Parliament Question: Research and Development Projects on Renewable Energy

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 716 ANSWERED ON 04.02.2026 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ON RENEWABLE ENERGY 716. SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU Will the MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state: (a) the details of the total number of renewable energy related Research and Development (R&D) projects supported by the Government till date, State, year and sector-wise; (b) the details of the funds allocated and disbursed for such R&D projects especially in Andhra Pradesh, project-wise; (c) the details of technologies developed and indigenous renewable energy systems and devices developed till date, project and State-wise; (d) whether the Government has received any proposals from Andhra Pradesh for R&D projects in renewable energy during the last five years; and (e) if so, the details of the total number of proposals approved thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK) (a) & (b) As per records available in MNRE, a total number of 42 research and development projects are being supported during the period FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26. The State, year and sector-wise details for such R&D projects are given in Annexure-I. No funds have been allocated or disbursed specifically for Andhra Pradesh. In addition, Department of Science and Technology (DST) has also supported 16 numbers of R&D projects in the field of renewable energy. (c) The specific details of technologies developed and indigenous renewable energy systems and devices developed from of R&D projects are placed at Annexure-II. (d) & (e) R&D proposals are received from academic institutions across the country, and after due diligence, proposals have been sanctioned to various institutions such as IIT Bombay, IIT Roorkee, IIT Jodhpur, IIT Madras, National Institute of Solar Energy, National Institute of Wind Energy, and National Institute of Bio-Energy etc., However, none of the institutes are located in Andhra Pradesh. *****Annexure-I Annexure-I referred to in reply of parts (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 716 to be answered on 04.02.2026 1. Under Renewable Energy Research and Technology Development (RE-RTD) Programme S. Project Title Year Location Sector/theme No. (Date of sanction) 1. National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and 10.11.2022 IIT Bombay Solar PV Education (NCPRE) - Phase III”, Maharashtra 2. National Primary Standard Facility for Solar 27.06.2017 CSIR NPL Delhi Solar PV Cell Calibration, 3. Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells and 28.02.2019 IIT Bombay Solar PV Intermediate Module”, Maharashtra 4. Scale-up of Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells 18.12.2024 IIT Bombay Solar PV (Phase I)”, Maharashtra 5. Perovskite Solar Modules”, 18.12.2024 IIT Bombay Solar PV Maharashtra 6. Centre of Excellence titled “Research and 29.03.2023 IIT Roorkee Small Hydro development of Ultra Low head and Uttarakhand Hydrokinetic Turbines and performance prediction of small hydro turbine models”, 7. Biomass Gasification through Plasma 24.03.2022 IIT Roorkee Waste to Energy Pyrolysis Technology for Chemical Uttarakhand Production, 8. Densification and co-firing of Agro-waste for 24.03.2022 SSS-NIBE Waste to Energy power generation through gasification”, Punjab 9. Green Hydrogen Mobility Projects at Leh”, 01.11.2022 NTPC, Ladakh Hydrogen (UT) Energy 10. Design & development of 20kW Low 25.03.2019 ARCI-CFCT Hydrogen Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Hyderabad, Energy Fuel Cell (LTPEMFC) with high indigenous Telangana Content” 11. Setting Up of a Centre of Excellence on 28.02.2019 NISE Gurugram Hydrogen Hydrogen Energy at National Institute of Solar Haryana Energy Energy”, 12. Pilot Integrated Commercial Geothermal 01.08.2025 IIT Madras Geothermal Energy of 450 kW by retrofitting unproductive Tamandu Energy oil and gas wells: Raageswari Gas field, Barmer, Rajasthan”, 13. Harnessing of geothermal energy from 25.07.2025 CESHS (Govt. of Geothermal Arunachal Himalaya”, Arunachal Energy Pradesh) Arunachal Pradesh 14. Demonstration of power generation using 14.08.2025 PDEU Geothermal integrated Solar-Geothermal energies”, Gandhinagar Energy Gujarat 15. A Pilot Project on Study and Testing of Shallow 19.08.2025 IIT Delhi Delhi Geothermal Geothermal Energy Potential in India”, Energy16. Design and Development of Geothermal 19.08.2025 OTBI-Osmania Geothermal Cooling for Air Conditioning System in University Energy 20x20x10 ft Room”, Hyderabad, Telangana 17. Demonstrating Innovative, Reliable, Efficient 17.12.2025 CESHS and Tidal Tidal Energy and Cost competitive 500 kW Tidal Power Sail Plant in Arunachal Arunachal Pradesh, Pradesh 18. Design and Development of Power Back up of 31.12.2025 IIT Roorkee Energy Storage 1kWh based on Sodium ion Cell operable at Uttarakhand sub-Zero temperature for Solar street/home UPS, 19. Next Generation Energy Storage: Industrial 19.12.2025 IIT Jodhpur Solar Thermal scale Rajasthan Energy Storage manufacturing of Low-Cost High Temperature Latent Heat Storage Using Chloride Salts as the Storage medium, 2. Under National Green Hydrogen Mission A list of the 23 projects sanctioned in FY 2024-25, along with their sector/theme, is placed below for information: Sl. Project Title Location Sector / Theme No. 1 Development and Demonstration of Direct Injection Pune, Maharashtra Applications Hydrogen Fuelled Internal Combustion Engines (H2ICE) for Heavy Duty Commercial Vehicles 2 Development of retrofitted kit for H2ICE Application Gurugram, Haryana Applications 3 Development and Demonstration of Hydrogen-fuelled Chennai, Tamil Nadu Applications Internal Combustion Engine for Agricultural Tractor 4 Prototype Development of a Highly Efficient Compression Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Applications Ignition Hydrogen Engine for Agriculture Sector 5 Development of hydrogen-powered high-power-density Guwahati, Assam Applications fuel cell drone for oil & gas applications 6 Development of Fuel-cell powered high-endurance UAVs Coimbatore, Tamil Applications Nadu 7 Design, Development and Manufacturing of Indigenous Bengaluru, Karnataka Applications Solid Oxide System for Electrolyser and Fuel Cell 8 Green Hydrogen Generation via Direct Seawater Karaikudi, Tamil Production Electrolysis Nadu (Non-Biomass) 9 Supramolecular Approach to Improve Stability of Alkaline Chennai, Tamil Nadu Production Electrolyser Membranes (Non-Biomass) 10 Integrated Heat Management for Energy-Efficient Direct Pune, Maharashtra Production Seawater Desalination (Non-Biomass) 11 Development of High-Performance PEM Membranes Vadodara, Gujarat Production (Non-Biomass) 12 Clean Hydrogen: Enhancing Biohydrogen Purity Sekkalakottai, Tamil Production Nadu (Biomass) 13 Synergistic Biohythane Production Pune, Maharashtra Production (Biomass) 14 Technology Demonstration Plant for Green Hydrogen from Mumbai, Maharashtra Production Biomass Pyrolysis + Gasification (Biomass)Sl. Project Title Location Sector / Theme No. 15 Biomass to Green Hydrogen: 100 kg/day Demonstration Pilani, Rajasthan Production (Biomass) 16 Pilot Plant for Hydrogen Production from Agricultural Bara Phool, Punjab Production Waste (Biomass) 17 AI-based Smart Sensors for Real-time Hydrogen Leak Thiruvananthapuram, Safety Detection Kerala 18 AI-Driven Insights into Global Hydrogen Incidents Patiala, Punjab Safety 19 Spontaneous Combustion Behaviour of Pressurised Varanasi, Uttar Safety Hydrogen Leaks Pradesh 20 Causal Analysis and Machine Learning for Risk Prediction Delhi Safety in Hydrogen Facilities 21 Electronic Hydrogen Leak Detector using MEMS Thiruvananthapuram, Safety Nanofibres Kerala 22 CFD Modelling in FLACS-Hydrogen for Safety Gurugram, Haryana Safety Assessment 23 Hydrogen Explosions – Developing Phenomenological Varanasi, Uttar Safety Models Pradesh All the above projects were sanctioned in FY 2024‑25 and are currently at the initial stages of development. As such, no project outcomes or technology developments have been reported so far. 3. Under the Department of Science and Technology (DST) The Call for proposal solicited proposals across India including Andhra Pradesh with thrust R&D area focus on solar energy and blending of biomass for FY 2020-21 to 2024-25 are as follows: - State FY 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Karnataka 1 4 1 1 Tamil Nadu 3 7 2 3 Delhi 1 3 1 1 1 Haryana 1 1 Kerala 1 1 Rajasthan 2 UP 2 2 Punjab 2 1 Odisha 2 Maharashtra 5 Telangana 1 2 Uttarakhand 2 West Bengal 5 1 Assam 2 2 MP 1 Gujrat 1 1 Chhattisgarh 1 Mizoram 1 Arunachal Pradesh 1 Total 7 39 2 6 16Annexure-II Annexure-referred to in reply of parts (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 716 to be answered on 04.02.2026 S. Name of State Technology Developed NO. project/Institutions 1. National Centre for Maharashtra The National Centre for Photovoltaics Research & Education Photovoltaic (NCPRE), a centre of Excellence in solar energy has made Research and significant achievements in the area of solar research and Education (NCPRE) development. The following technologies developed - Phase III”, IIT Bombay (IITB) • Advanced PV testing, reliability, and material technologies, • developed an IoT-based I–V tracer, fast QE setup, • low-cost albedometer, and non-destructive EQE system. • Developed perovskite–silicon tandem cells with 29.14% efficiency and CdTe tandems with 24.2% power conversion efficiency and 3,000-hour stability • Developed SiC-based inverters and reliability algorithms. Following instruments are developed and then commercialized by the instrument makers, • Thermal Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), costing ~INR 50Lacs which can replace the imported ones (~INR 1.5-2 Crore) • ⁠Ozone cleaner - commercialized by Indian manufacturer and exporting even to the USA. • ⁠Laser Scriber - commercialized by an Indian manufacturer and then sold globally, including Singapore, and ISRO. Imported INR 2 Crore and our product sold in ~INR 50Lacs. • ⁠Laser Beam Induced Current (LBIC) - Currently developed and is in the marketing stage 2. National Primary Delhi National Primary Standard facility for cell calibration by Standard Facility for NPLCSIR-NPL has established India’s first National Primary Solar Cell Standard Facility for Solar Cell Calibration, making India the Calibration, CSIR fifth country with a World Photovoltaic Scale (WPVS)- NPL recognized setup. The Laser-based Differential Spectral Responsivity (L-DSR) system, developed with PTB Germany, achieves a world-leading 0.35% uncertainty (highest accuracy), enhancing precision and self-reliance in solar metrology. 3. Flexible Perovskite Maharashtra In the area of perovskite solar cell, IIT Bombay has developed Solar Cells and world second highest efficiency cell with 26% against world Intermediate efficiency of 27%. The institute is now working on establishing Module”, IIT a production line to scale up this technology. Additionally, IITB Bombay has achieved 30.2% power conversion efficiency for four- terminal Perovskites Silicon tandem cell.4. Green Hydrogen Ladakh The NTPC Green Hydrogen Mobility Project in Leh, India’s Mobility Projects at first fully operational green hydrogen-based mobility initiative, Leh”, NTPC (UT) integrates a 1.70 MW solar plant with a system producing 80 kg of hydrogen per day. Five hydrogen fuel cell buses with 200 km range operate successfully in high-altitude conditions, demonstrating the technology’s reliability. Commissioned in November 2024, the project marks a major achievement in renewable energy and sustainable transport integration. 5. Design & ARCI, IIT The project achieved the design of a 20 kW LT-PEM fuel cell development of Madras stack with 95% indigenous components and demonstrated a 20kW Low Research scalable 100 kW system. It established India’s first automated Temperature Park, Tamil PEM fuel cell pilot line (100 kW/year capacity), achieved 5000 Polymer Electrolyte Nadu hours durability with over 45% efficiency, and reduced costs to Membrane Fuel ₹2 lakh/kW. Two patents have been filed, and the project has Cell (LTPEMFC) laid a strong foundation for the indigenous commercialization with high of fuel cell technologies indigenous Content”, ARCI- CFCT Under the Department of Science and Technology (DST) R&D projects, Micro solar domes, Solar panel cleaning systems and lab scale high efficiency solar devices have been developed from the supported projects.