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India to have flexible renewable capacity addition, says minister

R K Singh, minister of power and new & renewable energy, said on Tuesday that India would move away from stringent source-based capacity

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R K Singh

Shreya Jai New Delhi
With the government halfway through its ambitious target of adding 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022, R K Singh, minister of power and new & renewable energy, said on Tuesday that India would move away from stringent source-based capacity.

BJP-led government, in its first term in 2014, announced a target of 175 GW with 100 GW solar power, 60 GW wind and the remainder from small hydro and other clean sources. India’s renewable capacity currently stands at 79 GW with 35 GW wind and 26 GW solar.

“We are flexible about energy mix targets. We are not saying 100 GW