Thursday, April 3, 2014

Indian state Madhya Pradesh targets 1.4 GW of solar power by 2015 S R Mohanty IAS Officer

The government of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh announced this week its plans to install 1,200 MW of solar power by the middle of 2015, putting the state’s solar energy capacity at 1.4 GW.

Currently, Madhya Pradesh has 202 MW of installed PV power, but S R Mohanty, the state’s principal secretary, announced at an event at the Gujarat Chambers of Commerce and Industry the government’s intentions to build upon its recent solar expansion.


Mohanty revealed that the state’s PV capacity stood at just 2 MW in April 2012, and will reach 220 MW by the end of 2013.


"In the second quarter of 2013, 191 MW of solar capacity was added in India, of which 145 MW was added in Madhya Pradesh, which is almost 80%," said Mohant

Read more: http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/indian-state-madhya-pradesh-targets-14-gw-of-solar-power-by-2015_100013239/#ixzz2xnuIrkVw

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