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India’s 100 GW solar installations to inspire nations to accelerate energy transition: NSEFI
Feb-10-2025

Subrahmanyam Pulipaka, the CEO of National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI) has said that India's achievement of installing 100 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity will inspire developed and developing nations to accelerate energy transition. India is the 4th largest country after China, US, and Germany to cross the 100 GW milestone. 

He said ‘while we are trailing Germany by a small margin, we will soon be the 3rd largest solar market in the world. It is an inspiration to several countries (both developed and developing), especially the Global South, to learn and understand how to enable accelerated energy transition.’ He said this development marks a new era in India's journey towards realising its climate targets. He emphasised that India's energy transition landscape has witnessed acceleration in installing renewable energy capacity over the last decade. In 2014, solar installation was at 3 GW. 

He further said the achievement is a result of business-friendly ecosystem aided by supportive government policies. India will be adding 35-40 GW of solar capacity in the next financial year and then scale to 40-45 GW in 2026-27. Apart from the activity surrounding utility scale bids, there is also a positive trend in commercial and industrial uptake for renewable energy that is encouraging. The Centre's flagship schemes -- PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana as well as PM KUSUM -- are also contributing significantly to capacity addition. NSEFI is India's largest umbrella organisation for renewable energy and represents industry from solar PV, wind energy, energy storage, green hydrogen, small hydro and bio energy. 


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