A First Among Major Nations, India Is Industrializing With Solar

Fred Pearce · 21 May 2026

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India industrializing with solar instead of coal could go a long way toward saving the planet.

Their wordsClosing that gap by burning coal would be ruinous for the world’s climate. Achieving it with solar power could go a long way toward saving the planet.

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