Gujarat has emerged as a major contributor to India’s renewable vitality panorama, accounting for 15% of the nation’s whole put in renewable capability, state Energy Minister Kanu Desai introduced throughout the Legislative Meeting session. He revealed that Gujarat’s renewable vitality capability stands at 32,924 MW, whereas India’s whole is 2,14,677 MW.
Highlighting the state’s achievements, Desai famous that photo voltaic rooftop methods have been deployed in over 3 lakh properties beneath the PM Surya Ghar Yojana, representing 40% of the nationwide determine. Moreover, beneath the ‘Surya Gujarat Yojana’, 5.21 lakh households are producing 2,073 MW of solar energy via rooftop installations.
Within the wind vitality section, Gujarat’s contribution is noteworthy, with 12,584 MW of put in capability—26% of India’s whole wind energy output. The state additionally hosts 18,125 MW of solar energy capability, making up 18% of the nationwide whole.
To additional promote photo voltaic adoption, the federal government has earmarked ₹100 crore to subsidize metering and connectivity prices—providing ₹2,950 per connection for rooftop photo voltaic methods as much as 6 kW.
Desai additionally highlighted reduction measures in electrical energy billing. In March 2024, a gas cost discount of fifty paise per unit benefited 1.5 crore shoppers, adopted by one other 40 paise lower in December. General, state-run energy firms have prolonged over ₹2,000 crore in billing reduction to residents.
