Funding India’s clean energy transition
Needed, a flood of funds - istock.com/Pogonici×
As the financing requirement will be huge, the way forward is to focus on subsidised credit enhancement and green taxonomy
India’s commitment to energy transition remained steadfast even amid the Covid-19 pandemic with 22 GW capacity sanctioned at renewable energy (RE) auctions in 2020. However, the capacity of domestic financial institutions to fund this energy transition has not remained unscathed. The RBI’s January 2021
Financial Stability Report indicates that gross non-performing assets of the banking system are set to rise from 7.5 per cent (of total advances) in September 2020 to 13.5 per cent by September 2021.