In the first half of 2019, solar power technology had the largest contribution towards the new power generation capacity added in India.
Of the 7.8 gigawatts of new capacity added between January and June 2019, 3.5 gigawatts came in the form of solar power projects.
India added a total of 7.8 gigawatts of power generation capacity in the first half (H1) of 2019. This is a sharp jump of 59% compared to the capacity added in H2 2018.
However, compared to H1 2018, the capacity addition is down 39%. Though, the share of individual technologies is relatively the same.
At the end of June 2019, India’s installed power capacity stood at 358.9 gigawatts.
However at the renewable energy front India managed to add 3.5 gigawatts of grid-connected solar power capacity during the six months ending June 2019.
This is a marginal increase from the 3-gigawatt capacity added in H2 2018, but significantly lower than the all-time high of 6 gigawatts added in H1 2018.
In the wind power sector, 1.2 gigawatts of capacity was added, which constituted a share of 16% in the total capacity added in H1 2019.
The capacity added increased marginally from 0.8 gigawatts in H2 2018, which was one of the lowest totals in a 6-month period.
At the end of June 2019, all renewable energy technologies had a total installed capacity of nearly 80.5 gigawatts, with a share of 22.4% in the total installed capacity.
Reference- Clean Technica, Indian Government website