 bill no lxvii of 2008 the  renewable  energy  (promotion  and miscellaneous provisions)  bill,   2008 a billto provide for the promotion of renewable energy on a large scale by establishing anauthority to protect the environment and control the global warming being caused due to burning of fossil fuels for energy production resulting in noxious emissions therefrom and for matters connected therewith and incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act my be called the renewable energy (promotion and miscellaneous provisions) act, 2008short title, extent and commencement(2) it extends to the whole of india (3) it shall come into force at oncedefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in all other cases, the central government(b) "authority" means the national renewable energy authority of india established under section 3;(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act; (d) "renewable energy" means the energy obtained from non-conventional sources other than fossil fuel such as sunlight, wind, urban waste, dung used for biogas, geothermal sources, tides or waves or any other source from which the renewable energy can be obtained3 (1) the central government shall, as soon as may be, by notification in the official gazette, establish an authority to be called the national renewable energy authority of india for the purposes of this actestablishment of national renewable energy authority of india(2) the head office of the authority shall be at hyderabad in the state of andhra pradesh and the authority may establish offices at other places in the country as it may deem necessary for carrying out the purposes of this act(3) the authority shall consist of the following members who shall be appointed by the central government, namely:—(a) a chairperson, who shall be an expert scientist having adequate knowledge and professional experience in the field of renewable energy;(b) one deputy chairperson with such qualifications as may be prescribed; (c) five members of parliament of whom three shall be from lok sabha and two from  rajya sabha to be nominated by the respective presiding officers of the two houses;(d) five members to represent the union ministries of environment and forests science and technology, new and renewable energy, planning and financial respectively;(e) four members to represent the non governmental organisations working for the protection of environment and promotion of renewable energy in the country;(f) four members to be nominated by the governments of the states to be rotated amongst the states in alphabetical order (4) the authority shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid having perpetual succession and common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property both movable and immovable and to contract and shall by the said name sue and be sued(5) the term of office of the chairperson, deputy chairperson and members of the authority and the procedure to be followed in the discharge of the functions of the authority shall be such, as may be prescribed(6) the authority shall have a secretariat with such  officers and members of staff and with such terms and conditions of services as may be prescribed from time to timefunctions of the authority4 (1) subject to any guidelines issued by the central government under the provisions of this act, the authority shall perform and undertake such special steps in close coordination with concerned ministries, departments and public sector enterprise of the central and state governments for the rapid and accelerated promotion and development of renewable energy throughout the country as it may deem necessary and expedient to do so for the promotion of renewable energy(2) without prejudice to be generality of the foregoing provisions, the authority shall,(a) formulate renewable energy policy, its goals and execution plan; (b) develop indicative standards of renewable energy; (c) support and encourage research and development through government and private sector participation involving all major research laboratories;(d) work for greening of industry and create public awareness of climate change and other environmental issues;(e) facilitate infrastructure development of renewable energy in rural areas; (f) make provision for small biomass based energy systems for rural areas; (g) suggest ways for conversion of fossil fuel based on industrial heating to solar thermal heating through new solar concentrator technology or its hybrids;(h) suggest educational and other policy initiatives for renewable energy; (i) create interactive web based resource maps of different renewable technologies to facilitate speedy project development and market expansion;(j) facilitate quick technology transfer and adoption of renewable energy; (k) such other activities as may be assigned from time to timemiscellaneousprovisions5 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being inforce, the appropriate government shall in consultation with the authority make it compulsory for every establishment including government establishments to,—(a) use the photovoltaic energy in all public buildings; (b) make provision for time-bound  solar water heating in all buildings with defined floor area;(c) set time-bound mandate for promotion of biomass energy  systems in the nation;(d) make it mandatory for electricity utilities for compulsory purchase of electricity from renewable energy sources;(e) reserve adequate land for setting up of renewable energy projects; (f) such other steps as the appropriate government may deem necessary(2) the appropriate government shall as soon as may be, identify the exploitable sources of renewable energy  in their respective territorial jurisdictions and send project reports thereon to the authority which shall depute a team of experts to verify and assess the possibility of exploiting renewable energy sources(3) the authority shall on the basis of the report submitted by the team of experts work out the estimated expenditure on the projects submitted to it under sub-section (2) and recommend the central government to implement the projects in a time-bound mannercentral government to provide funds6 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, pay to the authority in each financial year such sums as may be considered necessary and adequate for the performance of the functions of the authority under this actannual report7 the authority shall prepare once in every calendar year in such form and at such time as may be prescribed an annual report giving a true and full account of its activities during the previous year and copies thereof shall be forwarded to the president of india who shall cause the same to be laid before both the houses of parliamentpower to remove difficulties8 (1) if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this act, the central government may, by order published in the official gazette, make such provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of the period of two years from the date of the commencement of this act(2) every order made under this section shall as soon as may be after it is made, be laid before both the houses of parliamentpower to make rules9 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules to carry out the provisions of this act statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe world meteorological organisation has reported that a series of record breaking weather events have caused havoc in the world during the year 2007 temperature records were broken in western and central russia in may and in south eastern europe in june and july in many european countries'  april was the warmest ever recorded month china and some parts of india were hit by the worst snowfall followed by avalanches according to research, even though temperatures are showing precarious rise, global warming is forecast to set in with a vengeance only after 2009 with at least half of the five following years expected to be hotter than 1998, the warmest year on record the global warming is being caused by human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels which releases greenhouse gases the accelerating rate of carbon dioxide emissions is largely due to rising energy consumption notably coal and petroleum products resulting from an increasing population and higher per capita gdp the mitigation of global warming is possible only through a transition to a low carbon economy, which means large-scale development of renewable energy is the biggest imperative of our times for environmental protectionour country has vast potential of renewable energy according to conservative estimate, mega watt wind power potential is 4500 mega watt and with the growth in unit size of turbines, greater land availability and expanded wind resource exploration this potential should go up significantly up to one lakh mega watt at the same time an urgent assessment of the potential of power generation from solar energy in our country is essential this is more so because of the recent growth of concentrating solar power (csp) the desert area of our country have the solar radiation required for csp production a 60 km x 60 kilometer area can produce one lakh mega watt of power we have a desert area of 208110 square kilometer in rajasthan and gujarat even if we use only 15000 square kilometer of desert we can produce three lakh mega watt of power the renewable energy power production potential in our country can easily be scaled up to six lakh mega watt in the future through multifarious sources and new energy technologies we are also capable of producing biofuels it is fell that an authority to tap these potentials should be established at the national levelhence this billgireesh  kumar  sanghi financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for the establishment of the national renewable energy authority of india clause 5 makes it compulsory for every central government establishment to take measures for using renewable energy by carrying out appropriate changes clause 6 of the bill makes it obligatory for the central government to provide necessary funds for the purpose of the bill the bill if enacted will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a some of rupees twenty five thousand crore may involve as recurring expenditure per annumnon-recurring expenditure to the tune of rupees sixty thousand crore may also involve from the consolidated fund of india memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 9 of the bill gives power to the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill the rules will relate to matters of details onlythe delegation of legislative power is of normal character———— a billto provide for the promotion of renewable energy on a large scale by establishing an authorityto protect the environment and control the global warming being caused due to burning of fossil fuels for energy production resulting in noxious emissions therefrom and for matters connected therewith an incidental thereto————(shri gireesh kumar sanghi, mp)gmgipmrnd—4759rs(s-5)—29122008