New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- India's non-fossil power capacity has crossed 300 GW, marking a new phase in the country's energy transition: from rapidly adding renewable capacity to building the transmission, storage and grid infrastructure needed to make that capacity dependable.

As of 31 July, India had 300.50 GW of installed non-fossil electricity capacity, comprising 164.59 GW of solar, 58.14 GW of wind, 57.24 GW of large and small hydropower, 11.75 GW of bio-power and 8.78 GW of nuclear power, the ministry of new and renewable energy said in a statement on Sunday.

India's total installed power generation capacity stood at around 552GW as of July end, putting non-fossil sources at about 54% of the capacity mix.

Solar has been the main drive...