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Green power is driving the growth in India's electricity generation as total installed solar capacity, including rooftop and offgrid projects, has crossed 10 giga watts (GW), latest government and market data show.

Generation from conventional sources showed an annual growth rate of over 5% in the 11-month period of 2016-2017 financial year, while output from renewable power projects rose more than 26% during this period. Together, the total growth in generation is in excess of 6% from a year-ago period, latest government data shows.

Power Ministry officials say the net growth figure will be higher as generation data from renewable power projects comes with a time lag, and therefore, does not reflect in the Central Electricity Authority's latest report.

The officials said the total generation this February showed marginal decline than the year-ago period on account of 2016 being a leap year. Since February 2016 had 29 days as against 28 days in the month this year, it had an additional day's generation.

A day's extra generation in February 2016 affected the February 2017 figure by 3.57%. Had February 2017 also had one extra day, the increase in electricity generation from conventional sources would have been 3.52%, the officials said.

Source: TOI