Lucknow, September 13, 2025– Uttar Pradesh is rapidly establishing itself as a nationwide leader in the renewable resource industry, driving lasting development while empowering citizens through clean energy access. Among the state’s most substantial recent landmarks came under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, where UP videotaped the greatest variety of everyday solar installations in the country throughout July and August 2025, announced Energy Preacher Arvind Kumar Sharma on Saturday.
The minister was speaking at the launch of the coffee table publication “Uttar Pradesh: Powering Tomorrow with Renewable Resource,” a collaborative campaign by ETGovernment– The Economic Times in organization with the Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Advancement Company ( UPNEDA The publication showcases the state’s success, flagship efforts, and motivating success tales in the renewable energy domain name, highlighting UP’s roadmap toward a lasting energy future.
From Roofs to Bioenergy– UP Leads the Way
“In July alone, Uttar Pradesh recorded 27, 771 solar setups, averaging virtually 891 installations each day, going beyond Gujarat’s 25, 738 and Maharashtra’s 24, 200 setups,” Sharma stated. “The energy proceeded in August with 28, 029 brand-new installments, once more outmatching Gujarat (20, 504 and Maharashtra (23,008 As of August 31, the state has attained a cumulative total of 2, 08, 407 solar setups under the system.”
Highlighting the impressive transformation, Sharma shared that UP’s installed solar capacity was just 389 MW in 2017 By 2025, that figure has increased greater than thirteenfold to an impressive 5, 157 MW.
Residential rooftop solar has actually been a significant development driver, increasing from 9 MW across 343 homes prior to 2017 to almost 700 MW across 1 9 lakh homes between 2017 and 2025
Federal government buildings have actually also seen considerable solarization. “Prior to 2017, only 439 government buildings had solar roofs, with an overall ability of 5 MW. Today, the state has set up solar systems on 7, 087 government structures, totaling 167 MW in capability. In addition, 640 structures are currently running under the RESCO version, with a collective capability of 140 MW and a 15 -year operation and maintenance contract,” the minister added.
Uttar Pradesh: Radiating Intense with Solar. Expanding Green with CBG.
Beyond solar, Uttar Pradesh is additionally making strong strides in bioenergy, especially Compressed Biogas (CBG). Prior to 2017, the state had no CBG jobs. Between 2017 and 2022, 6 bioenergy tasks were commissioned. Ever since, the sector has actually observed rapid growth with 62 authorized bioenergy tasks, consisting of 47 CBG units, in addition to bio-coal and biodiesel plants.
“Given that 2022 alone, we have appointed 29 brand-new bioenergy projects, including 25 biogas plants with a capacity of 230 conventional cubic meters per day, 3 bio-coal plants (110 SCM capability), and five biodiesel plants with a cumulative ability of 278 kiloliters. These jobs have actually drawn in a financial investment of over 2, 600 crore,” said Inderjit Singh, Director, UPNEDA.
Uttar Pradesh: Powering Tomorrow, Today
The Federal government of India intends to have 500 GW of renewable energy installed capability and 50 percent of its power demand being satisfied by renewables by 2030, with India coming to be a web zero economy by 2070
Meanwhile, in the panel discussion “Uttar Pradesh: Powering Tomorrow with Renewable Energy”, panelists including Parivesh Chugh, Exec Director (Sustainable), GAIL (India) Limited; Vinod Tiwari, Director, Lord’s Mark Industries Limited; Shri Sandeep Singh Chadha, Chief of Personnel & & Vice Head Of State Development and Approach, SAEL Industries Limited; Jayavardhan Shankotai, VP & & Head– Service Development, Hinduja Renewables; Rajesh Kumar, Zonal Head, Union Bank of India; Anurag Agarwal, Supervisor, No Impact Industries; Astha Chaturvedi, Business Development Head – Renewable Energy, Bharat Oil Corporation Ltd; Peanut Lal Chaudhary, General Manager, Small Industries Growth Financial Institution of India (SIDBI) and Anil Kumar Yadav, Nodal Officer (Uttar Pradesh), REC Limited shared their sights on realising the vision of Viksit Uttar Pradesh by 2047 and making India a net no economic climate by 2070
On the event, the priest likewise felicitated the reps of renewable energy companies and banks for their exemplary contribution in the field of tidy and green energy.