India sitting on 10,830 GW solar reserve—New study reveals massive untapped capacity

NEW DELHI: What if India’s next energy revolution doesn’t come from deserts alone—but from rooftops, ponds, plantations, railway tracks, and even urban facades? A new reassessment by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has unveiled that India is sitting on a massive solar reservoir of 10,830 GW, nearly 15 times the country’s earlier estimated potential of 748 GW.

The report, Reassessment of Solar Potential in India: A Macro-Level Study, re-evaluates India’s solar deployment capacity across conventional and unconventional land-use…