Indian Government has accorded very high priority to develop and expand installed capacity base through non-conventional sources of electricity generation. There is a separate Ministry in the Government of India to exclusively focus on this important area of power generation.
| Potential | Existing capacity | |
Wind | 45,000 | 1870 MW |
Small Hydro (upto 25 MW) | 15,000 | 1406MW |
Solar (PV) | 20 MW/Sq.Km | 2490KW |
Bio power (woody biomass/cogeneration) | 57,000MW | 542.8 MW |
Urban/Industrial waste based plant | 5000 MW | 43.45MW |
excerpts from the : Keynote Address in Global Energy Dialogue at Hanover (Germany) on April 25, 2006
The aggregated potential of the renewable energy resources is about 1,30, 000 MW.
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