Country's grid-interactive green power capacity at 18155 MW

According to a recent report brought out by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy`s (MNRE), the grid-interactive installed generation capacity emanating from various renewable energy sources has reached 18,155 MW, as of September 2010. 

• This total comprises of 12,809 MW of wind power, 2,823 MW of small hydro-based, 2,505 MW of bio-power and 18 MW of solar projects.
• Around 6,560 MW capacity has been added during the 11th Plan, so far, against the five-year target of 12,230 MW. The grid-interactive green power capacity addition during the 9th and 10th Plans stood at 3,497 MW and 6,761 MW, respectively.8Alongside, the cumulative off-grid/distributed renewable power generation capacity in the country was recorded at 456 MW, including 263.1 MW from biomass power plants, 128.2 MW from biomass gasifiers, 60.8 MW from waste-to-energy sources, 2.9 MW from solar photovoltaic power plants and 1.1 MW from aero-generators/hybrid systems.