India’s renewable energy installed capacity has surpassed 62 gigawatt (GW) mark as on November 30, 2017. The country's renewable energy capacity stood at 62.05 GW, which comprises 32.75 GW of wind energy, 16.61 GW of solar power, 8.29 GW of bio-power and 4.40 GW of small hydro power (up to 25 MW). The government has already up-scaled the target of renewable energy capacity to 175 GW by the year 2022 which includes 100 GW from solar, 60 GW from wind, 10 GW from bio-power and 5 GW from small hydro-power.
Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister RK Singh has said that the power generated from these sources is fed into the grid and then utilised by distribution companies to provide the same to consumers. He also said that tidal energy cannot be presently harnessed on commercial basis due to high capital cost ranging from Rs 30 crore to 60 crore per megawatt (MW). He indicated that solar, wind and thermal power cost around Rs 6 crore per MW for creating new capacities as per industry information. He also pointed out that there is an estimated potential of about 8000 MW of tidal energy with 7000 MW in the Gulf of Kambhat, 1200 MW in the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat, and about 100 MW in the Gangetic delta in Sunderbans in West Bengal.
The minister further highlighted that the peak power supply deficit in April-November 2017 was 2 percent in the country as 160.75 billion units (BU) was supplied against the peak demand of 164.06 BU. Similarly, he informed that energy deficit was recorded at 0.7 percent in April-November this fiscal as 809.49 BU was supplied against the demand of 815.34 BU. According to the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) 2017 Load Generation Balance Report, India would become power surplus nation. It said that all India power supply position indicates that the India is expecting a power surplus of 8.8 percent and peak surplus of 6.8 percent in the country during 2017-18.
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