Glittering dreams: India's big push for solar power

Vast lines of solar panels reflect the blazing sun in India's western deserts, a dazzling ocean broken only by bristling wind turbines.

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(FILES) This photograph taken on November 21, 2024 shows an aerial view of solar panels installed by SunSource Energy at a food processing plant of the Indian food service company Jubilant FoodWorks in Greater Noida. India vows to be carbon neutral by 2070 and as part of that, New Delhi wants its renewable energy capacity to rise from 200 GW -- half of its current energy mix -- to 500 GW by 2030. It hopes 300 GW will come from solar power alone. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP)

2024-12-01 11:00:06

Vast lines of solar panels reflect the blazing sun in India's western deserts, a dazzling ocean broken only by bristling wind turbines.

India, along its desolate border with Pakistan, is building what it boasts will be the world's largest renewable power plant, an emblem of a determined push to boost solar energy.

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