WEF 2026: Enhancing International Collaborations To Help India Switch To Renewable Energy

Introduction

The renewable energy transition in India was well received globally at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in 2026, and the high-level interactions strengthen the role of this country as the overall destination toward long-term clean energy investment. The involvement of the Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi upheld the policy confidence, predictability of regulations and scale factor of India towards the global transformation of the energy system

Certainty of the policy and investor confidence

India presented its long-term clean energy roadmap at Davos, which is based on the stable policies, predictable regulations, and coordinated involvement on the Central and State government levels. Global investors and policymakers had confidence in the possibility of India to quickly increase the renewable energy capacity and at the same time provide inclusive socio- economic development.

The transparent policy regime and implementation capacity of India could be seen in the level of interest in the investible project pipeline in India. Large-scale programmes like PM-Surya Ghar and PM-KUSUM were largely recognized to be successful flagship schemes in which India could effectively provide decentralised and utility-scale renewable energy solutions.

Green hydrogen focus and manufacturing

One of the most important events in WEF 2026 was the focus of India in consolidating domestic production throughout the solar PV value chain. The global business leaders realised the development of India as a strong and competitive manufacturer of clean energy as a complement to the supply chain diversification and energy security goals.

The green hydrogen plans in India also attracted lots of attention. The strategic opportunity of exporting green hydrogen derivatives was found to facilitate the partner countries decarbonisation process, as well as, establishing India as one of the key actors in the new global hydrogen economy.

The artificial intelligence and grid modernisation technology

Speaking to the global heads, the Minister indicated the increasing contribution of Artificial Intelligence towards the Indian energy sector and especially in enhancing forecasting, system losses, cost reduction and grid reliability. The shift in India towards platform-based implementation and deployment of Digital Public Infrastructure of Energy, instead of pilot-based projects, is a sign of regulatory and technological maturity, allowing AI-driven technology to be adopted at scale to the power ecosystem.

Milestones and financing requirement

India highlighted one significant accomplishment at Davos having 267 GW of installed electricity that would be non-fossil fuel based and 50 per cent of that capacity would be non-fossil fuel based, five years earlier than its 2030 commitments in the Paris accords. In the future, the Minister emphasized that USD 300350 billion need to be invested in order to meet 500 GW of non-fossil capacity by 2030, to which the world institutional investors are welcome to contribute to this transition.

Such funding needs support the emerging significance of strong regulatory measures of climate finance, ESG-based investments, and carbon markets in the Indian energy sector.

Bi-lateral and multilateral relations

The bilateral and institutional collaboration that India has with a number of countries was enhanced on the edges of WEF 2026. Solar and wind, green hydrogen and storage solutions, collaboration under CEPA, the International Solar Alliance and One Sun One World One Grid were discussed with Oman. The confrontation with Belgium reiterated collaboration in offshore wind, solar energy and green taxonomy and discussions with Kuwait looked into a prospective investment in the solar manufacturing environment in India.

The engagement with leaders showed that there was a common interest in building capacity and sharing knowledge, especially on how to replicable models of renewable energy can be developed to benefit the Global South. Another area of participation by the Minister was with the International Energy Agency and the International Atomic Energy Agency in order to reinforce collaboration on clean energy technologies.

Industry alliances and innovation

WEF 2026 has enabled the industry to reinforce industry collaboration with international power and investment pioneers, such as Mercuria Group, TotalEnergies, La Caisse, Ingka Group, ENGIE, EDF and Acciona. Debates that revolved around the scaling of renewable energy, green hydrogen as part of the National Green Hydrogen Mission, energy storage, climate finance, as well as ESG frameworks. Such activities underscored the economic policy environment of stability and investor friendliness in India and long-term regulatory transparency.

Conclusion

The interactions at Davos 2026 shows that India plays a central role in the clean energy transition of the world. India is motivated by scale, policy predictability and capacity to perform, as it keeps on drawing global investment and strategic alliances in the renewable energy powering, manufacturing and green hydrogen industries. The changes highlighted in the energy sector by the stakeholders suggest the importance of a consistent legal and regulatory framework to facilitate long-term investing and power a secure and inclusive energy transition.