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Global Energy Leaders Chart India’s Renewable Future at Puri Summit

PURI, Odisha – December 7, 2025 – Energy leaders and policymakers from across India and the globe concluded the Global Energy Leaders’ Summit in Puri today, outlining a strategic roadmap for India’s transition to a future-ready power system. The summit, co-organized by the Odisha government and the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, focused on achieving India’s ambitious target of 500 GW of non-fossil fuel capacity.

Key takeaways from the two-day summit include a call for a diversified energy portfolio, encompassing advanced transmission networks, flexible generation resources, and modern distribution systems to guarantee a reliable and secure energy supply. States were also urged to accelerate the deployment of energy storage systems, such as battery energy storage, pumped storage hydropower, and long-duration storage technologies, to ensure round-the-clock renewable energy availability and grid stability.

Odisha Deputy Chief Minister and State Energy Minister, K.V. Singh Deo, emphasized that energy transitions require more than just installed capacity. “They are won on system adequacy, financial viability, and political courage,” he stated, highlighting the need for tariff reforms, responsible retirement of coal assets, and honest communication with constituents about the costs of clean energy.

NITI Aayog CEO B.V.R. Subrahmanyam highlighted the immense potential of clean energy research, noting that it is one of the fastest-growing sectors globally. “The sector is going to be a huge job generator, requiring not just innovation and investment, but also a lot of skilling of people,” he said.

Summit attendees agreed to establish a unified coordination platform to support the joint planning and implementation of India’s energy roadmap. This platform will be facilitated by shared knowledge, a data hub, study missions by a Group of Ministers, and regular inter-State dialogues. The collective also emphasized the critical role of energy efficiency and conservation across all sectors to meet national energy intensity reduction targets and strengthen India’s 2030 climate commitments.

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The Global Energy Leaders’ Summit in Puri concluded with energy leaders and policymakers calling for a diversified energy portfolio with renewable integration, emphasizing the need for energy storage, system adequacy, financial viability, and political courage for successful energy transitions. A unified coordination platform was agreed upon to facilitate India’s energy roadmap, supported by shared knowledge and collaboration. The importance of energy efficiency and job creation in the clean energy sector were also highlighted.

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