Annual Report 2021-22, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

This report was published by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India on December 14, 2022. It presents the status of various ongoing and upcoming schemes for the year 2021 in the renewable energy (RE) sector.The report states that 2021 was a landmark year for the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy as the nation crossed the target of ensuring that 40 per cent of its installed energy capacity is from non-fossil sources. This target was met nine years before the deadline proposed during the Paris Agreement.  In terms of installed RE capacity, India presently stands at the fourth position in the world. The report discusses the second phase of National Solar Mission (NSM) and other sources of renewable energy such as wind, wind-solar hybrid, small hybrid, waste to energy and off grid renewables.  This 152-page document is divided into 13 chapters: Overview - A Year of Notable Milestones (Chapter 1); Introduction (Chapter 2); National Solar Mission (Chapter 3); Power from other Renewables (Chapter 4); Renewable Energy for Rural Applications (Chapter 5); MNRE Participation in World Expo 2020 at Dubai (Chapter 6); Renewable Energy Research and Technology Development Programme (Chapter 7); Renewable Energy in the North-Eastern Region States (Chapter 8); Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme: ‘National Programme on High Efficiency Solar PV Modules’ (Chapter 9); Specialised Institutions (Chapter 10); Support Programmes (Chapter 11); International Cooperation in Renewable Energy (Chapter 12); Promotion of Official Language – Hindi (Chapter 13).