Solar Energy Production in the year 2018-19 was 21.365 Billion Units

Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has reported that the total solar energy production in the year 2018-19 was 21.365 Billion Units (BUs), as on 31.10.2018.

The year-wise details of solar energy production since, 2015 are given as under: –

Government have taken various steps to increase generation of renewable energy. These inter-alia, include the following:

1. Announcement of a target of installing 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by March, 2022;
2.  Declaration of trajectory for Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) up to the year 2021-22;
3.  Fiscal and financial incentives such as Capital Subsidy, Viability gap funding (VGF), accelerated depreciation benefits etc;
4.  Permitting 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) under the automatic route in renewable energy sector;
5.  Guidelines for procurement of solar and wind power through tariff based competitive bidding process;
6.  Waiving of Inter State Transmission System Charges and losses for inter-state sale of solar and wind power for projects to be commissioned up to March, 2022;
7.  Raising funds from bilateral and multilateral finance and development institutions;
8.  Implementation of Green Energy Corridor project to facilitate integration of large scale renewable generation capacity addition.

This was informed by Minister of State (I/C) for New and Renewable Energy and Power Shri R. K Singh in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.