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India produces about 8% of its power from renewables like wind and solar. it's about the same percentage as the united states, but india has set as a national priority the goal of nearly tripling that number in just five years. these solar panels are the fruits of american investment. seven years ago an indian entrepreneur pitched goldman sachs on starting a wind farm in india. they gave him $250 million to get his company renew power started. now it's worth $2 billion. >> we have almost about 60 facilities like this across different parts of rural india. >> reporter: 60 plants like this? >> 6...

And dozens of aircraft dumping water, dumping retardant. shows you the weather has the upper hand. multiple wildfires burning out of control across cold coal. forcing thousands more to flee their homes. hundreds of firefighters trying to gain control of the wind whipped flames as the evacuation areas grow. >> we've had incredible wind shifting and the winds have remained pretty consistent. and that has done a lot of things we were not really expecting. >> reporter: on wednesday, the fires roared through thousands of acres in mere hours, fueled by hot temperatures, dry brush and gusty winds. >>...