Renewable Energy Resource Adequacy Planning to meet RPO by the States in India

These obligations will ensure the consumption of renewable in the country and subsequently will help to achieve the climate action goals of the government wherein it aims to increase the share of non-fossil fuel-based power capacity to 50% by 2030. [...] The mobilization of potential within the state also results in the creation of co-benefits in the form of local employment and economy boost apart from ability to generate renewable energy. [...] Results and Analysis As per the methodology described above, the study estimates the capacity requirements to meet the RPO target of 30 states/UTs in the country, twenty one states will be able to meet the RPO target by mobilizing the potential within the state and nine states need to procure RE power from other surplus states, as shown in Table 1. [...] 3.1 Region-wise analysis of states’ ability to meet RPO targets In the Northern Region consisting of eight states, states of Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir will be able to meet both total and individual RPO targets of Wind, Hydro and Others by mobilizing the potential within the state. [...] In terms of individual RE sources, of the total 517.34 GW installed capacity, 104.16 GW of Wind, 64.88 GW of Hydro, 333.38 GW of Solar and 14.92 GW of Bio-energy is required by 2029-30 to meet the RPO target.