Annual power generation from renewable sources — small hydro, wind, and solar — rose by 26.6% in 2022-23 over the previous fiscal in Kerala, according to an annual report on the State’s power system published by the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB).
Total generation from the three renewable energy (RE) sources went up from 1,713.30 million units (mu) in 2021-22 to 2,169.06 mu in 2022-23, the Power System Statistics Report for 2022-23 says.
Renewable energy generation from non-solar sources (small hydro and wind) increased from 1,208.60 mu to 1,312.43 mu. This includes the annual output from 26 small hydro stations run by the KSEB, two captive power plants (CPP), nine independent power plants (IPP) in the small hydro sector, and wind generation by the KSEB and IPPs.