India, March 13 -- India needs to scale up its non-fossil-fuel capacity to 600 GW by 2030 to meet its growing electricity demand reliably and affordably, a Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) study has said. CEEW, a New Delhi-based not-for-profit think tank and policy institution, said the study titled "How Can India Meet Its Rising Power Demand? Pathways to 2030" is the first-of-its-kind modelling of India's power system despatch for every 15 minutes in 2030.

The study found India's existing, under-construction, and planned generation capacities would meet power needs in 2030 if electricity demand grows as per the Central Electricity Authority's (CEA) projections. It said a high renewable energy (RE) pathway of 600 GW of non...