90%!!!

"Solar and battery storage can meet as much as 90% of India’s electricity demand at lower LCOE than the average power purchase costs in most states."

Solar & storage for $56/MWh or 5.6 cents/kWh!

Battery costs are still going LOWER!

Wonderful!
ember-energy.org/latest-insights/battery-storage-is-now-cheap-enough-to-unleash-indias-full-solar-potential/ #energysky

April 10, 2026 - 18:56 UTC

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I know several people who use Solar and Battery for nearly all and some for All, their electrical needs.
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I'm highly skeptical of that number, for a single reason : monsoon.
That's two months where sun power can drop by 60%, non stop, and it also become very "nervous" (there can be a sudden sunshine and minute later the clouds are back). Add high humidity that fucks up cooling systems and so on.
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That's why they should rather have solar+wind. Because when the monsoon comes, there is wind.
It will also requires a very solid electric grid infrastructure, and real-time meteorology-linked piloting of the grid to avoid black-out.
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Coal and oil are doomed.
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And not just India 🌍… bsky.app/profile/chrisnelder.bsky.social/post/3mj5zstexyc2v
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