Government has fixed an ambitious target of installing 60 giga watt (GW) wind power capacity in the country by 2022. <br/><br/>Replying to supplementaries in Lok Sabha today, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said the current wind power installed capacity in the country is over 32.5 GW. <br/><br/>The Minister said till 2016-17 the wind power was being procured through Feed in Tariff determined by respective State Electricity Regulators. <br/><br/>He said annual wind power capacity addition of around 5500 megawatt is required to meet wind capacity target of 60 GW by 2022. Mr Goyal said informed the House that tenders would be called at appropriate time at both Central and State level to achieve the wind capacity targets.
News On AIR | August 10, 2017 1:35 PM
Govt fixes target of installing 60 giga watt wind power capacity by 2022