China-like grid planning needed to meet renewable energy goal: MNRE secretary

India requires China-like super grid planning to achieve the Niti Aayog's projection of 1,800 gigawatt of renewable energy (RE) capacity by 2050, said Santosh Kumar Sarangi, secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

"The country has plans of spending about $574 billion till 2030 to create a super grid where high-voltage DC lines and HVAC lines are being built to evacuate power from RE-rich zones to the load sector," he said at the Confederation of Indian Industry's (CII) Annual Business Summit 2026 on Monday.

"Addressing curtailment challenges through enhanced grid infrastructure and better planning mechanisms will unlock the full potential of renewable assets," he added.


Calling for a flexible and nimble approach to policymaking to assure investors, developers and manufacturers, Sarangi said the Centre and states will have to work together to that extent.

According to Sarangi, the renewable energy ministry is proposing a substantially bigger outlay for the green energy corridor scheme to ensure that states have the right equipment, storage systems and evacuation infrastructure under the intra-state network to handle RE evacuation.

"More deployment of battery energy storage systems, grid-forming inverters, synchronous condensers and grid modernisation will provide the pathway for better RE integration," he said.

"We are also planning to bring a demand-creation mechanism to promote ingot-wafer and an incentive mechanism to promote polysilicon manufacturing," he added.