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India added 770 MW of wind energy capacity in Q2 2024, down 32% YoY

August 7, 2024

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Minister of New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi has said India is well on track to install 500 GW of non-fossil fuel-based energy capacity by 2030. Replying to a debate on the functioning of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) in the Rajya Sabha, Joshi said the installed renewable energy capacity had now touched 203 GW from 76.4 GW in 2014. The installed solar capacity had gone up to 85.47 and that of wind to 46.65 GW as of June 2024. Solar projects with a capacity of 104 GW are under implementation, while 74.34 GW of projects have been tendered. Wind projects with a capacity of 46.6 GW are under implementation, while 1.7 GW of projects have been tendered.

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