The government has exceeded its target of adding 4,000 megawatts (MW) of wind energy in 2016-17, adding a total of 5,400 MW during that period, Livemint has reported. Wind energy now constitutes 55 per cent of the total renewable energy (16 per cent of India’s total energy generation) that India generates.

This landmark achievement was revealed by the Ministry of New Renewable Energy on Sunday. The ministry in its statement said that “this year’s achievement surpassed the previous higher capacity addition of 3,423 MW”.

As a part of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, India had agreed to generate 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022, and generation of 40 per cent energy through non-fossil fuels by 2030. At this pace, as Swarajya reported earlier, India would achieve its target much before the deadline.