On Renewable Energy Day 2025, India’s clean energy and electric mobility story reflects a powerful shift toward decentralization and inclusion. The country’s journey is moving beyond large centralized grids and embracing localized solutions that are changing lives at the last mile. Rooftop solar, village microgrids, and reliable home backup systems are making electricity a daily certainty for millions of households. This transformation is driven by unique advantages such as high solar availability, rapidly falling costs, and grassroots programs like PM-KUSUM, along with SHG and FPO-led initiatives. These efforts are putting clean electricity into farms, clinics, and small shops, reducing dependence on diesel and ensuring reliable power even in remote areas.
At the heart of this movement is India’s youth, trained as solar installers, O&M technicians, and energy entrepreneurs. They are combining smart inverters with lithium storage, pay-as-you-go models, and remote monitoring systems to ensure consistent uptime through heatwaves and outages. Battery recycling and swap-ready services are also building circularity into the system, ensuring sustainability while extending the usefulness of energy assets. These innovations are creating new jobs, supporting rural livelihoods, and giving students and small businesses the confidence to plan and grow.
In this evolving landscape, electric mobility becomes a natural extension of renewable energy. India’s EV transition is not just about technology; it is driven by economics and access. Unlike in many Western markets, where EVs are often positioned as lifestyle products, in India, the real driver is cost savings on fuel and maintenance. However, this affordability story is possible only when every household, urban or rural, has reliable access to clean power. Companies like Kazam, working in over 300 cities, are ensuring that EV charging infrastructure is interoperable, resilient, and adaptable to different regional power conditions.
Battery technology is also central to this synergy. Advances in design and safety are enabling energy access for rural communities without reliance on fragile grids. Leasing models, low-cost financing, and EMI-based ownership are making batteries more accessible, particularly in smaller towns and rural areas. A powerful sustainability loop is emerging: first life in mobility, second life in community storage, and third life in recycling. This creates lower costs, lower waste, and lower emissions.
Samrath S. Kochar, Founder & CEO, Trontek, stated, “Decentralizing energy in India is about empowering people along with building infrastructure. Advances in battery technology, designed for safety, reliability, and diverse applications, are enabling clean power beyond grid limits. At Trontek, we focus on solutions that perform in tough environments while supporting local assembly, maintenance, and smart monitoring. Skilled youth are central to this transition, turning access into economic opportunities, strengthening energy independence, and preparing a workforce for e-mobility and storage.”
Akshay Shekhar, CEO, Kazam, mentioned, “India’s EV transition is driven by economics and access, not hype. Here, adoption is about saving on fuel and maintenance. But success requires clean, reliable electricity for every household, rural or urban. At Kazam, with presence in 300+ cities, we see varying regional needs for power quality and infrastructure. That’s why we design interoperable, resilient, and locally adaptable charging solutions—because India’s EV journey must succeed everywhere, ensuring inclusivity and long-term sustainability.”
Riki Biswas, CEO & Founder, Pointo, said, “India’s energy shift is from big grids to local power, enabled by financing and uptime. Leasing batteries with quick KYC or EMI loans boosts adoption in smaller towns. What excites me is circularity: first life in mobility, second in storage, and third in recycling, reducing costs and emissions. Decentralized energy also creates youth jobs, empowers women, and ensures resilience. With AI, IoT, GPS, and fast service, batteries become income-generating infrastructure.”
Alankar Mittal, President Business Unit Head, Solar & International Business, Livguard, said, “India’s energy story is moving from big grids to local power, bringing certainty to households through rooftop solar, microgrids, and home backups. With high solar hours, falling costs, and grassroots programs like PM-KUSUM, clean energy is reaching farms, clinics, and shops. Youth-led efforts using smart inverters, lithium storage, and pay-as-you-go systems ensure uptime. Decentralized energy partners with the grid, reducing diesel use, strengthening rural livelihoods, and empowering small businesses and students.”
As India celebrates Renewable Energy Day 2025, the synergy between renewable energy and electric mobility represents more than technology—it represents empowerment. Decentralized clean energy is supporting EV adoption, driving economic opportunity, and creating a skilled workforce ready for the future. Together, renewables and EVs are building a greener, more inclusive, and more resilient India.
