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Gandhinagar: India is looking to achieve the target of 50 per cent of its total power capacity coming from renewable energy ahead of its stated timeline of 2030, a senior government official said on Friday..
Out of a total capacity target of 500 gigawatt from non-fossil sources, 485 gigawatt is being envisaged to come from renewable energy (RE), Secretary at the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Bhupinder Singh Bhalla said.. Speaking at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit here, he said, "Our share of renewable energyinin the total energy has increased substantially..
Now it's over 42 per cent of India's total energy capacity and that is significant."..
Bhalla said India's RE capacity has increased from about 76 gigawatts in 2014 to 180 gigawatts at present.. "The target is of 500 gigawatt of non-fossil capacity, out of which we will have about 485 gigawatt of RE by 2030," he said.. While 180 gigawatt of RE capacity is already functional, another 175 gigawatt is under implementation...
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