India, Oct. 31 -- India's renewable energy transition is now being driven by states stepping up with aggressive and ambitious clean power plans, tackling grid and policy challenges head-on to meet the national target of 500 gigawatt (GW) of non-fossil capacity by 2030.

At the Windergy India 2025 summit in Chennai, senior government officials from the Centre, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala outlined their renewable roadmaps - from 100 GW ambitions and repowering drives to hybrid solar-wind-storage models- while urging stronger transmission planning and faster clearances.

"There cannot be any energy transition without transmission," said Arun Goyal, former member at the Central Electricity Regulatory Comm...