Draft solar policy targets 3-fold rise in installed capacity by 2025

NEW DELHI: Delhi government on Thursday approved the draft of its ambitious Solar Policy 2022 that revises the installed capacity to 6,000 MW from 2,000 MW by 2025, a jump of three times from 2022.

The new policy targets to increase the share of solar energy in Delhi’s annual electricity demand from 9% to 25% in three years, the highest in India, said deputy CM Manish Sisodia. The government had targeted an installed capacity of 2,000 MW solar power by 2025 in its 2016 policy.