India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has published new figures on power generated from various renewable energy sources.
According to Central Electricity Authority, Ministry of Power, India’s solar PV capacity now totals 7.45 gigawatts (GW), wind totals 33 GW, and total renewable generation capacity reached 66 GW.
Government up-scales target for renewable energy capacity to 175 GW by 2022
The Minister further stated that the Government has up-scaled the target of renewable energy capacity to 175 GW by the year 2022 which includes 100 GW from solar, 60 GW from wind, 10 GW from bio-power and 5 GW from small hydro power.
While framing the scale-up Plan for 100 GW of grid-connected solar PV by the year 2022, it was envisaged that the public sector undertakings (PSUs) will contribute around 10 GW, Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy stated.
Further, 36 central PSUs have given their commitments to develop 18.9 GW of renewable energy projects, as part of the Green Energy Commitment.
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