Parliament Question: Review of Renewable Energy Expansion in Tamil Nadu

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1702 ANSWERED ON 29.07.2026 REVIEW OF RENEWABLE ENERGY EXPANSION IN TAMIL NADU 1702. SHRI ESWARASAMY K Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has reviewed the progress of renewable energy expansion in Tamil Nadu; (b) if so, the details of implementation of the National Green Hydrogen Mission including projects sanctioned and participation of public and private sector entities for the last five years, year and State-wise; and (c) whether the Government has introduced guidelines to ensure sustainable and socially equitable energy transition and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK) (a) & (b) Yes, As on 30.6.2026, the renewable energy installed capacity in the State of Tamil Nadu has reached 29.77 GW. The Government of India is implementing the National Green Hydrogen Mission with an objective to make India a global hub of production, usage and export of green hydrogen and its derivatives. The details of projects under the Mission are given at Annexure. (c) Yes, The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has integrated principles of sustainable and social equitable energy transition into its policy guidelines and scheme frameworks. Renewable energy projects are implemented in compliance with applicable environmental regulations and sustainability considerations. These measures aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, enhance energy security, diversify the energy mix, and support India's commitments towards achieving net-zero emissions by 2070 and its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) target of achieving 500 GW electricity capacity from non-fossil fuel based sources. PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana is democratizing solar energy access by providing Central Financial Assistance (CFA) to residential households for installation of rooftop solar (RTS) systems to empower them to generate their own electricity. Under this Scheme, all residential households in the country, having a grid-connected electricity connection with the local DISCOM, can avail the benefits for installation of RTS systems by applying on the National Portal of the scheme. To facilitate adoption of RTS system for economically weaker sections under the Scheme, facility of collateral-free loan from nationalized banks at a concessional interest rate of repo-rate plus 50 bps, i.e., 5.75% per annum for the present, with a tenure of 10 years, has also been provided. Further, the Ministry has included RESCO/Utility-Led Aggregation (ULA) Models under the Scheme to enable DISCOMs/StateGovernments/State Designated entities to support RTS development, primarily for low-income households/ families. PM-Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) is empowering farmers through installing standalone solar pumps, solarization of existing grid connected agricultural pumps including feeder level solarization and setting up of solar power plants upto 2 MW on their barren/uncultivable land. The Ministry has also been implementing New Solar Power Scheme (for Tribal and Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) Habitations/Villages) under PM Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM JANMAN) and Dharti Aabha Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DA JGUA), for the electrification of un-electrified households in PVTG and tribal habitations/villages, solarization of Multi-Purpose Centres (MPCs) in PVTG areas, and solarization of public institutions in identified tribal habitations/villages, through off-grid solar systems; where grid connectivity is not techno- economically feasible. *****Annexure Annexure referred to in reply of part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1702 to be answered on 29.07.2026 Details of projects under the National Green Hydrogen Mission Companies selected under the Incentive Scheme for Green Hydrogen Production (Mode 1 Tranche I) S. Tentative Awarded Manufacturer Name No. Location Capacity (TPA) ACME Cleantech Solutions Private 1 Gopalpur, Odisha 90,000 Limited Kakinada, Andhra 2 Greenko ZeroC Private Limited 90,000 Pradesh Reliance Green Hydrogen and Green 3 Jamnagar, Gujarat 90,000 Chemicals Limited 4 HHP Two Private Limited Gopalpur, Odisha 10,000 5 CESC Projects Limited Paradeep, Odisha 10,500 6 UPL Limited Jhagadia, Gujarat 10,000 7 JSW Neo Energy Limited Karnataka 3,600 Bina, Madhya Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited 8 Pradesh 2,000 (Biomass Path) Kochi, Kerala Total 3,06,100 Companies selected under the Incentive Scheme for Green Hydrogen Production (Mode 1 Tranche II) Awarded S. Manufacturer Name Location Capacity No. (TPA) Kakinada, Andhra 1 AM Green Ammonia (India) Private Limited 90,000 Pradesh Reliance Green Hydrogen and Green Chemicals 2 Jamnagar, Gujarat 49,000 Limited 3 L&T Energy Green Tech Limited Gujarat 90,000 Green Infra Renewable Energy Farms Private Tuticorin, Tamil 4 90,000 Limited Nadu 5 Waaree Clean Energy Solutions Private Limited Not Finalized 90,000 6 Suryadeep KA1 Project Private Limited Not Finalized 19,000 7 GH2 Solar Private Limited Not Finalized 10,500 8 Oriana Power Limited Not Finalized 10,000 9 Matrix Gas and Renewables Limited Uttar Pradesh 1,500 Total 4,50,000Companies selected under the Incentive Scheme for Electrolyser Manufacturing (Tranche I) Allocated S. Manufacturer Name Location Capacity No. MWPA Reliance Electrolyzer Manufacturing 1 Jamnagar, Gujarat 300 Limited 2 John Cockerill Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh 300 3 L&T Electrolysers Limited Surat, Gujarat 300 4 Advait Mehsana, Gujarat 100 5 Matrix Gas and Renewable Gujarat 63 8 Adani Enterprise Mundra, Gujarat 198.5 9 Ohmium Operations Private Limited Bangalore, Karnataka 137 10 Homihydrogen Private Limited Jalgaon, Maharashtra 101.5 Total 1500 Companies selected under the Incentive Scheme for Electrolyser Manufacturing (Tranche II) Allocated S. Manufacturer Name Location Capacity No. MWPA 1 Advait Mehsana, Gujarat 200 2 Matrix Gas and Renewable Gujarat 237 NewAge Green Electro Private 3 Location Not Finalized 300 Limited 4 Waaree Energies Gujarat 300 5 Adani Enterprise Mundra, Gujarat 101.5 6 Ohmium Operations Private Limited Bangalore, Karnataka 137 7 GH2 Solar Pvt Ltd Madhya Pradesh 105 8 Avaada Location Not Finalized 49.5 9 Eastern Electrolyzer Uttar Pradesh 30 10 Newtrace Karnataka 30 11 Suryaashish KA1 Solar Park Gujarat 10 Total 1500 Companies selected under the Incentive Scheme for Green Hydrogen Production for refinery sector (Mode 2B) Allocated S. Manufacturer Name Tentative Location capacity (tones No. per annum) L&T Energy Greentech 1 Panipat, Haryana 10,000 Ltd (LTEG) 2 Ocior Energy Visakhapatnam refinery, Andhra Pradesh 5,000 3 Ocior Energy Bina Refinery, Madhya Pradesh 5,000 4 NeuEN Green Energy Numaligarh, Assam 10,000Details of projects/pilot projects sanctioned, approved or operational under the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM) S. No. Project Location Implementing Agency Steel Authority of India Use of hydrogen in existing Bokaro, Jharkhand Ltd 1 Blast Furnace to reduce coal/coke consumption Vijayanagar, Karnataka JSW Steel Limited Injection of Hydrogen in Vijayanagar, Karnataka JSW Steel Limited vertical shaft based DRI making to partially substitute 2 the NG/other reducing gas & raise its proportion in a gradual Angul, Odisha Jindal Steel Limited manner with an objective to use the maximum hydrogen Routes: Greater Noida– Delhi–Agra; Bhubaneswar–Konark– NTPC (with buses Puri. manufactured by Ashok Refueling: NTPC Leyland) campus Greater Noida; Bhubaneswar Routes: Ahmedabad– Vadodara–Surat; Sahibabad–Faridabad– Delhi; Pune–Mumbai; Tata Motors + Indian Jamshedpur–Kalinga Oil Corporation Limited Nagar. Refueling: Balasore; Pilot Projects Awarded in Mumbai Highway 3 Transport Sector (Phase I) Agency for New and Renewable Energy Routes: Research and Thiruvananthapuram– Technology (ANERT) + Kochi; Kochi–Edappally Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Routes: Jamnagar– Ahmedabad. Refueling: Reliance Industries Near Rajkot; Near Limited + AL Vadodara Routes: NH-16 Visakhapatnam– Hindustan Petroleum Bayyavaram. Corporation Limited - Refueling: Bayyavaram, Volvo Anakapalli Routes: Kandla - Gandhidham NTPC Green Energy Refueling: Deendayal Limited Pilot Projects Awarded in Port Authority, Kandla 4 Transport Sector (Phase II) Routes: In and around National Hydroelectric Chamba, Himachal Power Corporation Pradesh Limited Refueling: Mohal,Monkhri, Dharwala, Chamba Routes: Kochi- Agency for New and Kozhikode, NH 66; Renewable Energy Kochi-Thrissur- Research and Palakkad Technology (ANERT) + Refueling: Near Kerala State Road Kozhikode; Near Transport Corporation Kuzhalmannam, (KSRTC) + TATA Palakkad Motors Ltd Routes: Bina - Guna - Bina VE Commercial Refueling: HRS Vehicles + Bharat installed along with Petroleum Corporation EKA mobility will be Limited shared with VECV Routes: Surat-Chikhli- WAAREE+ Indify Tumb Horizon Fuel Cell Refueling: Near Valsad, Technologies Pvt Ltd Gujarat Routes: Bina-Bhopal- Bina; Bina-Jhansi-Bina; EKA Mobility + KPIT Bina-Sanchi Stupa-Bina Technologies +BPCL + Refueling: Super Spares & Services BPCL Refinery Bina, Madhya Pradesh Routes: Vadodara- Ankleshwar-Vadodara KPI GEL + TML + AB Vapi-Nashik-Vapi Process Technologies Refueling: Vadodara; Vapi Pilot Bunkering and refueling V.O. Chidambaranar facility for Green Hydrogen or V.O. Chidambaranar 5 Port (Tuticorin, Tamil its derivative on a pilot basis at Port Authority Nadu) V.O. Chidambaranar Port Sardar Swaran Singh Project under Testing Scheme: 6 Kapurthala, Punjab National Institute of H2 Gas Purity Testing Bio-Energy (SSS NIBE) Project under Testing Scheme: Gujarat Energy Electrolyser Stack, H2 Research & 7 Gandhinagar, Gujarat dispensers, Fuel Cell, Storage Management Institute cylinders and piping, valves (GERMI) Project under Testing Scheme: Bharat Heavy 8 Hyderabad, Telangana Fuel Cell Electricals Ltd (BHEL) Project under Testing Scheme: Automotive Research 9 H2 ICE (Type approval Pune, Maharashtra Association of India Testing), FCEV and Materials (ARAI) Project under Testing Scheme: CSIR - National 10 Material for H2 storage and Jamshedpur, Jharkhand Metallurgical transportation Laboratory (NML)Project under Testing Scheme: Electrical Research and 11 Material for H2 storage and Vadodara, Gujarat Development transportation Association (ERDA) Project under Testing Scheme: Grid Corporation of 12 Alkaline Electrolyser Testing Bhubaneswar, Odisha Odisha Limited (500 kW) Indian Institutes of 13 JHV Foundation Innovation Jodhpur, Rajasthan Technology Jodhpur Indian Institutes of Odisha Hydrogen Valley 14 Bhubaneswar, Odisha Technology Foundation Bhubaneswar CSIR – National Pune Hydrogen Valley 15 Pune, Maharashtra Chemical Laboratory Foundation (NCL) Agency for New and Renewable Energy 16 Kerala HVIC Foundation Kochi, Kerala Research and Technology (ANERT) Development and Demonstration of Direct Injection Hydrogen Fueled Automotive Research 17 Pune, Maharashtra Internal Combustion Engines Association of India (H2ICE) for Heavy Duty Commercial Development of retrofitted kit Shigan Technologies 18 Gurugram, Haryana for H2ICE Application Private Limited Development and Demonstration of Hydrogen Mahindra and Mahindra 19 Chennai, Tamil Nadu fueled Internal Combustion Ltd Engine for Agricultural tractor Prototype Development of a Highly Efficient Compression Ignition Hydrogen Engine for Indian Institutes of 20 Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh the Agriculture Sector Using a Technology Kanpur Novel High-Pressure Direct Injection (HPDI) Strategy Development of hydrogen- Hypace Solutions powered high-power density 21 Gurugram, Haryana Private Limited, fuel cell drone for oil & gas Gurugram applications (TRL-3/4) Development of Fuel cell powered high endurance Magic Myna Private 22 Bengaluru, Karnataka UAVs for niche strategic and Limited, Bengaluru societal applications Manufacturing and 23 development of Reversible Bengaluru, Karnataka Hylan Power One P Ltd Solid Oxide Cells (R-SOCs) Green Hydrogen Generation CSIR-Central via Direct seawater Electrochemical 24 Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu electrolysis: A systematic Research Institute, bottom-up approach using Karaikudiselective electrocatalyst and electrochemical cell designs A Supramolecular Approach to SRM Institute of Improve the Stability and 25 Chennai, Tamil Nadu Science & Technology, Efficiency of Alkaline Chennai Electrolyzer Membranes Integrated Heat Management for Energy-Efficient CSIR-National Membrane-Based Direct 26 Pune, Maharashtra Chemical Laboratory, Seawater Desalination Pune Enabling Green Hydrogen Production Development of High- GFCL Solar & Green Performance PEM Membranes 27 Gujarat Hydrogen Products for application in Electrolyzer Limited, Gujarat and Fuel Cell Clean Hydrogen: Enhancing CSIR-Central Hydrogen Purity through Electrochemical 28 Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu Advanced Adsorption Research Institute, Purification Karaikudi Technology Demonstration Plant for the Production of 0.5 Institute of Chemical 29 TPD Hydrogen from Pyrolysis Goa Technology, Mumbai + Gasification of Coconut Shell and Cashew Nutshell Biomass to Green Hydrogen: Development of 100 kg/day H2 production via oxy-steam- Birla Institute of CO2 gasification integrated 30 Pilani, Rajasthan Technology and Science with catalytic CO conversion - Pilani and continuous H2 separation using a mixed matrix hollow fibre membrane system Pilot plant demonstration of Hydrogen production from agricultural waste through Indian Institute of 31 Ropar, Punjab integrated pyrolysis and Technology Ropar catalytic steam reforming process CSIR- Central Fabrication of 200 kW 32 Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu ElectroChemical Alkaline Water Electrolyser Research Institute AI based smart sensors for rapid and real time detection of Indian Institute of Thiruvananthapuram, 33 ppm level H2 leaks in Science Education and Kerala hydrogen storage and Research (IISER) distribution structures Thapar Institute of Securing the Future: AI-Driven 34 Patiala, Punjab Engineering & Insights into Global Hydrogen TechnologyIncidents for Enhanced Safety and Risk Management Spontaneous Combustion Indian Institutes of 35 Behaviour of Pressurized Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Technology BHU Hydrogen Leaks Council of Scientific & Electronic Hydrogen Leak Industrial Research Detector based on MEMS (CSIR) - National Thiruvananthapuram, 36 Integrated 1-D Nanofibers and Institute For Kerala Nanotubes of Semiconductor Interdisciplinary Oxides Science and Technology (NIIST) CFD Modelling in Flacs- Hydrogen software for Shriram Institute for 37 Gurugram, Haryana Hydrogen Safety and Risk Industrial Research Assessment Hydrogen Explosions- Indian Institutes of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Developing Phenomenological Technology BHU + 38 and Hyderabad, Models from Fundamental Indian Institutes of Telangana Experiments Technology Hyderabad Next-Generation Trace-Resilie Birla Institute of nt Self-Powered Hydrogen 39 Pilani, Rajasthan Technology And Sensors (2D Science (BITS Pilani) Materials/4H-SiC) Field-Deployable Multi-Gas M Indian Institutes of 40 onitoring System for Hydrogen Ropar, Punjab Technology, Ropar Safety, Purity & Compliance Renewable LOHC (Bio-Oil) Indian Institutes of 41 Prototype for Hydrogen Roorkee, Uttarakhand Technology, Roorkee Transport Low-Cost Type-IV Composite Vashishtha Research 42 Trivandrum, Kerela Pressure Vessels Pvt. Ltd. Advanced Materials for Gudlyf Mobility Pvt. 43 Madurai, Tamil Nadu 700-bar Hydrogen Storage Ltd. Centre of Excellence for Green Damodar Valley 44 Hydrogen Research for Power, Kolkata, West Bengal Corporation (DVC) Steel & Fertilizer Industry CoE for Hydrogen Gas Authority of India 45 Transportation Through New Delhi Limited Pipeline CoE for Development of Innovative Solutions for Green Indian Oil Corporation 46 New Delhi Hydrogen Storage and Limited Transportation NonFerrous Materials CHESS: Centre for Hydrogen Technology 47 Hyderabad, Telangana Energy Systems & Solutions Development Centre (NFTDC)