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Solar crosses 20 GW; Contributes to more than 75% of all new renewable energy installations in 2017-18

As per the data published by MNRE, Solar installations in the country crossed 20 GW. The total grid connected solar installations stood at 20.6 GW whereas the rooftop capacity crossed the 1 GW mark and stood at 1.063 GW as of 31 March 2018. Almost 10 GW of solar capacity was added during 2017-18, which […]

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India Solar – Rajasthan Overtakes Gujarat in terms of Installed Capacity ; Both States Cross 1 GW Mark

As per the latest statistics released by MNRE, India’s total grid connected solar generation capacity stood at 3883.5 MW(as of 29 May 2015). Seven states had more than 100 MW installed capacity and about 53% of the installed capacity came under state schemes whereas 32% came from MNRE projects and the remaining through the REC route.

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India added 1.1 GW solar capacity during the 2014-15 Financial Year – MNRE

According to the latest statistics released by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, a total of 1104 MW of solar power projects were commissioned during the period April 2014 to March 2015. A total of 14 states added solar power generation capacity, and the state of Rajasthan(229 MW) had the highest installed capacity during

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India – Grid connected Solar capacity crosses 3 GW ; 886 MW added in 2014

According to the latest numbers released by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE), the total grid-connected renewable energy capacity stood at 33,792 MW(as of 31 December 2014), out of which 9.1% was contributed by solar. The installed capacity of wind and solar were 22,465 MW and 3,063 MW respectively. During the calender year 2014,

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India added 105.7 MW solar capacity during April to July 2014 – MNRE

The latest data released by the MNRE shows that the first 4 months of the Financial year saw only a marginal increase in the solar installed capacity. The total installed capacity stood at 2737.6 MW as of 11 August 2014 as against  2631.9 MW on 31 March 2014. The bulk of the capacity addition came

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No Solar Capacity Addition in April and May 2014 – MNRE

The first two months of the first Quarter of the financial year 2014-15 have been very quite. According to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE), only 130 MW of new grid-connected renewable energy projects were commissioned in India during April and May 2014. Incidentally, all of the capacity added was in the wind sector,

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India’s renewable energy capacity increases drastically in Q4 of 2013-14 : MNRE

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE) has released the renewable energy installation capacity as of 31.03.2014, the end of the financial year(FY) 2013-14. Some of the highlights are a. 3.639 GW of grid-connected renewable energy capacity was added in the FY 2013-14. The cumulative RE capacity stood at 31,707 MW at the end of

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Solar – India adds 453 MW in Q4 of FY 2013-14; Total addition in FY 2013-14 : 948 MW

MNRE today released the total solar installed capacity in the country – the number stood at 2631.9 MW as of 31 March 2013. That represents an increase of 948 MW from the previous financial year(FY). The growth trajectory for the past years can be seen below.  Earlier in January 2014, when MNRE had previously published

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India Wind – Gujarat leads in capacity addition in 2013-14, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh follow

According to the updates released by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, the total wind capacity in India stood at 20,226 MW. A total of 1,175 MW of wind capacity was added during the first 10 months of the FY 2013-14 till January 2014. Gujarat added 362 MW, followed by Maharashtra with 297 MW

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Rajasthan Solar – Total Installed capacity reaches 670.5 MW as of 31.12.2013

A total of 117.75 MW of Solar energy generating capacity was added in Rajasthan during the period during the fiscal year 2013-14 till December 2013. RRECL has released the latest numbers after its earlier update 6 months back. (More details here). The capacity addition trend during the past 4 years is given below. These projects are

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