Shimla, April 26 -- Over the past three years, Himachal Pradesh has made significant progress in small hydropower development, with seven projects of 17.25 MW made operational and 12 projects of 23.80 MW completed, while 18 projects with a capacity of 47.90 MW have been forwarded for approval.

Informing this, an official spokesperson said on Sunday, that additionally, five projects with a capacity of 12.65 MW have received technical clearance, supplementary implementation agreements have been signed for seven projects of 25.7 MW, and around 76 new applications involving 75 MW capacity are currently under process,In the solar energy sector, the state government has decided to establish five solar parks with a total capacity of 501 MW, along...