New Delhi: Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi has stated that India has achieved its highest-ever annual non-fossil energy capacity addition, reaching 31.25 GW so far in FY 2025–26. Of this, 24.28 GW came from solar power alone. The Minister has attended the Global Energy Leaders’ Summit (GELS) 2025 in Puri, Odisha.

According to the Minister, India is now a major driver of global renewable growth, contributing significantly to the world’s rapid clean energy expansion. While the world took around 70 years to build its first terawatt of renewable capacity, it reached the second terawatt in just two years, driven largely by countries like India. India’s solar capacity has grown from 2.8 GW to nearly 130 GW in the last 11 years, and between 2022 and 2024 the country ad

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