Solar photovoltaic installations in India have crossed 1 gigawatt mark. The country has targeted 20 GW by the year 2020.
As at the end of June, India had grid interactive solar Photovoltaic installed capacity of 1,030.66 MW. Most of the capacities have come in Gujarat. In addition, India has 85.21 MW of off-grid solar PV systems, counting only those that are higher than 1 kW.
According to the Hindu Business Online, renewable energy in India crossed another milestone in the first quarter of the current year — total grid interactive renewable energy installations crossed 25,000 MW.