New capacity additions are expected to expand by 670 GW from 2025 to 2030, with solar PV from India accounting for nearly three-quarters of the total. Hydropower is also driving this increase, largely due to the accelerated commissioning of both conventional hydropower and power storage hydro (PSH) projects in India. Offshore wind capacity is expected to nearly quadruple due to the launch of the first large-scale projects in South Korea, Japan and Taiwan.

India represents more than half of the region’s expected growth, adding about 345 gigawatts of renewable electricity capacity, as it prepares to be the world’s second largest national market for renewable energy sources until 2030, after China. Pakistan follows India in deploying 9% of renewable energy in the region, followed by Japan and Australia.

India Auction The 63 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity last year – a record size for the world’s most populous country – accounts for nearly 60 percent of its growth. Half of the projects in the auction were hybrid tenders, which combine solar, wind and battery storage systems.

Hydropower additions are also expected to rise sharply in the South Asian country as large-scale projects are completed and pumped hydropower storage capacity triples by 2030, as Allowing becomes simplified By the Central Electricity Authority, which approves the construction of large dams.

As the pace of renewable energy accelerates, India could exceed its 2030 ambition of 500 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030, the report said.

“This growth can be achieved by addressing challenges related to the financial difficulties faced by many distribution companies, improving enforcement of renewable energy portfolio standards, and reducing delays in signing power purchase agreements with auction winners,” the researchers said.

It faces many distribution companies in India Financial distress Due to increasing losses, inadequate tariffs and inefficient bill collection. These challenges prevent them from signing power purchase agreements and disrupt renewable energy projects, on the basis of… Recent data.

Pakistan is expected to add nearly 60 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity, led by solar and hydropower, based on new estimates. Unregistered off-grid solar energy Publishing. About 16 gigawatts of solar panels were imported last year, but only 1.2 gigawatts were registered in the government’s net metering scheme.

New energy additions in Japan and Australia, especially in solar, are also expected to gain momentum in the next five years.

The rise of clean energy is being held back by the United States and the European Union

Renewables around the world produced more electricity than coal for the first time ever in the first half of 2025, led by China and India, a report said. Separate report From the Ember Global Energy Research Centre.

However, the US and EU slowed the momentum as fossil fuel generation and emissions rose in the aforementioned period.

In contrast to China, the growth of solar and wind power in the United States has been less than the growth in electricity demand, meeting only 65 percent of the increase, the study said. Coal generation has risen to fill the gap and has also partly replaced gas, leading to increased emissions. In the European Union, solar power has grown strongly, but declines in wind, hydropower and bioenergy have led to increases in gas generation and, to a lesser extent, coal, causing a slight rise in emissions, the researchers wrote.

Meanwhile, the International Energy Agency’s analysis indicated that it had cut its forecast for US renewable energy growth this decade in half. Last year, the agency projected that the United States would add 500 gigawatts of new renewable energy, mostly solar and wind, by 2030. But it now expects to add 250 gigawatts.

The IEA said its downward forecast reflects policy changes made by US President Donald Trump, including… Termination To produce clean electricity and tax breaks for investment and Executive order Suspending offshore wind leasing and restricting the permitting of onshore wind and solar PV projects on federal lands. Of all the technologies, wind is the most affected, with offshore and onshore capacity growth revised downward by approximately 60 percent over the forecast period.