India’s power sector has achieved two major milestones: as of 30 September 2025, the country’s total installed electricity capacity crossed 500 GW, reaching 500.89 GW. This reflects years of policy push, investment and coordinated efforts across the energy value chain.
Of that capacity, non-fossil fuel sources (renewable energy + hydro + nuclear) now account for 256.09 GW, i.e., over 51% of the total. Meanwhile fossil-fuel-based sources stand at about 244.80 GW (~49%). Within renewables, solar contributes around 127.33 GW and wind about 53.12 GW.
In the first half of FY 2025-26 (April to September), India added 28 GW of non-fossil capacity and 5.1 GW of fossil-fuel capacity, underscoring the speed at which clean energy share is rising. Also on 29 July 2025, renewables met a record 51.5% of the country’s electricity demand (on a 203 GW demand day) — marking the first time green sources supplied more than half of power demand in a day.
This achievement also means India has already achieved one of its major COP26 “Panchamrit” goals: getting 50% of installed capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030 — five years ahead of schedule. The government says the green energy drive is creating jobs in manufacturing, installation and maintenance, benefitting youth across urban and rural areas.
The milestone is being hailed as a collective achievement — with the Ministry of Power and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy congratulating all generation companies, transmission utilities, system-operators and state agencies. India’s energy transition story is now firmly under way — and this signals a shift not just in capacity numbers but in the overall trajectory of its power sector.
Source – Press Information Bureau