When Vineet Mittal first got into solar power, sometime around 2009, and was planting solar panels in Gujarat, renewable energy looked like a sector ripe for startups. Renewables were clearly the future of energy, and the big boys - Mukesh Ambani s Reliance, Adani Group, and the Tatas - were focusing much more on coal and petroleum.
Little did Mittal know that things were going to change drastically.