India Adds 23 GW Renewable Capacity in Five Months, Halfway to 2030 Target: Pralhad Joshi

India has made significant strides in its clean energy transition, adding 23 GW of renewable capacity in just the first five months of the current financial year. This was revealed by the Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi while speaking at the ‘FT Live Energy Transition Summit India’ in New Delhi.

Joshi said that this rapid growth demonstrates India’s ability to achieve in a few months what many nations struggle to accomplish over years. With these additions, the country’s installed non-fossil fuel capacity now stands at 252 GW, surpassing the halfway mark of the 500 GW renewable energy target set for 2030.

The minister also noted that half of India’s total power capacity now comes from non-fossil sources, a milestone achieved five years ahead of schedule, fulfilling commitments under the Paris Climate Agreement. He highlighted that India is the only G20 nation to have met its 2030 climate goals as early as 2021.

On the solar push, Joshi said that the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana has already solarised 20 lakh homes, targeting 1 crore households and expected to add 30 GW rooftop solar capacity. “The beneficiaries under this programme are larger than the populations of Austria, Switzerland, Israel, or Singapore,” he noted.

India’s renewable manufacturing ecosystem has also grown rapidly. Between March 2024 and March 2025, the country’s solar module manufacturing capacity doubled to 100 GW, while PV cell manufacturing tripled from 9 GW to 25 GW, currently reaching 27 GW.

Joshi credited bold government initiatives, such as production-linked incentives (PLI), competitive bidding, and regulatory reforms, for driving this transformation across solar, wind, and emerging green hydrogen projects.