Energising a cleaner & greener trajectory in 2017: Sunil Khanna

With the second largest population globally, India’s energy needs made up a paltry five percent of the global consumption, thus being far below the global average in 2012. For the average consumption to increase and to positively influence economic development, we will need 2017 to become the year of solar in India! This focus on solar and renewable energy can’t be more pronounced considering the reliance on rapidly depleting reserves of fossil fuels and ensuring energy security for the masses. 

India has set an ambitious target of generating 175 GW of renewable energy, primarily solar and wind, by 2022. As of