India today stands among the top five countries in the world in terms of renewable energy capacity. It has an installed base of over 15 GW, which is around 9% of India’s total power generation capacity and contributes over 3% in the electricity mix.

In November 2009, the Government of India approved the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission.  This is a unique and ambitious transformational objective that aims to enable 20,000 MW of solar energy to be deployed in India by 2022 by providing an enabling policy framework and aims to establish India as a global leader in solar energy by creating the policy conditions for its diffusion across the country, as quickly as possible.

India also has an installed capacity of over 11,000 MW of wind energy, and occupies the fifth position in the world, after USA, Germany, China and Spain.

Suzlon, one of the largest wind power companies in the world, is developing a 1,000 MW 

wind park site near Dhule, Maharashtra, India.

While what is often overlooked or less appreciated in India, is the capacity to usher in energy access for all, including the most disadvantaged and the remotest of our habitations.