A coal-dependent India can't move to zero overnight: GE's Mahesh Palashikar

In a Q&A, the President of GE South Asia asserts that natural gas will bridge India's journey from coal to renewables, even as he points is massive potential in onshore wind energy

India has a potential to generate 600 Gw of onshore wind energy while we have hardly done 40-50 Gw, says Mahesh Palashikar, President of GE, South Asia, illustrating India’s scope not just for renewables but as a global innovation and manufacturing hub for turbine technology and components. He also says that natural gas will be the bridge in India’s journey from coal to renewables. One of GE’s two global innovation and development centres outside the US, is in Bengaluru, developing aerospace and turbine designs and technologies.

Palashikar has worked across manufacturing, global supply chain, quality, and projects within GE’s healthcare,