How India is Building an Energy System the World Has Never Seen.

India is entering one of the most energy-intensive periods of economic development in its history — but unlike China, Britain or America before it, much of its new electricity could come from the sun rather than fossil fuels. Solar capacity is soaring, batteries are getting cheaper and renewables are supplying an increasing share of new demand. But with coal still dominant and serious grid and transmission bottlenecks emerging, can India really build an energy system unlike anything the world has seen before? Help support this channel's independence at http://www.patreon.com/justhaveathink Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GWR73EHXGJMAE&source=url You can also help keep my brain ticking over during the long hours of research and editing via the nice folks at BuyMeACoffee.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/justhaveathink Reference Links New Analysis by Jan Rosenow https://janrosenow.substack.com/p/how-feedback-loops-and-non-linear IRENA 24/7 Renewables https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2026/May/IRENA_TEC_24-7_renewables_2026.pdf Our World in Data - Global Electricity Mix https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-mix?time=1992..latest&source=total&metric=generation&frequency=annual Our World in Data - Electricity consumption per person https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-mix?source=total&metric=demand_per_capita&frequency=annual Yale 360 Article https://e360.yale.edu/features/india-solar India Ministry of New and Renewable Energy stats https://mnre.gov.in/en/physical-progress Wood Mackenzie https://www.woodmac.com/press-releases/india-on-track-for-record-50-gw-solar-year-as-almm-ii-mandate-reshapes-domestic-supply-chain/ EMBER https://ember-energy.org/countries-and-regions/india IEA Electricity Supply Report 2026 https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-2026/supply Reuters articles https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/india-stop-setting-annual-clean-energy-tender-targets-official-says-2026-01-27 https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/indias-renewable-projects-without-supply-deals-double-nine-months-documents-show-2025-08-01 Worldometers - Indian population https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/india-population/ Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators Simon Clark: youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys ClimateTown: youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA Dr Gilbz youtube.com/@DrGilbz zentouro: youtube.com/user/zentouro Climate Adam: youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam Kurtis Baute: youtube.com/user/ScopeofScience Sarah Karvner: youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ Our Changing Climate : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ