INDUSTRY
India adds a record 113% high 30 gw of renewable energy in 2024
- IBJ Bureau
- Jan 12, 2025
India logged a record-high renewable energy capacity addition of about 30 gw in 2024, 113 per cent higher than 13.75 gw recorded in 2023, according to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy data.
This assumes significance in view of India’s ambitious plan to have 500 gw of renewable energy capacity in the country by 2030.
India needs to add an average of 50 gw of renewable energy capacity per annum over the next six years to achieve its target.
“Exponential growth from 13.75 gw in 2023 to around 30 GW in 2024, resulting in achieving nearly 218 gw now underscores India’s growing commitment to clean energy and its progress in building a greener future,” New and Renewable Energy Minister Pralhad Joshi said in a post on the X.
According to the ministry’s data, India had 35.84 gw of renewable energy capacity as of March 31, 2014.
Since 2014-15, when the NDA government took the reins at the Centre, India had recorded the highest renewable capacity addition of 18.48 gw in 2023-24.
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