i) Uttarakhand Renewable Power Development Agency (UREDA)

• Selection of developer for power generation and briquetting/bio-oil.
• Monitoring and supervising project execution.
• Project clearance.
• Subsidy facilitation.

ii) Forest Department

• Study of potential pine leaves site and other biomass collection areas.
• Identification of potential project locations.
• Collect levies.

iii) Government of Uttarakhand will act as facilitator for pine leaves and biomass related project.

10 kW to 250 kW.

Year

Capacity

2019

1 MW

2021

5 MW

2030

100 MW

50 biomass briquetting/bio-oil plants with 2000 MT/year capacity by 2030.

• Individual entity or joint venture (JV) with community-based organization, can apply for bid.
• Applicant with lowest levelised fixed tariff for 20 years will be awarded the project.
• No restriction to government agency to directly take up a project.

1. Pollution control board
2. Forest department
3. Revenue department
4. Gram panchayat
5. Industries department

• Project will be treated as industry and be entitled to all benefits associated with industry.
• Developer can avail central financial assistance.
• No electricity duty for 10 years.
• Projects developed on private land will be exempted from stamp duty.
• Van Panchayat will collect pine leaves and other biomass only using human resources.
• Developer can claim benefit of clean development mechanism (CDM).
• No cross-subsidy charges (CCS) for third party sale under open access.

• Schemes to stop forest wildfires can benefit by working with such power plants.
• Funded schemes like MNREGA, NRLM can form biomass collection structure for such power plants.

As notified by the Commission or mentioned in the PPA.

• Wheeling.
• Open access and losses.

Procedure

No. of Days

Invitation of proposal

Zero

Submission of application

Zero+45

Evaluation and approval by State Committee

Zero+75

Issue of Letter of Acceptance(LoA)

Zero+90

Submission of security deposit and signing of MoU

Zero+135

Clearances and approval

LoA issuance date+180

Financial closure

LoA issuance date+300

Commercial operation date

LoA issuance date+540

http://ureda.uk.gov.in/newwhat/view/233

http://ureda.uk.gov.in/downloads

http://ureda.uk.gov.in/upload/downloads/Download-74.pdf