This assessment comes at a time when Harvard University chemist and energy innovator Daniel G. Nocera told IANS in an interview that India is headed for a green energy revolution. “I have no doubt about it. The revolution in renewable energy will happen in India”, Nocera said in the interview.

According to Tim Buckley, director at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, renewable energy transformation in India is driven by development of indigenous technology in the country that has cut down the cost of green energy by over 80 per cent in the last five years.

NDA government’s green energy push, coupled with increased private sector investment, has provided a boost to the renewable energy sector in the country. Not so long ago, the world's largest solar power plant was unveiled in Tamil Nadu’s Kamuthi town by the Adani Group. Foreign investment, including $20 billion pledged by Japan’s Softbank and Taiwanese company Foxconn, is fueling growth in the sector.