India achieves 40% non-fossil capacity in November

India achieved its target of achieving 40% of its installed capacity from non-fossil energy sources in November this year against 2030 as committed in CoP21, an official statement said.

The target was committed at CoP21, as part of the country’s National Determined Contributions.

The country’s installed renewable energy capacity stands at 150.05 Gw while its nuclear energy based installed capacity stands at 6.78 Gw. This brings the total non-fossil based installed electricity capacity to 156.83 Gw, which is 40.1% of the total installed electricity capacity of 390.8 Gw, the statement said.


In line with the Prime Minister’s announcement at the recently concluded CoP26, the government is committed to achieving 500 Gw of installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030, it said.