The path to 2035: How India will build a resilient solar economy

India’s solar journey is undergoing more than just a technical shift, but rather, a societal transformation. A decade ago, conversations around solar were framed around possibility like “Can India scale solar?” or “Will solar ever become cost-competitive?’ or “Will customers trust distributed energy?”

Today, those questions belong to history.

India has propelled into the global top tier: 3rd in solar capacity, 4th in overall renewables, and among the world’s fastest-growing clean-energy markets. In the first nine months of 2025 alone, India added 26.6 GW of new solar capacity, a 54% year-on-year rise.

This momentum is not accidental. It reflects years of policy clarity, falling technology costs, and an unmistakable shift in public sentiment. Solar is not classified as “alternative,” it is mainstream. However, the next decade will be different. More ambitious. More complex and far more consequential.