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In 10 yrs, renewable sources will dominate half of India's energy capacity

NEP3 says the 2022 target be achieved, and renewable power capacity will reach 275 GW in 2027

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Non-fossil fuels–renewables, nuclear and large hydroelectric power plants–will account for more than half (56.5%) of India’s installed power capacity within the 10 years to 2027, according to a draft of the third National Electricity Plan (NEP3) released in December 2016.

The draft notes that if India achieves its target to install 175 gigawatts (GW, which consists of 1,000 megawatts) of renewable energy capacity by 2022–as it has committed to under the 2015 Paris Agreement–it will not need to install, at least until 2027, any more coal-fired