Andhra Pradesh, a main producer of renewable energy (RE), had an installed RE capacity of about 8,723 megawatt (MW) till 30 April 2021, as per the latest data.
The state had installed renewable energy capacity of about 8,646 MW till 31 March 2021.
Of the 8,723 MW capacity installed, wind energy projects took the biggest share with 4,084 MW capacity, followed by solar energy with a capacity of 4,047 MW assigned which was 3,970 MW
till 31 March 2021, as per the latest status report by the state’s nodal agency for execution of RE programmes, New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh.
During 2020-21, the total capacity of solar commissioned mounted at 76.50 MW.
The state assigned a total of 103 MW capacity till 30 April 2021 in small hydro projects, while biomass, biomass energy co-generation, and bagasse projects contributed a total of 443 MW to the state’s renewable energy capacity. The share of municipal solid waste and industrial waste capacity stood at 47 MW till 30 April 2021.
It further joined that the total renewable energy capacity commissioned up to 2020-21 in the state was 8,646 MW.
In July 2020, the state government had declared its renewable energy export policy applicable on solar, wind, and wind-solar hybrid projects. Under this, the state was made capable to utilise potential land for establishing projects to export power to other states and in return, attract investments and generate revenue.
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