India has continued to expand its renewable energy capacity over the past year, underlining the country’s growing focus on clean energy, energy security and reducing dependence on conventional sources of power.
From August 2025 to August 2026, India recorded continued growth in its renewable energy capacity, reflecting the scale and pace of the country’s ongoing clean energy transition. The expansion has been supported by increasing investments and policy focus across key renewable energy segments, including solar and wind power.
Solar energy remains an important pillar of India’s renewable energy expansion, with large-scale solar projects as well as distributed and rooftop installations contributing to the country’s clean power capacity. Wind energy also continues to play a significant role, particularly in states with strong wind resources.
The government has increasingly positioned renewable energy as a key component of India’s long-term energy strategy. The expansion is aimed not only at increasing the share of clean electricity in the country’s power mix but also at strengthening domestic energy security and supporting India’s broader climate and sustainability commitments.
The renewable energy push is taking place alongside efforts to modernise the country’s electricity grid and improve its ability to integrate variable renewable sources. Greater deployment of energy storage, transmission infrastructure and grid-management technologies is expected to become increasingly important as the share of solar and wind power rises.
The continued growth in renewable capacity also has implications for India’s rapidly developing clean energy ecosystem, including battery storage, green hydrogen, electric mobility and other emerging technologies.
The government has highlighted the renewable energy expansion as part of the country’s broader development vision under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The focus remains on building a cleaner and more resilient energy system while meeting the country’s growing electricity demand.
India’s renewable energy expansion over the August 2025-August 2026 period therefore represents another step in its wider transition towards a low-carbon, diversified and energy-secure power sector, with solar, wind and other renewable sources expected to remain central to the country’s future energy mix.
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