New Delhi, May 13 -- : India's renewable energy (RE) generation rose 20 per cent in FY26 while coal and lignite-based generation declined 4.3 pc year-over-year (Y-o-Y), said a report released by Council on Energy, Environment and Water's Green Finance Centre (CEEW-GFC) here on Wednesday.
The report noted that India added a record 57.5GW of net power generation capacity in FY26, which is 33.2GW up from FY25. Renewable energy, including large hydro, accounted of 54.6 pc of net capacity addition.
On the other hand, solar-driven solutions led renewable energy additions with 44.6GW, followed by wind at 6.1 GW. It has contributed to taking India's total installed capacity up to 533 GW with a contribution of 72pc from renewable energy.
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