Installed Capacity of Various Renewable Modes of Energy

A total of 74.79 GW of renewable energy capacity has been installed in the country as on 31/12/2018 which includes 25.21 GW from Solar, 35.14 GW from Wind, 9.92 GW from Bio power and 4.52 GW from Small Hydro Power.

Government has released an amount of Rs. 3584.08crore in the form of Central Financial Assistance (CFA) during 2018-19 (up to 5/2/2019) under various renewable energy schemes /programmes of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in the country. The state-wise details of CFA released are given in Annexure-II.

Above information was given by Minister of State (I/C) for New and Renewable Energy and Power R. K Singh in Rajya Sabha recently.

Annexure-II

Installed capacity of various renewable modes of energy’

Statement showing state-wise amount provided as Central Financial Assistance (CFA) for the promotion of various renewable energy schemes during 2018-19(as on 5/2/2019)

S No. State / UT Name Total Amount released during 2018-19 (in lakhs)
1 MAHARASHTRA 9867.34
2 TELANGANA 9895.53
3 JAMMU AND KASHMIR 7141.85
4 PUNJAB 2598.15
5 RAJASTHAN 5108.98
6 KERALA 658.47
7 Unknown 55.58
8 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 493.56
9 MEGHALAYA 38.22
10 UTTARAKHAND 9.02
11 WEST BENGAL 426
12 GUJARAT 27769
13 HARYANA 1644.87
14 ODISHA 47
15 TAMIL NADU 5280.72
16 CHANDIGARH 1875.56
17 CENTRAL AGENCY 232153.09
18 JHARKHAND 99.18
19 UTTAR PRADESH 3432.21
20 KARNATAKA 8512.43
21 CHHATTISGARH 9526.4
22 DELHI 2318.05
23 ANDHRA PRADESH 13023.19
24 ASSAM 19.76
25 BIHAR 525.94
26 HIMACHAL PRADESH 8382.48
27 PUDUCHERRY 10.41
28 MADHYA PRADESH 7495.56
Total : 358408.54