India ranked third globally in RE capacity | India News
New Delhi: India ranks third globally in renewable energy installed capacity, overtaking Brazil in global rankings, Union Minister Prahlad Joshi said on Wednesday.The new and renewable energy minister said India will add a record 55.3 GW of non-fossil power capacity in 2025-26, taking the total to 283.5 GW. “This is the highest increase in any year,” he said. Distributed renewable energy — rooftop solar installations and solar pumps for irrigation — emerged as a significant component of growth, with 7.6 GW added under the PM KUSUM project and 8.7 GW coming from rooftop solar plants.Addressing a press conference, Joshi said India will reach its peak renewable energy share in power generation in July 2025, when green sources — solar, wind, hydro and nuclear — will meet 51.5% of the total power demand of 203 GW. In the current scenario, with conflict in West Asia disrupting fossil fuel supplies, government action has helped reduce dependence on oil imports.“We have achieved almost 100% electrification of railways, sales of EVs have increased and daytime charging costs are very low. Use of solar power with battery storage in households is increasing. We are in talks with DPIIT (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) to develop suitable vessels to increase use of induction stoves.”He acknowledged several instances of grid operators curtailing output from wind and solar farms, preventing them from producing at full capacity. “Our transmission system is mainly built for thermal-based power and is taking time to adjust. The delayed transmission line work is being expedited and is expected to be completed by June, after which there will be no problem of cutting,” he said.
