Installed solar power capacity reaches 5,000 MW
The installed solar power capacity in India reached 5,000 MW in January and will reach 18,000 MW by 2017-end, Minister of Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal has said. The 3,000 MW mark was crossed in 2014 and 4,000 MW in 2015. Further, the renewable energy capacity will be increased from the current 35 GW to 175 GW by 2022, Goyal added.