India has achieved clean energy targets before deadline, says Union Minister

Source: The post is based on the article “India has achieved clean energy targets before deadline, says Union Minister” published in The Hindu on 14th July 2022

What is the News?

At the Sydney Energy Forum, the Union Environment Minister announced that India has achieved clean energy targets nine years ahead of schedule.

What is the Sydney Energy Forum?

Hosted by: Australian Government and the International Energy Agency

Aim: To bring governments and industry leaders together to advance the development of clean energy.

Participants: Ministers from the United States, Japan, India, Indonesia and the Pacific Island nation of Samoa are attending the forum.

What are the key highlights from the Environment Minister’s address?

India has installed 162 GW (1 GW is a 1000 MW) of renewable energy capacity which is 41% of the 402 GW of electricity installed. This target was achieved nine years ahead of schedule.

Note: In 2015, India committed to ensuring that 40% of its energy would be from renewable sources by 2030 as part of its Nationally Determined Contributions(NDC).

– At the COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow 2021, the Prime Minister raised the NDC target of non-fossil energy capacity from the earlier 450 GW to 500 GW by 2030.