Gujarat has highest number of Solar Rooftop Installations
Gujarat has topped solar roof top plants across the country. The state government has taken up dedicated schemes in order to achieve renewable power goals.
Highlights
There are more than 50,915 rooftop solar plants set up in the state today. The state government has adopted the scheme called “Surya Gujarat” in order increase the use of solar energy at domestic level. The scheme aimed to cover more than 8 lakh domestic consumers by 2022. It had also provided 40% subsidy to projects with capacity between 3 KWhr and 10 KWhr.
After Gujarat, Maharashtra topped with solar rooftop power plant installation with more than 5,513 installations.
The above information was provided by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy as written reply in the Parliament.
Significance
It is important for India to reduce its dependence on oil. This shall be achieved by increasing solar power consumption.
The current solar power capacity of India as of January 2020 is 34.045 GW. India had set target of reaching 20 GW by 2022. As the target was achieved earlier, India increased its target to 100 GW by 2022. This includes 40 GW of rooftop solar power as well.
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Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020