(ET)
India is set to meet its target of adding 10,000 MW of solar capacity in 2017-18, almost twice that of the increase in 2016-17. The country had added 5,526 MW of solar capacity in the last fiscal, which was itself a record at the time.
“Our cumulative capacity was 19,584 MW in end-February, and we will be crossing 22,000 MW by March 31,” said Anand Kumar, secretary in the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE). The total capacity at the end of 2016-17 was 12,288.8 MW, which means that 7,295 MW had been added till end-February and another 2,700 MW is expected to be commissioned in March. The capacity addition is expected to accelerate further in 2018-19.
