India added over 5,400MW of wind energy capacity in fiscal year 2016-17, surpassing its own target of 4,000MW.
The leading States in the wind power capacity addition during 2016-17 are Andhra Pradesh 2190MW, followed by Gujarat 1275MW and Karnataka 882MW. In addition Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra ,Telangana and Kerala have reported 357MW, 288MW, 262MW, 118MW , 23MW and 8MW wind power capacity addition respectively during 2016-17.