India added 10 GW of solar and wind capacity in the first nine months of 2021: Report
From January 2021 till September 2021, approximately 8,811 MW solar capacity and 1,246 MW of wind capacity was added in India. This is about 280% and 101%, respectively, higher compared to the same period previous year, according to a report of JMK Research.
“The key reason for the significant increase is the commissioning of delayed projects in this period that were supposed to get commissioned earlier but got delayed because of COVID-19 disruption,” the report added.
In terms of cumulative installations, according to the data released by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) till September 2021, India’s RE installation capacity reached 101.53 GW. Solar energy contributes for approximately 46% share in the total RE segment, making it the major contributor followed by wind energy (39%), Bio Power (10%) and Small Hydro (5%).
