Congrats! India also hit their target of half of their electricity coming from renewables middle of last year - five years ahead of their 2030 target according to the Paris agreement. Love to hear news like this!
You’re right India’s milestone relates to infrastructure ie. installed capacity. There was a period in July 2025 where 50% of India’s electricity came from renewables but on a regular day the split is 70/30 coal/oil to renewables. India is still very much in a emerging stage and essentially every nation in human history that grew past this stage relied on coal to do so unfortunately. Hopefully India and other emerging markets can use significantly less than Western countries did, now that we know of the climate impact. Thank you for the clarification!
Congrats! India also hit their target of half of their electricity coming from renewables middle of last year - five years ahead of their 2030 target according to the Paris agreement. Love to hear news like this!
The data seems a bit contradictory 😐
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-prod-source-stacked?country=IND
You’re right India’s milestone relates to infrastructure ie. installed capacity. There was a period in July 2025 where 50% of India’s electricity came from renewables but on a regular day the split is 70/30 coal/oil to renewables. India is still very much in a emerging stage and essentially every nation in human history that grew past this stage relied on coal to do so unfortunately. Hopefully India and other emerging markets can use significantly less than Western countries did, now that we know of the climate impact. Thank you for the clarification!
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/india-hits-50-non-fossil-power-milestone-ahead-2030-clean-energy-target-2025-07-14/