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India has emerged arsenic a large subordinate successful generating renewable energy, a people of modulation from fossil substance energy, by adding 31.25 gigawatt, including 24.28 GW of star power, successful the existent fiscal twelvemonth alone, Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi said successful Puri connected Saturday (December 6, 2025).
Speaking astatine Global Energy Leaders’ Summit 2025, Mr. Joshi said: “It took astir 70 years to scope the milestone 1 Terawatt of powerfulness from renewable sources. However, the 2nd Terawatt capableness successful renewable vigor assemblage was achieved successful conscionable 2 years.” It is indicative of India’s maturation successful the renewable vigor sector, helium said.
“India is simply a cardinal operator of this explosive planetary surge successful renewable energy. In the past 11 years, the country’s star capableness has grown from 2.8 GW to astir 130 GW, a emergence of much than 4,500%. Between 2022 and 2024 alone, India contributed 46 GW to planetary star additions, becoming the third-largest contributor,” said the Minister.
Similarly, module manufacturing successful 2014 was 2 GW that has present grown to 120 GW, helium informed.
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi addressing the gathering astatine the lawsuit successful Puri, Odisha connected Saturday. Photo: Special Arrangement
Although India holds the world’s fifth-largest ember reserves and is the 2nd largest user of coal, a equilibrium attack is needed, said the Minister.
Mr. Joshi said Odisha was rapidly emerging arsenic a large renewable vigor hub with 3.1 GW renewable vigor capableness and 34% cleanable stock successful its powerfulness mix.
The Union Minister said the Centre has sanctioned 1.5 lakh caller rooftop star systems (1 kW each). “Over 1.6 lakh households successful Odisha applied for rooftop solar; 23,000 installations completed with ₹147 crore subsidy transferred to beneficiaries. Under PM Surya Ghar, 1.5 lakh rooftop star systems (1 kW each) person been approved for Odisha, benefiting 7-8 lakh people,” helium said.
Speaking connected the occasion, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said Odisha was committed to generating cleanable vigor targeting procreation of 200 GW star powerfulness alone. Besides, a greenish hydrogen task successful Paradip and ember gasification task successful Sundargarh territory were being taken up, helium said.
Energy Ministers of Odisha Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo, his Delhi and Rajasthan counterparts Ashish Sood and Hiralal Nagar respectively spoke connected the occasion. The two-day-long acme orgnised by Odisha authorities and Tony Blair Institute for Global Change volition beryllium attended by Chief Ministers and Energy Ministers of antithetic States.
