India’s focus on decarbonising its steel sector and developing offshore wind power will help it become carbon neutral ahead of its promised goal of 2070, the director-general of the International Renewable Energy Agency said.
IRENA’s Francesco La Camera told the Reuters Global Markets Forum late on Monday that India was “very serious” about meeting the challenges and was very interested in developing offshore wind power.
La Camera said India was also “on track” to reach its 2030 commitment to produce 50% of its energy from non-fossil fuels.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has raised India’s nationally determined contribution (NDC) target of non-fossil energy capacity to 500 giga watts (GW) by 2030, from just over 151 GW currently.
