Global policymakers, innovators gather in New Delhi for India Energy Week
New Delhi: Thousands of top industry executives, innovators and policymakers gathered in New Delhi on Tuesday for the India Energy Week 2025, where they will be discussing energy access and sustainability.
More than 70,000 delegates, officials and visitors are expected to take part in the Indian government's flagship annual energy event, which over the next four days will feature 500 speakers, 700 exhibitors, and 10 national pavilions from countries including the US, the UK, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia displaying their newest technology.
Held at the Yashobhoomi convention center in New Delhi, the India Energy Week 2025 aims to spotlight energy access, security, and new global energy systems, in line with the South Asian giant's vision of energy transition.
'India's energy ambitions stand on five pillars: We have resources, which we are harnessing. Secondly, we are encouraging our brilliant minds to innovate. Thirdly, we have economic strength, political stability. Fourthly, India has strategic geography, which makes energy trade more attractive and easier. And fifthly, India is committed to global sustainability. This is creating new possibilities in India's energy sector,' Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a virtual address to the event's participants.
'The next two decades are very important for India's development. And in the next five years, we are going to cross many big milestones. Many of our energy goals are aligned with the 2030 deadline. We want to add 500 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030. Indian Railways has set a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2030. Our goal is to produce 5 million metric tons of green hydrogen every year by 2030 ... What India has achieved in the last 10 years has given us the confidence that we will definitely achieve these targets.'
India aims to generate 500 GW of electricity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030, under its Nationally Determined Contributions to the Paris Agreement. Solar energy is the dominant contributor to its renewable energy growth, accounting for 47 percent of the total installed renewable energy capacity.
The solar power sector has observed a 3,450 percent increase in capacity over the past decade, rising from 2.82 GW in 2014 to 100 GW in January 2025, according to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
The growth is fueled by local solar module production, which in 2014 had a capacity of only 2 GW.
'There is a lot of potential in India for manufacturing various types of hardware including PV modules. We are supporting local manufacturing,' Modi said. 'India's major focus is on Make in India and local supply chains.'
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, who opened the India Energy Week, urged the participants to help chart a roadmap to stabilize energy markets and strengthen international cooperation.
'I am pleased that the event will see participation from more than 20 energy and other ministers, including deputies, from important stakeholders such as Qatar, UK, Russia, Brazil, Tanzania, and Venezuela,' he said.
'It is our fervent hope that the India Energy Week becomes the definitive platform for shaping the energy agenda of the future. This is where transformative partnerships shall take shape, where game-changing technologies are unveiled, and the future of energy is written.'
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