The National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI) has announced the launch of a new subsidiary, NSEFI Sustainable Energy Federation of Industry, marking its shift from a solar-centric body to a broader platform focused on India’s integrated decarbonisation agenda.

The new subsidiary will extend NSEFI’s scope beyond solar, energy storage (short and long duration), and renewable energy manufacturing to emerging segments such as green hydrogen and other green molecules. It will also broaden its mandate to include industrial and mobility decarbonisation.

Speaking on the announcement, NSEFI CEO Subrahmanyam Pulipaka said, “India’s rapid progress in decarbonising electricity generation has become a global benchmark. Building on this strong foundation and a membership base of over 1,000 stakeholders, it is a natural progression for NSEFI to expand its advocacy from the supply side to include the demand side as well. As we move toward our 2030 targets, an integrated, cross-sectoral approach will be critical to achieving the vision of Viksit Bharat by 2047 and India’s Net Zero goal by 2070.”

Decarbonisation efforts in India span four key pillars – electricity, agriculture, industry, and mobility. Over the past 13 years, NSEFI has been instrumental in advancing electricity decarbonisation in collaboration with industry stakeholders. In 2023, it launched the India Agrivoltaics Alliance to support sustainable decarbonisation across the agri-food value chain, followed by the NSEFI Green Data Center Coalition to address clean energy demand in the digital infrastructure sector, the federation stated.

With the formation of the NSEFI Sustainable Energy Federation of Industry, the organisation will now integrate its work across electricity and agriculture with new focus areas in industrial and mobility decarbonisation, creating a unified platform to accelerate India’s transition toward a net-zero economy, it said.