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At the 11th India Energy Storage Week 2025, Union Minister Piyush Goyal highlighted India’s 4,000% solar capacity growth in a decade, with total renewable energy reaching 227 GW. He said India may be the first G20 nation to meet Paris Agreement targets and cited Palli village in Jammu & Kashmir as the first carbonneutral panchayat. He mentioned schemes like PM Surya Ghar Yojana for rooftop solar in one crore homes and PM Kusum Yojana for solar pumps. Solar module and cell manufacturing grew 38x and 21x under the PLI scheme. He outlined a four-pillar strategy—innovation, infrastructure, supply chains, and clean energy value chain—backed by ₹1 lakh crore R&D fund, matching ₹6-7 lakh crore global investments. He stressed the need for advanced storage tech, battery swapping, and recycling, and reaffirmed India’s target of 500 GW renewable energy by 2030, with storage playing a key role in clean, round-the-clock power.

Source: IBEF

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