Achievements:

· Renewable Energy Capacity: India has reached high capacity addition in renewables particularly in solar and wind power sector. With these development it have cut down on its use of fossil fuel and Green house Gas emission.

· The government has already laid down policy goals towards the integration of renewable energy planning to accomplish installed capacity of 450 GW of Renewable Energy by the year 2030.

-Policy Initiatives: There are many policies and scheme which has been launched for the development of renewable resources like Policies for establishing National Solar Mission, National Wind Energy, and Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission.

-International Collaboration: India has participated in the climate change negotiations and has contributed significantly in climatic changes such as it has supported International Solar Alliance.

Challenges:

-Grid Integration: Connecting massive renewable energy systems into the current utility structure is not easy since the reliability of the grid and supply of power relative to its demand are critical issues.

-Land Acquisition: Getting large stretches for renewable energy projects can be a problem and also slows down projects and local communities.

-Intermittency: Conventional types of renewable energy include wind and solar power, and since these are unpredictable, they need effective storage technologies and well-planned grid controls.

-Financing: Hence, the challenge of having sufficient, but also cheap, funding for renewable power projects remains one of the significant approaches; especially for small and decentralized programs.

Improvement Opportunity:

Accelerated Deployment: To be precise with the government’s targets the use of renewable energy technologies will have to be scaled up further.

R&D: Comprehensive financial commitment to additional development of more innovative RE technologies such as energy storage solutions and integration solutions will also be necessary.

Decentralized Renewable Energy: Populate rural and marginalised areas with affordable renewable energy systems such as roof-top solar power; promote community infrastructure for renewable energy.