India Is Electrifying Faster Than China Using Cheap Green Tech

Re:India Is Electrifying Faster Than China Using Cheap Green... by akshatrathi on Thursday January 22, 2026 @10:20AM (#46720397)

I wrote this article. Happy to answer any questions.

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Re:India Is Electrifying Faster Than China Using Cheap Green... by alephnerd on Thursday January 22, 2026 @10:24AM (#46720465)

Any visibility into potential climate financing expansion as part of the upcoming EU-India FTA, especially with regards to CBAM?

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Re:India Is Electrifying Faster Than China Using Cheap Green... by akshatrathi on Thursday January 22, 2026 @11:51AM (#46721788)

None yet. The EU doesn't have much fiscal capacity. But there are signs that the EU is being forced to get creative and speed things up. The Mercosur deal is a good sign (despite some pending issues).

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Re:India Is Electrifying Faster Than China Using Cheap Green... by alephnerd on Thursday January 22, 2026 @12:24PM (#46722261)

Fair enough! Long shot as well, but have you heard anything about whether Indian-European JVs will be allowed to take advantage of the EIF Climate Fund and Innovation Fund in the same manner that India-EU defense JVs are expected to take advantage of SAFE (at least according to what some other bureaus were reporting).

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Re:India Is Electrifying Faster Than China Using Cheap Green... by Arnt on Sunday January 25, 2026 @09:50AM (#46754486)

I'm late to the party. Sorry.

Why do such articles not distinguish between the cheapest and that which is the cheapest? Including this one.

One might reasonably make a long-term policy for new power plants such as "40% of new power from the cheapest source, 20% each from x, y and z". If x is cheapest in a particular year then gets 60%, and articles tend to describe it as if the preference were "60% x, 20% each from y and z", see? Why is that?

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