New Delhi, Nov. 7 -- India's accelerated rollout of renewable energy capacity is placing stress on the power grid and contributing to higher electricity supply costs, amid a slower-than-expected rise in demand, a senior Central Electricity Authority (CEA) official said on Friday.

CEA Chairperson Ghanshyam Prasad, speaking at a forum hosted by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), noted that the country's renewable capacity additions in the first half of 2025 were the fastest since 2022.

India has already reached a milestone of sourcing half of its installed power capacity from non-fossil fuel sources and aims to add 500 GW of such capacity by 2030.

However, Prasad cautioned that India's current approach-building transmission infra...