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India Adds 24.56 GW Renewable Energy Capacity in H1 FY 2026-27 Photograph: (Archive)
India added 24.56 GW of renewable energy capacity during the first six months of financial year 2026-27, with solar accounting for the overwhelming majority of the additions, according to data released by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).
The country added 24,558.43 MW of renewable energy capacity between April 1 and September 30, 2026. This includes 20,790.76 MW of solar capacity, 3,106.23 MW of wind capacity, 10.40 MW of small hydro and 1.04 MW of off-grid waste-to-energy capacity. Large hydro contributed another 650 MW during the period.
Solar accounted for nearly 85 percent of the total renewable capacity added during the first half of FY 2026-27, underscoring its continued dominance in India’s renewable energy expansion.
September alone saw 3,692.16 MW of renewable capacity added. Solar contributed 3,011.41 MW, while wind accounted for 680.75 MW. The month also saw no additions from biomass, waste-to-energy or small hydro, according to the MNRE data.
With the additions during the first half of the financial year, India’s cumulative solar power capacity reached 171.05 GW as of September 30, 2026.
Ground-mounted solar plants remain the largest component of India’s solar fleet, with 125.65 GW of installed capacity. This represents around 73.5 percent of the country’s cumulative solar capacity.
Grid-connected rooftop solar is the second-largest segment at 33.41 GW, accounting for around 19.5 percent of the total solar capacity. Solar capacity associated with hybrid projects stood at 5.36 GW, while off-grid solar contributed another 6.63 GW.
The cumulative solar capacity therefore comprises:
– Ground-mounted solar: 125.65 GW
– Grid-connected rooftop solar: 33.41 GW
– Solar component of hybrid projects: 5.36 GW
– Off-grid solar: 6.63 GW
– Total solar: 171.05 GW
India’s cumulative renewable energy capacity, including large hydro, reached 299.25 GW as of September 30, 2026. Of this, 247.18 GW came from renewable energy sources excluding large hydro, while large hydro accounted for 52.06 GW. Solar alone represented around 57 percent of India’s total renewable energy capacity. Wind power stood at 59.20 GW cumulatively, making it the second-largest renewable energy source after solar.
The country’s total non-fossil fuel capacity, including nuclear power, reached 308.03 GW at the end of September 2026. Nuclear capacity stood at 8.78 GW. The data also notes that large hydro capacity includes 7,425.6 MW of pumped storage capacity. Nuclear capacity of 100 MW, which has been under prolonged outage, has been excluded from the reported figure.
The H1 FY 2026-27 figures highlight the growing concentration of India’s renewable capacity expansion in solar. Of the 24.56 GW of renewable capacity added during the six-month period, 20.79 GW came from solar, compared with 3.11 GW from wind.
The strong solar additions also reflect continued expansion across utility-scale projects, rooftop installations and hybrid renewable projects, while the cumulative capacity data shows that ground-mounted projects continue to constitute the backbone of India’s solar fleet.
The pace of additions will remain important for India as it moves towards its broader renewable energy and non-fossil capacity targets, with the availability of transmission infrastructure, land, financing and project execution remaining key factors for sustaining the growth trajectory.
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