 "Renewable Energy")
Tamil Nadu has overtaken Karnataka to become India's top renewable power generating state in FY20 (till October).
Of the total renewable power generation in the country, nearly 17.2 per cent was from Tamil Nadu. According to Central Electricity Authority (CEA) data in 2019-20 (upto October) 85,774.92 million units (MU) of power was generated through renewable energy, of which 14,771.69 MU was generated by Tamil Nadu followed by Karnataka (14,730.08 MU), Gujarat (10,505.54), Andhra Pradesh (9,638.70), Maharashtra (8,942.55) and Telangana (3794.99 ).
Wind was the major source of renewable energy in the state. Of the total generation, 11,614.85 MU came from
