 crores per project is being provided by MNRE for setting up of the biomass power projects.
The State-wise details of biomass power projects set up so far is given below:-
State-wise list of commissioned Biomass Power Project as on 30th October, 2014
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The Minister further Fiscal incentives such as accelerated depreciation, concessional customs duty, excise duty exemption, income tax holiday for 10 years and preferential tariff are provided for biomass power projects. In addition, the Central Financial Assistance of Rs.25.0 lakh per megawatt in special category states and Rs.20.0 lakh per megawatt for other states with a cap of Rs.1.50 crores per project is being provided by MNRE for setting up of the biomass power projects.
The State-wise details of biomass power projects set up so far is given below:-
State-wise list of commissioned Biomass Power Project as on 30th October, 2014
| S.No. | State | No. of Projects | Biomass Power (MW) |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 41 | 288.00 |
| 2 | Chhattisgarh | 29 | 249.90 |
| 3 | Gujarat | 4 | 30.50 |
| 4 | Haryana | 2 | 13.50 |
| 5 | Karnataka | 15 | 107.50 |
| 6 | Madhya Pradesh | 4 | 26.00 |
| 7 | Maharashtra | 20 | 198.00 |
| 8 | Orissa | 1 | 20.00 |
| 9 | Punjab | 8 | 68.50 |
| 10 | Rajasthan | 10 | 101.00 |
| 11 | Tamil Nadu | 24 | 211.70 |
| 12 | Uttar Pradesh | 4 | 54.00 |
| 13 | West Bengal | 3 | 26.00 |
| Total | 165 | 1394.60 |
RM/RS- USQ4340 LS