New Delhi, Nov. 7 -- India's ability to sustain high economic growth will depend on transforming its industrial base and energy system, according to Adnan Amin, Chairman, World Energy Council (WEC) and former CEO, COP28.

In an interaction with ANI, Amin said India has demonstrated strong momentum in renewable energy deployment and now needs to deepen its push on industrialisation, technological innovation and ecosystem-building to accelerate the energy transition.

"All of the various elements that could enable India to do that are in place," he noted, emphasising that expansion of renewables has already grown dramatically and helped democratise energy access.

Drawing a comparison with China's rapid clean-energy scale-up, Amin said Beij...