India will continue its push for more large-scale solar and wind power as it ramps up renewable energy this year; it also may offer incentives for large hydroelectric dam projects. Today, renewable energy accounts for 14.7 percent of the country's installed capacity, most of which has been in the shape of large, grid-connected projects, according to government figures. The country wants to increase that to 40 percent by 2030. New guidelines for the wind power sector announced in October have introduced solar-style reverse auctions in the wind power space, and a first batch of interstate grid-connected projects totaling 1,000 megawatts is to be awarded in 2017.
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