International Solar Alliance: Powering India's growth story

India has an unmatched opportunity to develop solar industry because it offers scale which is critical to reducing costs and to stimulate innovation

The formal launch of the ambitious International Solar Alliance on March 1, 2018 in New Delhi, is an important landmark not only in India’s quest for energy security but also in meeting the global challenge of climate change. No strategy of ecologically sustainable development is possible unless there is a rapid and accelerated shift from economic activity based on fossil fuels to one based on renewable and clean sources of energy. Solar energy is the most promising of these renewable sources and India, as a tropical country, is uniquely positioned to make solar energy the centrepiece of its energy strategy.