India achieves 173GW RE capacity, 120GW under implementation: Bhalla
India has achieved 173GW of installed renewable energy capacity while another 120GW is under various stages of implementation, a top official said on Thursday.
This assumes significance in view of India’s target of having 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022, which included 100 GW from solar, 60 GW from wind, 10 GW from bio-power and 5 GW from small hydro-power.
India’s installed renewable capacity is 173.61GW which includes 67.82GW of solar, 43.19GW of wind energy, 46.85GW of large hydro and 4.94GW of small hydro (of up to 25MW each), according to the latest official data.
