Modi government – 9 years ahead of schedule, achieving the target of 40 percent power generation capacity from non-fossil fuel sources

Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasizes on personal monitoring of projects as well as new modalities for officials to expedite works so that works and projects are completed on time. The effect of this agile working style of Prime Minister Modi is also visible. Today, in the Modi government, where the inauguration is being done on time after the foundation stone, the targets are being achieved ahead of time.

Another proof of this was found on Thursday (December 02, 2021), when it was officially told by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy that India has taken the share of non-fossil energy sources including solar and wind energy in the total installed power generation capacity. The target of 40 percent has been achieved nine years ago in November 2021. Today the installed energy capacity of the country is 391,410 MW, of which the installed renewable energy capacity is 1,50,005 MW.

At the same time, the installed power capacity based on nuclear power is 6,780 MW. It is worth noting that in the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (COP-21) in 2015, India committed to get 40 percent of its installed electricity generation capacity from non-fossil energy sources by 2030. Was. Seeing the fulfillment of this commitment, Prime Minister Modi set five new goals while addressing the 26th United Nations Climate Change Framework Conference in Glasgow, Scotland.

India’s five new targets in COP-26, India will reach 500 GW of its non-fossil energy capacity by 2030. India will meet 50 percent of its energy needs from renewable energy by 2030. India will reduce the total estimated carbon emissions by one billion tonnes from now to 2030. By 2030, India will reduce the carbon intensity of its economy to less than 45 percent. By the year 2070, India will achieve the target of Net Zero.

Keeping in mind its commitment to save the environment, the Modi government had decided in 2015 that 175 GW of renewable energy capacity would be installed by the year 2022. 100 GW of solar power, 60 GW of wind power, 10 GW of biomass and 5 GW of hydro power. The high capacity target of renewable energy will ensure large scale energy security, better energy availability and increased employment opportunities.