Addition of 1,964.76 mw in the first sevenmonths of the current fiscal has taken the total solar power generation capacity in the country to 8,727.62 mw, Parliament was informed on Thursday. “As on October 31, 2016, Solar Energy Projects with an aggregate capacity of over 8727.62 mw have been installed in the country,” Energy Minister Piyush Goyal said in lok Sabha.
In another reply, the Minister stated that 1,964.76 MW of solar power generation capacity has been added in the country till October end of this financial year. During last fiscal, 3,018.88 mw of solar power generation capacity was added in the country. Goyal said the World Bank has recently approved a total amount of $625 million consisting of World Bank loan of $500 million, Clean Technology Fund loan of $120 mn and a CTF grant of $5 million for grid- connected rooftop solar programme.