Why India is the new hotspot for renewable energy investors

Jan 14, 2020

A worker walks through the installed solar modules at the Naini solar power plant in the northern Indian city of Allahabad March 21, 2012. The 5 MW capacity plant by the Electrical Manufacturing Company Ltd. (EMC) has started under the phase-1 of the Jawaharlal Nehru solar power mission, the Government of India and targets to supply 5.5 million to 90 million units of power to the grid, project manager Pankaj Kumar said on Wednesday.

India's renewable energy sector is going from strength to strength - and it's not going unnoticed Image: REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash

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