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Karnataka is now India's leading state for renewable energy 

Workers clean photovoltaic panels inside a solar power plant in Gujarat, India, in this July 2, 2015 file photo. The likely collapse of SunEdison Inc's solar project in India, the first of 32 planned "ultra mega" complexes, could delay Prime Minister Narendra Modi's goal to increase renewable energy fivefold by several years and probably cost consumers more. REUTERS/Amit Dave/Files

India's power sector is shifting aggressively from coal-based power to renewables. Image: REUTERS/Amit Dave

Shushma U N
Business Journalist, Quartz
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