Ashish Khanna, Director Normal, Worldwide Photo voltaic Alliance (ISA) has underscored the pressing want for digital infrastructure to assist the speedy growth of decentralised renewable power, significantly solar energy, in India and different creating nations at AI Influence Summit 2026.
“Simply out of 1,000 gigawatt or $1 trillion of photo voltaic power that was invested within the final two years, 40% was decentralised, means both on the rooftop or with folks. That determine is just 15% in India, which implies as India desires to do much more photo voltaic as a result of it’s most cost-effective, extra inexpensive, there will likely be much more decentralised renewable power,” he stated.
In accordance with the Khanna, decentralised renewable power requires distribution corporations to improve their digital capabilities to handle rising complexity on the grid.
“However as decentralised renewable power goes, native distribution corporations have to have foundational digital components to grasp what’s actually taking place within the system, the place extra power wants to return, how can effectivity occur and never have antagonistic monetary implications. So it is a foundational factor,” he defined.
-ANI
