NEW DELHI: India added a record 52,537 megawatts (52.5 gigawatts) of power generation capacity across all energy sources in the first 10 months of fiscal 2025-26, taking the total installed capacity to 520.6 gigawatts as of January 2026, the government said on Sunday.More than 75% of the new energy will come from renewables, with the remainder coming from thermal energy, officials said. “This marks the highest ever single-year new capacity additions, surpassing the previous record of 34,054 MW (34 GW) set in the 2024-25 financial year,” the power ministry said in a statement, adding that installed capacity increased by nearly 11 per cent in 10 months compared to the previous financial year.However, the installed capacity in March 2025 was 475.3 GW, according to the Central Electricity Authority’s monthly report. Nearly 2 gigawatts of coal-fired power, 4.4 gigawatts of gas-fired power and 100 megawatts of nuclear capacity have been out of service for extended periods, unable to operate and have been written off from total installed capacity, officials said.
Renewable energy added 39.7 GW of installed capacity, including 35 GW of solar and 4.6 GW of wind, according to a government statement. In fiscal 2025-26, 3.4 GW of large-scale hydropower projects, 8.8 GW of thermal power projects and 700 MW of nuclear power projects were added.India currently has 248.5 GW of fossil fuel installed capacity and 272 GW of non-fossil fuel installed capacity.According to officials, 158 GW of renewable energy (solar, wind and hybrid), 39.6 GW of thermal power, 13 GW of hydropower and 6.6 GW of nuclear power projects are under construction. 22.9 GW of coal and lignite project contracts have been awarded, and a further 24 GW of capacity are in various stages of planning. Likewise, 48.8 GW of renewable energy, 4.3 GW of hydropower and 7 GW of nuclear power projects are also planned.
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