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India adds highest-ever renewable energy capacity of 25 GW in FY25: Pralhad Joshi
Apr-02-2025

Minister for New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi has said that the country has added the highest-ever renewable energy capacity of 25 gigawatts (GW) in FY25, registering a rise of 35 per cent compared to the year-ago period. In the previous 2023-24 fiscal, the country added 18.57 GW of renewable energy capacity.

The minister further said the country's remarkable journey in renewable energy was led by solar, surging from 15 GW to nearly 21 GW in FY25, clocking an impressive growth of around 38 per cent. He said ‘this was also a special year for solar because we have crossed 100 GW this year under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi’. He noted that a big step is being taken by the government to further decarbonise the transportation sector and domestic households by man-dating the introduction of Bio CNG for blending of compressed biogas with compressed natural gas (CNG) for transportation and piped natural gas (PNG) for households. He added that projects awarded under the PLI Scheme for High Efficiency Solar PV Modules have made investments of around Rs 41,000 crore and created direct employment for around 11,650 persons, as of February 2025.

Talking on ongoing negotiations over the India-US bilateral trade agreement, he said the discussions are going on and whatever feedback has to be given to the concerned departments has been done. On a question related to unsigned Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), he said that the Centre is taking various steps to resolve the issue. 


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