The ministry would like at least 10,000 renewables-based projects to be built throughout India within the next five years. Hybrid systems that pair solar and wind will also be encouraged.
The draft policy is now open to comment from stakeholders.
The government is promoting decentralised generation to improve rural access to electricity, as 237 million people in India live without power, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook 2015 report.
“Decentralised
