Indian power sector adds more new capacity in FY20 vis-à-vis FY19

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.