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India seeks to triple clean energy capacity to 900 gigawatts by 2035, but major hurdles remain
The plan aims to cut coal reliance and meet rising demand as officials say grid bottlenecks have curbed enough solar output to power 10 million homes.
- India set a 900-gigawatt clean power goal by 2035 and approved nearly $20 billion for the Green Energy Corridor to upgrade its power grid and ease transmission bottlenecks.
- Coal generated about 71% of India's electricity in 2025, even though clean power accounted for 55% of installed capacity by September, revealing a critical grid infrastructure gap.
- Over the past 16 months, India wasted enough solar power to supply 10 million homes due to grid constraints; Berkeley researchers estimate the nation needs 250 gigawatts of energy storage capacity.
- Economist Ajay Shah of the Mumbai-based XKDR Forum described the transition as an Indian "electrostate," saying "you have two assets—not only do you have cheap labor, you also have cheap energy."
- India's heavy reliance on imported battery cells from China poses a supply-chain risk, though expanding domestic manufacturing could help capture greater economic benefits from the energy transition, according to Nikit Abhyankar of the University of California, Berkeley.
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The potential of India’s clean power ambition
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has put 900 gigawatts (GW) of non-fossil power capacity by 2035, mostly solar and wind, firmly on India’s clean-energy agenda. The ambition is reflected in transmission investment plans for the next decade. This raises three questions. First, how can these goals address power shortages and expensive power purchases by utilities? It […]
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