According to Ministry
of New and Renewable Energy, Solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in India
have crossed the One gigawatt ( GW *) Milestone.
As at the end of
June, 2012, India had grid interactive solar PV installed capacity of 1,031
Mega Watt (MW).
Renewable Energy..!
Many of the
capacities have come in Gujarat. In addition, India has 85.21 MW of off grid
solar PV systems, counting only those that are higher than 1 kW.
Renewable Energy in
India crossed another milestone in the first quarter (june) of the current
finacial year (2012-130 - total grid interactive renewable energy installations
crossed 25,000 MW.
During the June
quarter, 495 MW were added, 291.70 MW of
which came from the wind power.
This addition took
the total installed capacity of renewable power plants in the country to 25,409
MW.
Target for Green
Power Capacity..!
The Ministry has set
a target of 4,125 MW of additional green power capacity for the current
financial year. This includes 2,500 MW of wind power and 800 MW of solar PV.
It is worthy of note
that the targeted wind power capacity is lesser than the achievement of last
year, which was 3,164 MW.
Same time, the wind
sector expects that even 2,500 MW would be a tough target to achieve, due to 2
reasons — removal of 2 key benefits of ‘accelerated depreciation’ &
‘generation-based incentive’, and the tough operating environment in key
States, especially in the windiest State in the country, viz., Tamil Nadu.
Green Power Capacity In
India **
Power Type In MW
Wind 17,644
Small Hydtro 3,412
Biomans 1,182
Waste to Power 94
Solar PV 1,031
Others 2,046
Total 25,409
(* 1,000 MW = One Giga Watt
**As
on June 30, 2012)
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