The Government of Gujarat has unveiled the Gujarat Integrated Renewable Energy Policy 2025, which aims to increase the state’s renewable capacity from the current 41 GW to over 100 GW by 2030, contributing 63 percent of its total installed capacity from renewables and over 16 percent of the nation's total RE installed capacity.

The policy supersedes the 2023 RE policy and will remain in force until December 31, 2030, with benefits and incentives available to eligible projects for up to 25 years from commissioning.

Framed by the Energy & Petrochemicals Department, the policy integrates solar, wind, hybrid and storage-linked renewable development under a single umbrella, with a strong push for next-generation technologies and grid-ready green infrastructure.

The State has laid out milestone-based capacity aspirations, including over 150 GW by 2035 and 300 GW by 2047, while committing to reducing carbon intensity by over 45 percent by 2030 and supporting India’s Net Zero trajectory to 2070. The policy also aims to secure more than 50 percent of total energy consumption from non-fossil fuel resources by 2030.

The new RE policy builds on Gujarat’s sharp renewables trajectory — from 0.16 GW in 2002 to over 41 GW in 2025 — alongside flagship projects such as Khavda Hybrid Park, Charanka and Dholera solar parks, and leadership in rooftop solar deployment under PM-Surya Ghar.

The policy covers a wide spectrum of project categories, including ground-mounted and rooftop solar, wind and wind-solar hybrid projects, rooftop wind and hybrid systems, floating solar, standalone and co-located battery energy storage systems (BESS), off-grid and emerging RE technologies such as BIPV, CST, RIPV, Agri-PV, ocean and geothermal etc. It further added that off-grid projects are eligible, subject to State Nodal Agency procedures, while RE plants supplying power for green hydrogen/ammonia are governed separately.

The policy applies to all RE projects registered and commissioned during the operative window up to December 31, 2030. Developers and entities, including individuals, companies and associations, may set up projects with or without BESS for captive consumption, third-party sale, or sale to distribution licensees in line with the Electricity Act and policy provisions.

There is no capacity restriction on RE projects for captive or third-party supply relative to consumer contracted demand, with AC capacity treated as installed capacity for policy purposes. It further noted that projects already sanctioned under the 2023 policy may continue within stipulated timelines before transitioning to the new framework.

Ground-mounted solar projects may be located inside or outside solar parks, on government or private land, with facilitation support through the State Nodal Agency for accessing available government land parcels. The minimum capacity of an RE park shall be 50 MW. Distribution licensees may procure power from such projects under defined procurement provisions of the policy. Wheeling for captive or third-party sale is permitted on payment of applicable charges, with energy settlement governed by policy banking and settlement clauses and relevant GERC regulations.

Rooftop solar may operate under net or gross metering as per GERC regulations, with consumers eligible to avail benefits under Central and State schemes such as PM-Surya Ghar.

Recognising the pivotal role of storage in addressing intermittency and enabling round-the-clock renewable supply, the policy strongly promotes both integrated and independent BESS deployment. The State also intends to develop Green Energy Corridors to strengthen transmission capacity, minimise curtailment, and support higher RE penetration.

The policy further encourages demonstration-based RE+BESS projects, including green data storage/processing centres, and places strategic emphasis on workforce development through industry–academia collaboration.

With resource mapping indicating significant solar-wind hybrid potential across Gujarat, the policy prioritises both new hybrid project development and hybridisation of existing plants to optimise land use, transmission infrastructure and power-supply stability.

The Gujarat Integrated Renewable Energy Policy 2025 marks a decisive consolidation of the State’s clean-energy architecture, combining expansion targets, grid-integration planning, investment facilitation and technology-forward incentives under a unified governance framework.