The information was provided by RK Singh, Union Minister of State for New & Renewable Energy, and Power, in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha. The minister revealed that the cumulative installed capacity of wind power (as on 31.10.2019) in the country is 37,090.03 MW. Further adding that, so far, bids for 15,100 MW of wind power projects have been issued, out of which projects of 12,162.50 MW capacity have been awarded.
In
his response, the minister also provided information about the
installed wind energy capacity in the country and its statewide
distribution.
As seen from the table, Tamil Nadu with 9231.77 MW of
installed wind capacity is well ahead of the rest and second positioned
Gujarat which has 7203.77 MW of wind generation capacity. After the top
two states, there are a host of third-tier states which have installed
capacity in the range of 4000 MW and 5000 MW.
The first in this
is Maharashtra with 4794.13 MW of installed capacity, followed close by
Karnataka with 4753.40 MW of installed solar capacity. Behind these two
are Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh with 4299.72 and 4092.45 MW of
installed wind capacity.
Behind all these states is Madhya
Pradesh with 2519.89 MW installed generational capacity which closes out
the Top 7 in the country. The rest of the states combined have a wind
generational capacity of 194.9 MW (Telangana holds 128.10 MW capacity
out of this).
In a recent response to a question raised in the
other house of the parliament, the New and Renewable Energy minister had
revealed that as on October 31, 2019, the total grid-connected solar
power generation capacity of the country now stood at 31,696 MW.
Additionally,
the Minister had also pointed out that solar projects worth 17,998 MW
capacity are at various stages of installations and that tenders for
36,278 MW capacity projects have been already issued. Additionally, the
ministry also informed that new tenders of around 15,000 MW are planned
in the remaining period of 2019-20 and 2020-21 and that with all these
developments the country is on course for achieving its 100 GW solar
target.