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GlobalData says this growth will require massive investment in offshore wind and solar photovoltaic capacity

Chief Engineer at the country’s Federal Power Ministry, Ghanshyam Prasad, said coal capacity is likely to reach 238GW by 2022

The country aims to expand its clean energy capacity to make up around 20% of its total electricity mix

By this time, clean power is set to make up the second largest proportion of the mix, following behind only thermal generation

This is significantly above clean energy’s share of the power mix over the same period last year, when it totalled 40.6% of generation

The latest auction will support up to 6GW of new renewable energy, enough to power around 350,000 homes each year

The International Energy Association warns more capacity needs to be added each year if international climate goals are to be met

The government now hopes to install 1.5GW of new solar capacity by the end of 2019

That’s according to the latest statistical release from BEIS, which shows this equated to a 15% rise in generation

The Global Wind Energy Council expects the majority of this growth to be driven by increasing investment in offshore wind and emerging markets