Key to net-zero strategy, India’s solar power capacity grew by over 6,000 times in past 12 yrs


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New Delhi: At COP27, India released its Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy that outlined how the country will transition away from fossil fuels to achieve net-zero emissions by 2070. Much of this strategy depends on diversifying India’s energy sources, chief among them solar. The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties (COP27) was held at Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, from 6 to 18 November. India has made great strides in scaling up its installed solar capacity. According to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, India had achieved an installed capacity of 48.087 gigawatts (GW) by 31 December...