International Energy Agency's India Energy Outlook 2021 also projected that India could potentially have 140-200 gigawatt (GW) battery storage capacity, the largest for any country, by 2040.
While inaugurating India Energy Week (IEW) 2023 in Bengaluru, Prime minister Narendra Modi mentioned how India s energy demand has significantly increased and will reach 11 per cent of the global demand as compared to 5 per cent currently
The power secretary said it was appreciated that grid inter-connections like India is promoting under ‘One Sun, One World, One Grid’ can lead to better utilisation of available energy sources amongst member countries without much storage capacity