Other Renewable Energy
Renewable energy in India is a sector that is still in its infancy.
As of December 2011, India had an installed capacity of about 22.4 GW of renewal technologies-based electricity, about 12% of its total. For context, the total installed capacity for electricity in Switzerland was about 18 GW in 2009. The table below provides the capacity breakdown by various technologies.
| Type | Technology | Installed capacity (in MW) |
|---|---|---|
| Grid connected power | ||
| Wind | 17644 | |
| Small hydro | 3411 | |
| Biomass | 1182 | |
| Bagasse Cogeneration | 2046 | |
| Waste-to-Energy (WtE) | 93 | |
| Solar | 1030 | |
| Off-grid, captive power | ||
| Waste to Energy-Urban | 105 | |
| Biomass non-bagasse cogen | 391 | |
| Biomass Gasifiers - Rural | 16 | |
| Biomass Gasifiers - Industrial | 136 | |
| SPV Systems (>1 kW) | 85 | |
| Aerogen/Hybrids | 1.74 |
As of August 2011, India had deployed renewal energy to provide electricity in 8846 remote villages, installed 4.4 million family biogas plants, 1800 microhydel units and 4.7 million square meters of solar water heating capacity. India anticipates to add another 3.6 GW of renewal energy installed capacity by December 2012.
India plans to add about 30 GW of installed electricity generation capacity based on renewal energy technologies, by 2017.
Renewable energy projects in India are regulated and championed by the central government's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
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