India combines scale with resilience in energy transition: Pralhad Joshi

Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday urged global investors to partner with India in its rapidly expanding clean energy sector, asserting that the country offers a unique combination of scale, resilience and policy stability in the global energy transition. Speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos, the Minister said the real challenge of the global energy transition lies in creating infrastructure that is resilient, scalable and investment-ready. Addressing the session titled “Resilient Infrastructure for Growth”, Joshi highlighted India’s success in combining large-scale deployment with system resilience. 
He said India has achieved 267 GW of non-fossil fuel capacity as of December 2025 and is firmly on track to meet its 2030 climate and energy targets under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The progress, he noted, is backed by robust policy frameworks, domestic manufacturing, grid modernisation, energy storage solutions and emerging initiatives in geothermal and nuclear energy. The Minister stressed the importance of patient capital, blended finance and closer collaboration among governments, private investors and multilateral development banks to accelerate a sustainable and inclusive energy transition globally. 
Delivering the keynote address at the roundtable “Delivering Sustainability at Scale: Pathways for Global Transformation”, Joshi underlined that sustainability has moved to the core of economic growth and competitiveness. He said the defining challenge of the decade is not whether to transition, but how sustainability can be delivered at scale, at speed and in an economically strengthening manner. Reiterating India’s commitment to achieving net-zero emissions by 2070, the Minister said the country’s energy transition is guided by the principle of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam — One Earth, One Family, One Future. He described sustainability as a strategic transformation of society and the economy, rather than a purely technological shift.