India is on track to achieve its target of having 50% of its installed power generation capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030, said the country's power minister.

As of October 31 this year, India's installed power generation capacity from non-fossil fuel sources stood at about 186 GW, accounting for 44% of its total installed capacity. Of this total, 179 GW was renewable energy and 7 GW was nuclear power.

In addition, 114.08 GW of capacity is under implementation and 55 GW of capacity is under tendering, the country's Power and Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh told Parliament on December 5.

India has used about 50% of its renewable energy development funds in the first 10 months of this year, the minister said.

India's installed renewable energy capacity is growing at a rate second only to China among major countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

The country also voiced support for tripling renewable energy by 2030, but did not support the overall pledge made by about 118 governments at the ongoing COP28 climate summit.

(Writing by yan.sun  Editing by Emma Yang)
For any questions, please contact us by inquiry@fwenergy.com or +86-351-7219322.

Share this article

Connect with us