India to generate 175 GW of clean energy by 2022: Science minister Harsh Vardhan
Bengaluru: Union Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan said on Monday that the country was on course to generate 175 GW of clean energy by 2022.
“You know our Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) has said that by 2022, we want to have at least 175 GW of clean energy production in thecountry, out of which 100 GW would be through solar and rest throughother sources”, he said here.
“We are making good progress. In fact, we are leading from the front,” the Minister said after inaugurating the National Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research and the National Clean Coal Research and Development Centre at the Indian Institute of Science here.
