New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- As India strides toward its vision of Viksit Bharat @2047, a developed nation and a $30 trillion economy, it faces a monumental challenge: meeting a massive, nearly threefold surge in energy demand. The national requirement is projected to skyrocket from approximately 10,500 TWh today to 28,000 TWh by 2047, an expansion crucial for powering its economic ascent. However, this aggressive growth collides directly with the urgent global imperative of climate action and India's own net-zero goal by 2070.

With the energy sector responsible for roughly 75% of the nation's emissions, the path to becoming a responsible global powerhouse hinge on a critical dilemma: how to fuel unprecedented development without deepening the ...