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India volition necessitate cumulative investments of $14.23 trillion successful the powerfulness sector, including renewables, retention and transmission, by 2070 nether a net-zero scenario, wherever non-fossil fuel-based procreation accounts for 98 per cent, a Niti Aayog study said connected Tuesday.The report, “Scenarios Towards Viksit Bharat and Net Zero: Sectoral Insights – Power”, said India’s improvement and clime ambitions progressively hinge connected electricity. As the state moves towards Viksit Bharat 2047 and Net Zero 2070, reliable, affordable and cleaner energy volition beryllium cardinal to inclusive and sustainable growth, it noted.With astir 258 GW of renewable vigor capableness installed by December 2025, India has emerged arsenic the world’s fourth-largest renewable vigor market, reflecting the gait of cleanable vigor expansion, reported quality bureau PTI.
Power demand, renewables and retention to surge
The study warned that the adjacent signifier of maturation volition beryllium much complex, with energy request rising sharply owed to urbanisation, cooling needs, digitalisation, electrical mobility and greenish hydrogen. Electricity’s stock successful last vigor depletion is projected to emergence from 21 per cent successful 2025 to astir 60 per cent nether the Net Zero Scenario by 2070.Per-capita energy depletion is expected to leap from astir 1,400 kWh successful 2025 to 7,000–10,000 kWh by 2070, approaching levels seen successful precocious economies specified arsenic France and South Korea.
By 2070, full installed powerfulness capableness is projected to beryllium 14 times existent levels nether the net-zero pathway, with renewable vigor accounting for astir 90–93 per cent of capacity.Solar powerfulness is acceptable to go the backbone of the system, with capableness reaching 3,250–5,500 GW, portion onshore upwind is expected to transcend 1,000 GW, alongside 50–70 GW of offshore wind. Battery retention is projected to grow to arsenic overmuch arsenic 3,000 GW by 2070, portion pumped hydro retention could scope astir 160 GW.
Nuclear powerfulness is besides seen arsenic a strategical pillar, scaling up from 8.8 GW successful 2025 to implicit 300 GW by 2070 to supply firm, low-carbon power.
Transport, minerals cardinal to net-zero transition
Niti Aayog besides underlined the request to decarbonise the transport assemblage done modal shift, zero-emission vehicles and cleanable fuels to conscionable the Net Zero 2070 target.The deliberation vessel estimated cumulative investments of astir $4.3 trillion successful transport by 2070 nether the net-zero pathway.The study further stressed strengthening home exploration and mining of captious minerals, gathering R&D capabilities and diversifying planetary proviso chains to trim import dependence. It said proviso information would beryllium connected aligning request growth, home capableness creation, planetary engagement and innovation implicit time.
