Small Hydro In India(Commercial Projects)

Commercial SHP Projects
13 States in India namely, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Rajasthan have announced policies for setting up commercial SHP projects through private sector participation. The facilities available in the States include wheeling of power produced, banking, attractive buy-back rate, facility for third party sale, etc.

In States where policies were announced, an encouraging response has been received from the private sector. Over 800 sites of about 2000 MW capacity have already been offered / allotted in these States. The State of Himachal Pradesh has offered about 400 sites aggregating 570 MW followed by Uttar Pradesh offering 57 sites aggregating 161 MW. Sites have also been allotted in the States of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, and Kerala.

Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), the financial institution under MNES provides soft loans for setting up of SHP projects upto 25 MW capacity in the commercial sector. IREDA has so far sanctioned 92 SHP projects aggregating 268 MW. 48 projects aggregating to 142 MW capacity have so far been commissioned.

13 STATES HAVE ANNOUNCED POLICIES FOR ALLOTTING SHP SITES TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
SITES AGGREGATING OVER 2000 MW OFFERED TO PRIVATE SECTOR