Last Updated: 04 Oct 2023
Delhi is the only state to shut down all of its thermal power plants.
-- Delhi's renewable fuel usage for electricity is at 33%
-- Target of installing 6,000 MW of solar capacity by 2025
-- Delhi Government Aims to Generate 25% of Electricity Demand Through Solar Energy by 2025[2]
-- The new Solar policy has set a target of installing solar infrastructure with a capacity of 6,000 MW, including 750 MW of rooftop solar, by 2025[2:1]
| Type | Installed Capacity of Renewable Energy*[5] | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Solar Generation | 244 MW | 6864 solar plants installed |
| Waste to Energy | 56 MW | Timarpur-Okhla (20 MW) Ghazipur (12 MW) Narela-Bawana (24 MW) Tehkhand |
| Total | 300 MW |
*Till 30.09.2022
References:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/using-renewable-sources-delhi-to-add-6-000mw-in-3-years-sisodia-101675967529297.html ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
https://solarquarter.com/2023/03/23/delhi-government-aims-to-generate-25-of-electricity-demand-through-solar-energy-by-2025/ ↩︎ ↩︎
https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/in-a-first-delhi-to-buy-350mw-power-from-wind-farms/story-LgUNAEWqNNreRl9QwOlUkN.html ↩︎ ↩︎
https://www.c40.org/wp-content/static/other_uploads/images/2495_DelhiSolarPolicy.original.pdf?1577986979 ↩︎
https://delhiplanning.delhi.gov.in/sites/default/files/Planning/ch._11_energy_0.pdf ↩︎
https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/total-primary-energy-demand-in-india-2000-2020 ↩︎
