New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- The Central Electricity Authority's (CEA) target of adding 100 GW of thermal capacity is essential to ensure grid stability and enable smooth integration of 500 GW renewable energy by 2030, Rajinder Singh Ahuja CEO, Power, Vedanta told ANI.

"India's target to add 100 GW thermal capacity will actually aid the adoption of additional renewable power capacity without destabilising the grid," Ahuja said on the side lines of 6th CII International Energy Conference & Exhibition.

He said thermal power remains essential to ensure grid stability, absorption of renewables, and energy transition to progress toward net-zero goals.

"For India's energy transition, thermal plays a pivotal role at this moment till the time spinni...