India has secured third position globally in renewable energy installed capacity, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi has informed citing the Renewable Energy Statistics 2026. The International Renewable Energy Agency released the statistics as of December 2025.
Moving ahead of Brazil in the ranking, India achieved a total non-fossil capacity addition of 55.3 GW during FY 2025–26.
“The country reached its highest-ever renewable energy share in electricity generation and renewables met 51.5 percent of the country’s total electricity demand of 203 GW. A total of 283.46 GW of capacity from non-fossil fuel sources has been installed in the country as of March 31, 2026,” Joshi said
According to the union minister, the country’s total power generation during 2025-26 (up to March 2026) reached 1,845.921 BU. The share of non-fossil fuels in total generation reached 29.2 percent in 2025-26 (538.97 BU). “India achieved the milestone of 50 percent of its cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel sources in June 2025, five years ahead of the 2030 target set under its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement.”
In line with the Prime Minister’s announcement at COP26, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is working towards achieving 500 GW of installed electricity capacity from non-fossil sources by 2030, he further added.
So far, a total of 283.46 GW of capacity from non-fossil fuel sources has been installed in the country as of March 31, 2026. This includes 274.68 GW renewable energy (150.26 GW solar power, 56.09 GW wind power, 11.75 GW bio energy, 5.17 GW small hydro power, 51.41 GW large hydro power) and 8.78 GW nuclear power capacity.
