The Indian power sector (includes both conventional and renewables) managed to add more new capacity in FY20 than the previous fiscal amid some challenges.
For the third year in a row, the renewable sector added more new capacity than conventional energy sector and the clean energy sector now accounts for close to one-fourth of the total installed energy capacity in the country.
The total capacity addition of conventional and renewable segments stood at 15,776 MW in 2019-20 when compared with 14,204 MW in 2018-19.
For 2019-20, the conventional sector (including coal-fired and hydro categories) added a new capacity of 7,065 MW, up 25 per cent from 5,672 MW in 2018-19.
