Policy Architecture: Bharat Electricity 2025 as Strategic Coordination Platform
From September 2–4 in New Delhi, the Bharat Electricity 2025 forum will serve as a policy coordination platform to align India’s ambitious renewable goals with financial structures. With over 10,000 participants, including senior ministers, it underscores the government’s recognition that the 500 GW by 2030 target requires unprecedented coordination.
Key focus areas: grid modernisation, large-scale battery storage, InvIT financing, viability gap funding (VGF), and offshore wind frameworks. India requires $20–25 billion annually in grid and storage investments. Reliance solely on state-backed borrowing is unsustainable, pushing policy toward green bonds, securitisation, and blended finance instruments.
“Private capital must be mobilised at scale,” a senior ministry official said. New ...