A total of 74.79 GW of renewable energy capacity has been installed in the country as on 31/12/2018 which includes 25.21 GW from Solar, 35.14 GW from Wind, 9.92 GW from Bio power and 4.52 GW from Small Hydro Power.
Government has released an amount of Rs. 3584.08crore in the form of Central Financial Assistance (CFA) during 2018-19 (up to 5/2/2019) under various renewable energy schemes /programmes of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in the country. The state-wise details of CFA released are given in Annexure-II.
Above information was given by Minister of State (I/C) for New and Renewable Energy and Power R. K Singh in Rajya Sabha recently.
Annexure-II
‘Installed capacity of various renewable modes of energy’
Statement showing state-wise amount provided as Central Financial Assistance (CFA) for the promotion of various renewable energy schemes during 2018-19(as on 5/2/2019)
| S No. | State / UT Name | Total Amount released during 2018-19 (in lakhs) |
| 1 | MAHARASHTRA | 9867.34 |
| 2 | TELANGANA | 9895.53 |
| 3 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR | 7141.85 |
| 4 | PUNJAB | 2598.15 |
| 5 | RAJASTHAN | 5108.98 |
| 6 | KERALA | 658.47 |
| 7 | Unknown | 55.58 |
| 8 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 493.56 |
| 9 | MEGHALAYA | 38.22 |
| 10 | UTTARAKHAND | 9.02 |
| 11 | WEST BENGAL | 426 |
| 12 | GUJARAT | 27769 |
| 13 | HARYANA | 1644.87 |
| 14 | ODISHA | 47 |
| 15 | TAMIL NADU | 5280.72 |
| 16 | CHANDIGARH | 1875.56 |
| 17 | CENTRAL AGENCY | 232153.09 |
| 18 | JHARKHAND | 99.18 |
| 19 | UTTAR PRADESH | 3432.21 |
| 20 | KARNATAKA | 8512.43 |
| 21 | CHHATTISGARH | 9526.4 |
| 22 | DELHI | 2318.05 |
| 23 | ANDHRA PRADESH | 13023.19 |
| 24 | ASSAM | 19.76 |
| 25 | BIHAR | 525.94 |
| 26 | HIMACHAL PRADESH | 8382.48 |
| 27 | PUDUCHERRY | 10.41 |
| 28 | MADHYA PRADESH | 7495.56 |
| Total : | 358408.54 |