TELANGANA RENEWABLE ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY IS 6159 MW: MIN

Telangana Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy informed the Assembly that the state’s Renewable Energy installed capacity currently stood at 6159 MW as on January 31, 2023.

Replying to questions raised by the members of the House during the question hour, Reddy said the state Government was giving top Priority to increase the utilization of Renewable Energy resources like solar, wind and waste to energy. Stating that the State Solar Power policy is innovative, the Minister said distributed solar tender, online application, tracking for solar rooftops connections, provision of availing net metering have helped to make the State a pioneer in Renewable Energy Capacity additions.

Reddy said, the State has been actively encouraging Rooftop Solar addition through a transparent and user friendly application process enabled by online tracking and monitoring of applications. This has helped TSDISCOMs to achieve 287 MW of solar rooftop capacity. He said, the quantum of solar and wind power generated in the state during the last seven years as on January 31, 2023, Solar Power-5748, Wind Power-128 MW. About 2500 MW of Renewable Energy Projects (Solar-Power) will be commissioned in the next two years, the Minister added.

Source: PTI