India’s renewable energy sector is entering a transformative new phase, one defined not merely by the pace of capacity addition but by the strength, stability, and depth of its systems. After a decade of record expansion, the focus is now shifting toward creating a robust, dispatchable, and resilient clean energy architecture that can support the nation’s ambitious goal of achieving 500 GW of non-fossil capacity by 2030.
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) underscored that India’s renewable growth story remains one of the fastest and most forward-looking in the world, evolving from speed to system strength, from quantity to quality, and from expansion to enduring integration.
A Shift from Quantity to Quality
In the last decade, India’s renewable energy capacity has grown mor