The share of coal in India's total power generation capacity dipped below 50 percent in the first quarter of 2024, the first time since the 1960s. The latest POWERup quarterly report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) showed that renewable energy accounted for 71.5 percent of the record 13,669 megawatts (MW) power generation capacity added by India in the first quarter (January-March) of this year.