Solar Capacity: More than 28 GW Missing from Monitoring Framework
More than 28 GW of solar capacity is not part of the monitoring framework. This capacity is more than entire rooftop solar (including PM Suryaghar Muft Bijli Scheme), off-grid, and KUSUM Comp B combined.
- 17.3 percent of total renewable capacity stay non-monitored
- 16.7 percent of small hydro capacity stay non-monitored
Data gets interesting for the others renewable category, which is -12.5 percent. Installed capacity under the โothersโ category is 856.62 MW, and monitoring capacity is 963.84 MW, which is more than installed capacity.
This underreported capacity has implications on the reported share of renewable electricity generation in the total electricity mix. The actual share may be on the higher side. But this needs a more nuanced approach, as some data for installed capacity also seems to be missing. This would be around 1 GW RTS capacity under PM Suryaghar Scheme. Read here -All 5 month data for Uttar Pradesh reflect ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ > ๐๐๐+๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ โ https://tinyurl.com/2rekrxth).
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