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According to the Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, India was ranked third in the world for renewable energy installed capacity in IRENA’s ‘Renewable Energy Statistics 2026’ report, ahead of Brazil with 250.52 GW recorded as of December 2025. The PIB release said the country’s total non-fossil installed capacity stood at 283.46 GW as of Q1 CY2026, including 274.68 GW of renewable energy and 8.78 GW of nuclear power. That renewable energy total was made up of 150.26 GW of solar, 56.09 GW of wind, 11.75 GW of bio energy, 5.17 GW of small hydro, and 51.41 GW of large hydro. In FY 2025–26, India has added 55.29 GW of non-fossil capacity, while solar additions reached 44.61 GW, including 16.3 GW from distributed solar, 7.6 GW under PM KUSUM, and 8.7 GW from rooftop solar. The release has also added that the renewables met 51.5% of the 203 GW electricity demand in July 2025, while non-fossil generation reached 538.97 billion kWh, which was 29.2% of the total 1,845.921 billion kWh generated in 2025–26.
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