On July 31, the Union Cabinet approved PM Surya Sarovar Yojana (PM-SSY), committing ₹5,070 cr to develop 5,000 MW of floating solar projects with 10,000 MWh of co-located energy storage.
It goes beyond the capacity it targets, bringing into focus a larger proposition: some of India's future solar capacity may not need another acre of land. It may need the country to look differently at the water infrastructure it has already built.
