National Policy to focus Geothermal for clean energy transition
A series of Joint Working Group, Task Force and other bilateral/multilateral meetings were convened in 2025 with partners including Japan, the United Kingdom, Tajikistan, Egypt, Norway, Portugal, Australia, Germany, Sri Lanka and Denmark to identify and formulate joint activities in area renewable energy collaboration.
This update was given by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) on 29 Dec.
Through Memorandums of Understanding and Joint Declarations of Intent with Brazil, Japan, Bhutan, and Jordan, the Ministry furthered bilateral cooperation in the areas of clean hydrogen/ clean ammonia, and renewable energy http://seci.co.in.
By actively participating in the 8th International Solar Alliance (ISA) Assembly in New Delhi, which saw high-level participation from 137 nations and 36 organizations, launching important ISA knowledge products, operationalizing the One Sun One World One Grid (OSOWOG) roadmap, the Global SIDS Initiative Declaration, and launching new initiatives like the ISA Global Capability Centre, Academy, and SUNRISE Community of Practice, India strengthened its multilateral engagement, it said.
The Government is working to reach 500 GW Non-fossil energy capacity by 2030 as outlined at COP-26 https://www.nseindia.com/.
India achieved the milestone of 50% of its cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel sources in June 2025, five years ahead of the 2030 target set under its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement.
India crossed 250 GW milestone of non-fossil power installed capacity in August, 2025. The total non-fossil power installed capacity has reached 262.74 GW in November, 2025 which is 51.5% of the total installed electricity capacity in the country (509.64 GW) https://www.bseindia.com/.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
The Ministry after due consultation with relevant ministries & agencies including with Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, DG Hydrocarbons, ONGC, Oil India Ltd., notified National Policy on Geothermal Energy (2025) on 15 Sept 2025 to accelerate clean energy transition, supporting India’s Net Zero 2070 Commitment. This policy aims to harness untapped potential through Research, Innovation, Technology, Ecosystem Development, Capacity Development and Partnerships http://geothermal.org.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D)
In the area of perovskite solar cells, an MNRE-sponsored project at IIT Bombay has developed a cell with the world’s second-highest efficiency of 26% and achieved a power conversion efficiency of 30.2% for a four-terminal perovskite–silicon tandem solar cell.
Further, CSIR-NPL has established India’s first National Primary Standard Facility for Solar Cell Calibration, achieving a world-leading uncertainty of 0.35% (highest accuracy), thereby enhancing precision and self-reliance in solar metrology.
BIONERGY
During 2025 (till November), 59 Compressed Biogas (CBG) plants with a total capacity of 684.33 TPD, 8 Biomass Pellet/Briquette plants with a total capacity of 21.5 TPH, 4 Biogas plants with a total capacity of 56040 m3/day, and 12 Bio power plants with total capacity of 89.86 MW, have been commissioned.
The Ministry conducted 9 Capacity Building and Awareness workshops on “Organic Biomethanation and its application for banks, financial institutions, biogas/compressed biogas (CBG) plant developers and other relevant stakeholders” in collaboration with UNIDO and TERI. Fiinews.com
