The government has set a target of additional 30,000 megawatts power from renewable energy for the 12th Five Year Plan.

Giving this information in the Lok Sabha , the Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah said, the contribution of renewable energy based power generation is likely to be in the range of 6 to 8 per cent in the total electricity mix of the country.

Currently, the total installed capacity of renewable energy based power in the country is 26, 267 megawatts.

The Minister said, the government is implementing the Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Mission to promote utilization of solar energy for power generation and other applications in the country.

Elaborating on the plan he said the mission envisages installation of 20,000 megawatts capacities by the year 2022.

A target of 10,000 megawatts has been fixed for the current plan period. He said, so far 1045 megawatts of solar power projects have been installed.