22 March 2022
India's leading Industrialised states continue to lead the solar push also
The Indian renewables sector made many a strong effort towards advancement last year, with PM Narendra Modi committing to a new target of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2070. the nation continued to add green power capacity, and the country’s two richest business tycoons laid out plans to invest thousands of crores in the sector.
While it is still chasing the aim of 170 GW by 2022, India has achieved its nationally determined contributions target with a total non-fossil based installed energy capacity of 157.32GW, which is 40.1% of the total installed electricity capacity. Of this, solar, wind and hydropower account for around 48.55 GW, 40.03 GW and 51.34 GW, respectively as of Dec 31, 2021.
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