India said it has met one of its key Paris Agreement pledges, with non-fossil sources—solar, wind, hydro and nuclear—now accounting for half of the nation’s installed electricity capacity. Union New & Renewable Energy Minister Pralhad Joshi announced the milestone on 14 July, noting that 242.8 GW of green capacity has been built out of a total grid size of 484.8 GW. The achievement comes five years ahead of the government’s original 2030 timeline and follows a rapid build-out of renewables. Government data show India added almost 28 GW of solar and wind power in 2024 and a further 16.3 GW in the first five months of 2025. New Delhi is keeping its longer-term goal of raising non-fossil capacity to 500 GW by 2030 even as it plans up to 80 GW of additional coal-fired generation by 2032 to meet surging demand. Officials say accelerating battery storage, green hydrogen and circularity in solar and wind components will be critical to deepening decarbonisation while maintaining grid reliability.