- India’s large hydropower stations for renewables will reach a 41.8% share of the national power mix.
- Wind farms represented 10.4% of the national power generation mix.
India has ended the third quarter with 177.1 GW of operational renewable energy capacity. New statistics show that this includes large hydropower stations for renewables to reach a 41.8 per cent share of the national power mix. Quarterly deployments in the renewables segment rose by 3.7 GW from the second trimester when India had 173.4 GW of installed renewable power plants.
According to data by Mercom’s India solar project tracker and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), solar photovoltaic (PV) parks were responsible for 16.4 per cent of the country’s overall installed power generation capacity and accounted for 39.4 per cent of the renewables capacity. Those shares increased from 15.9 per cent and 38.4 per cent in the preceding quarter, respectively.
Furthermore, wind farms represented 10.4 per cent of the national power generation mix, while large hydropower plants (HPPs) had an 11 per cent share. At the end of September, India had 246.8 GW of conventional power plants generating electricity, which made up 58.2 per cent of all installations. This capacity mainly came from coal-fired plants totalling 207 GW. India has also set a goal of having 500 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030.