India’s renewable goal needs a China style super grid with $574 billion power lines

Power evacuation is the bottleneck planners want to fix

India is targeting 1,800 GW of renewable energy by 2050, but officials say it will only work with a “super grid” approach modeled on China. The government’s plan includes spending about $574 billion by 2030 on high-voltage transmission lines. Policymakers are also pushing states to secure equipment and storage to smoothly integrate more renewable power and reduce evacuation delays.