Oilprice.com: "India’s Solar Capacity Set for 22% Annual Growth Through 2035." The headline says it [almost] all. The consultancy estimates that India’s total power demand will rise by 6% every year over the next decade, “driven by economic growth, rising urbanisation, manufacturing expansion and increasing electrification across sectors,” Solar growth will vastly outpace overall power demand as power-intensive data centers will drive an unbelievable 22% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in solar energy capacity from 2026 to 2035.
“Given solar capacity expansion in our base case, the share of solar shall rise from 28% in FY26 to 61% by FY35 and to 65% in the bull case."
India expects to nearly quadruple its solar power capacity and triple wind power-generating assets within ten years, according to the new Generation Adequacy Plan published by the country’s Central Electricity Authority. They project "to have a total of 509 gigawatts (GW) of solar power capacity installed by the end of the 2035-2036 fiscal year, up from 140 GW installed solar PV capacity as of January 2026." The fact that India's electricity grid is expanding at a slower pace than the boom in renewable energy installations, is leading to an increased share of clean energy curtailments + threatening to slow the solar and wind boom in the world’s most populous country.
Okay, class, in 2 words—what are the solutions to this problem of curtailment—which wastes some of all that free sunshine?
Good job, nearly all of you got it without looking.
Storage.
Transmission.
