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India Adds Record 30 GW of Clean Energy as Coal Supplies 75% of Electricity

Land acquisition challenges are delaying integration of expanding renewable capacity into India’s electricity grid

FILE - Workers of Solar Square place a panel on the rooftop of a residence in Gurugram on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Feb. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)
FILE - Employees work on a wind turbine blade at the Adani New Industries Limited in the port town of Mundra in Western India's Gujarat state, India, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
FILE - A man walks near wind turbines, an Adani Group project, near Sadla village in Surendranagar district of Gujarat state, India, March 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)
FILE - Workers of Solar Square carry a panel on the rooftop of a residence in Gurugram on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Feb. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Overview

  • Between April 2024 and April 2025, India installed a historic 30 GW of solar, wind and other clean power, enough to power nearly 18 million homes.
  • Coal’s share of installed capacity has fallen from 60% to below 50% over the past 11 years even as it continues to generate three-quarters of the country’s electricity.
  • Falling solar panel and battery costs have driven a 30-fold increase in solar capacity since 2015, making renewables the cheapest new power source.
  • Almost 170 GW of renewable projects are in the development pipeline, keeping India on track for its 500 GW clean energy goal by 2030.
  • Insufficient transmission infrastructure and energy storage shortfalls also threaten to slow the pace of India’s clean energy expansion.