London, UK-based global energy think tank Ember launched India state RES target and progress tracker, early last year. The data tool tracks the monthly progress of Indian states and union territories against their 2022 renewable energy targets, using archive records of state-wide installed renewable energy capacity data from India’s Ministry of...
Renewable Energy Production Surges in India
For the first time, India added more production capacity from renewable energy in a year than from conventional sources such as coal. Between April 2017 and March 2018, the country added 11,788 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy capacity. That’s more than double the 5,400 MW of capacity addition in the thermal...
India To Auction 100 GW of Green Energy Contracts
India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy announced that it will award a 100 gigawatts (GW) of solar and wind contracts by March 2020. 77 GW of the total will be awarded for solar power projects. Having set a target of 175 GW of clean energy capacity by March 2022,...
India Installs 2.1 Gigawatts of Renewable Energy from April-December 2014
India's Ministry of New & Renewable Energy says that between the months of April and December 2014 India has connected to the grid 2,100 MW of renewable power capacity. Most of the newly-installed capacity comes from wind farms. SeeNews reports that India has also installed 431 MW of grid-connected solar...