Neshwin Rodrigues

Neshwin Rodrigues and Duttatreya Das are energy analysts at Ember High cost of capital is a major barrier to the rollout of renewable energy across the Global South. The Alliance of Small Island States has highlighted this repeatedly, and last year the International Energy Agency (IEA) concluded that across a range of developing and emerging economies, raising capital to build utility-scale solar projects costs twice as much as in the Global North.

States such as Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana and Telangana performed well across all the parameters. Conversely, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh scored low on most parameters. Delhi stands out as the top performer across five out of six parameters, particularly faring well in the uptake of distributed solar energy. Rooftop and off-grid solar contributes to 71% of its total renewable installed capacity, the highest of all states as of 29 February 2024.