Gujarat has won the award for maximum wind power installed capacity
- Gujarat won the “1st-rank” award at an event organised under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).
- The event was held to commemorate Global Wind Day on 15 June 2024.
- The event had a central theme of “Pawan–Urja: Powering the Future of India”.
- Gujarat had 11,823 MW of installed wind power capacity at the end of May 2024.
- Tamil Nadu had 10743 MW and Karnataka is ranked third with 6312 MW.
- Gujarat is second to Rajasthan (22,180 MW) in solar power with an installed solar power capacity of 14182 MW.
- Renewable energy capacity of Gujarat was highest among all states at the end of May 2024. It stood at 28200 MW.
