India’s rapid renewable energy capacity additions are straining grid operations while contributing to rising power supply costs due to mismatch with the demand growth, Ghanshyam Prasad, Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority (CEA) said on Friday. The country achieved 50% of its installed electricity capacity from renewable energy sources earlier this year. India has set a target of 500 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030.

However, India is building transmission based on potential renewable energy generation rather than actual capacity or demand and this approach has led to skyrocketing transmission charges, which is concerning state power utilities, Prasad said at a forum organised by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in New Delhi.

He further said that the country is

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