India is amongst the key signatories of the Paris Agreement, which contains a commitment towards a significant expansion of renewable energy. The government has also made a commitment to make power accessible to all our citizens (‘Power for all’). Thanks to disruptions in renewable energy, storage and business model innovations, it is possible to achieve these apparently conflicting targets. Today, these innovations are helping countries like India to strike the right balance between policy challenge of environment protection and economic development.
These challenges also resonate with the classic Energy Trilemma: how to provide affordable, reliable and sustainable energy to all?
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