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India's installed non-fossil fuel power capacity reached 300.50 GW as on 31 July 2026, crossing the 300 GW mark for the first time.
This is more than 54% of India's total installed generation capacity of about 552 GW, and over 60% of the 500 GW non-fossil target set for 2030.
Solar leads the non-fossil basket at 164.59 GW, followed by wind at 58.14 GW, hydro at 57.24 GW, bio-power at 11.75 GW and nuclear at 8.78 GW.
India added a record 55.29 GW of non-fossil capacity in 2025-26, including 44.6 GW of solar and 6 GW of wind.
Renewable electricity generation rose to 477.79 billion units in 2025-26, from 190.96 billion units in 2014-15.
| Indicator | 2014 / 2014-15 | 2026 / 2025-26 |
|---|---|---|
| Solar installed capacity | 2.8 GW | 164.59 GW |
| Wind installed capacity | 21 GW | 58.14 GW |
| Renewable electricity generation | 190.96 billion units (2014-15) | 477.79 billion units (2025-26) |
Installed capacity measures what the plants could produce if they ran flat out; generation measures what they actually produced. Solar and wind have low capacity utilisation factors because the sun sets and the wind drops, so a 54% non-fossil share of installed capacity translates into a considerably smaller share of units actually generated. Coal, with a much higher utilisation factor, still supplies the majority of India's electricity even as its share of capacity falls. Every India climate target has to be read for which of the two it uses — the Panchamrit 500 GW pledge and the 50% milestone are capacity targets, not generation targets.
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Installed electricity generation capacity from solar, wind, hydro, bio-power and nuclear sources.
The five climate commitments announced by India at COP26, Glasgow, on 1 November 2021, including 500 GW non-fossil capacity by 2030 and net zero by 2070.
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A unit of electricity generation equal to one billion kilowatt-hours.