The Road to 500 GW of Clean Energy: An agenda for scale and access

January 31, 2025

India aims to ramp up its installed non-fossil fuel energy capacity to 500 GW by 2030. This will mean that by 2030, 50 per cent of India’s installed capacity would be ‘clean’ energy. At a time when energy demand is set to soar and millions still don’t have access to power, there is a three-fold challenge facing the country: to augment the power infrastructure, make it clean, and supply reliable electricity at affordable rates. Will the ambitious steps that India is taking on building up its renewable and non-fossil fuel energy systems help it surmount this challenge? This publication offers a bird’s eye view of the sector, its promise and the perils and pitfalls that it confronts.