Rooftop solar keeps India’s renewable sector chugging along
CHENNAI: The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns in 2020-21 year may have left a dent in the renewable energy sector, but a last-quarter bounce-back led by a sharp rise in demand for roof-top solar installations has helped the country’s energy mix lean further away from fossil-fuel driven sources.
According to data from clean energy think-tank Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), out of the 12.1 GW of power generation capacity added in India in financial year 2020-21, renewables alone constituted 7.7 GW 64 per cent.
