India
plans
to
add
29.8GW
of
renewable
capacity
in
the
next
five
years
–
more
than
double
the
12.4GW
it
targeted
for
the
2007-2011
period.
This
would
take
the
country’s
total
clean-energy
capacity
to
53GW
in
2017,
from
the
23.2GW
currently
in
place.
The
targets
are
part
of
India’s
12th
Five-Year
Plan
for
its
economy,
which
runs
between
2012
and
2017.
The
country
wants
to
install
15GW
of
wind
power,
2.1GW
of
small
hydropower,
10GW
of
solar
and
2.7GW
of
bioenergy,
Minister
of
New
and
Renewable
Energy
(MNRE)
Farooq
Abdullah
says.
The
government
does
not
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