The shortfall in the set target of 175 GW by end-2022 is largely due to underperformance in rooftop solar and wind energy sectors, natural factors and policy shortcomings.
While India has doubled down on its renewable energy commitments in the ‘Long-Term Low-Carbon Development Strategy’ it submitted this week to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), or COP27, it looks like the country is set to miss one of the first commitments it had made in the renewable energy sector.
In 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised that India would have 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by the end of 2022. As the year nears its end, data from the Central Electricity Authority shows that India has only about 116 GW of renewable energy capacity across solar, wind, bio-power, and small hydroelectric sources.
TCA Sharad Raghavan 