India’s renewable installations saw record growth in the first half of 2025, giving fresh momentum to its 2030 clean energy goal. The country added 22 gigawatts of capacity during the six months through June, 56% more than a year earlier, according to data from the government’s Central Electricity Authority. The nation’s clean energy capacity, including large hydropower and nuclear, has now surpassed that of fossil fuels. This will further India’s ambition to install 500 gigawatts of non-fossil sources by the end of the decade, a plan that had previously faced skepticism due to the slow pace of deployment.  Still, coal accounts for nearly three-quarters of the power generation in the world’s third biggest emitter and India continues to expand capacity to meet future demand. Reducing this dependence would require large-scale deployment of energy storage infrastructure to stabilize intermittent power flows from solar and wind. Experts have highlighted that without urgent upgrades to the power grid and the widespread deployment of energy storage systems, coal will continue to be central to electrification efforts, thereby putting India’s net-zero ambitions at risk.The intermittent nature of solar and wind power presents a key challenge to India’s renewable integration. Large-scale energy storage infrastructure is essential to stabilise power supply, ensuring that energy generated during peak sunlight or wind conditions can be stored and dispatched when demand rises or when renewables underperform. Without such infrastructure, grid stability remains fragile, and reliance on coal-fired plants as backup will persist. Consequently, the pace of India’s clean energy transition depends heavily on parallel investments in energy storage and grid modernisation. (ICE NEW DELHI)

Fonte notizia: Economic Times