The
country
will
need
investment
of
1.5tn
rupees
($33.6bn)
to
pay
for
the
expansion
as
part
of
its
12th
Five-Year
Economic
Plan,
Deepak
Gupta
is
quoted
by
Reuters
telling
an
industry
conference
in
New
Delhi.
India’s
existing
renewable
generation
comes
to
20GW,
accounting
for
11%
of
the
country’s
total
capacity,
Gupta
adds.
But
the
country
needs
to
almost
double
this
as
part
of
a
100GW
expansion
of
overall
capacity
to
keep
up
with
economic
growth
and
address
security
of
supply
issues.
Gupta,
Secretary
at
India’s
Ministry
of
New
and
Renewable
Energy,
says
he
expects…
