New Delhi [India], October 9 (ANI): Solar power is rising quicker than fossil fuels purely on financial grounds, in line with Ashish Khanna, Director General of the International Solar Alliance (ISA).
Speaking to ANI, Khanna highlighted a serious shift in world power preferences and mentioned, ‘Solar power is rising past fossil fuels for economics, not for something. Solar cum storage together with transmission is now a viable technique in nearly all nations.’
Highlighting the momentum in photo voltaic power adoption, Khanna mentioned, ‘It took 25 years to succeed in 1,000 gigawatt of photo voltaic, and solely two years the world has seen 2,000 gigawatt. Most of this new enhance is led by Global South with India and China being the biggest.’
Khanna emphasised that establishments like ISA now carry ‘monumental duty’ in shaping the following part of world power transition.
As a part of this technique, ISA is creating numerous platforms together with a catalytic finance facility for Africa, designed to ‘have 10 to twenty occasions leverage of small cash in doing a number of tasks.’ Similarly, the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) platform is enabling joint procurement for photo voltaic tasks, aiming to ‘encourage personal sector to start out investing.’
Just a decade in the past, India’s photo voltaic panorama was in its infancy, with panels dotting just a few rooftops and deserts. Today, the nation has raced forward to script historical past: India has formally surpassed Japan to change into the world’s third-largest solar energy producer.
According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), India generated a formidable 1,08,494 GWh of photo voltaic power, leaving Japan behind at 96,459 GWh.
India’s cumulative solar energy capability stood at 119.02 GW as of July 2025. This consists of 90.99 GW from ground-mounted photo voltaic vegetation, 19.88 GW from grid-connected rooftop programs, 3.06 GW from hybrid tasks, and 5.09 GW from off-grid photo voltaic installations, reflecting the nation’s numerous method to increasing renewable power.
India’s progress within the renewable power sector displays the nation’s targeted insurance policies and strategic planning beneath nationwide management. As a part of the pledge made at COP26, efforts are being directed in the direction of reaching the goal of 500 GW of non-fossil gasoline electrical energy capability by 2030. This dedication is seen as a key step in India’s clear power transition and its broader local weather objectives. (ANI)