New Delhi: India is confident of achieving its target of 500 GW non-fossil energy generation by 2030, Union minister of new and renewable energy Prahlad Joshi said on Wednesday. He was speaking at the curtain raiser of the eighth assembly of the International Solar Alliance.

In response to a question on what would be India’s update on its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), Joshi said that the country has already achieved one of its targets for the 2030 period – to attain about 50% cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources. ADVERTISEMENT

“Our goal is to achieve 500 GW by 2030. We are on track. We have 162 GW in the pipeline presently. I am confident that we will achieve that goal,” he said.

Santosh Kumar Sarangi, secretary, Ministry

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