India predicts it will exceed Paris renewable energy target by half

This scene could be a thing of the past in
 India as the country vows not to build
 another coal power station until 2027. 

The Indian government predicts it will vastly exceed its renewable energy target agreed at the Paris Climate Change conference last year.

A draft 10-year energy blueprint published this week predicted the country would be generating 57 per cent of its energy through renewable sources by 2027.

The target set by the conference last year was 40 per cent by 2030.

According to the document, the country is on course to achieve 275 gigawatts of energy from renewable sources by 2027 with a further 100GW generated from “other zero emission sources” like nuclear.

Read Caroline Mortimer’s story in the Independent - “India predicts it will exceed Paris renewable energy target by half.”