The union minister for power, new and renewable energy said on Monday, India will have more than 65 per cent of its power generation from renewable energy sources by 2030. He also said initiatives by the Centre including the Production Linked Scheme (PLI) scheme will ensure India to have a 90 Gw solar module capacity.
The minister said India already has 42 per cent of non-fossil fuel capacity (including hydro power) as of 2021. “Even 65 per cent is an understatement. Our established capacity today is 170-odd Gw of non-fossil. We have about another 80 Gw under construction. That makes it 250 Gw,” he said while speaking at the Aatm nirbhar Bharat conference of CII.
The minister said green hydrogen will also provide a filip to renewable capacity addition.
