A report by YES Securities said land availability, evacuation infrastructure and transmission approvals remain key bottlenecks for India's renewable energy sector despite strong growth momentum. The note argued that these constraints are increasingly favouring larger and established developers with stronger project execution capabilities. It added that addressing land and grid evacuation will be central to sustaining capacity additions. The report attributed growth to rising electricity demand, government decarbonisation targets, increasing corporate procurement and large-scale investments across solar, wind, hybrid and storage infrastructure. It noted policy support such as the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers regulations, domestic manufacturing incentives, transmission expansion and renewable procurement obligations as bolstering the long-term outlook. Demand from industrial users, utilities, data centres and commercial consumers was cited as accelerating additions across both independent power producer and captive plant segments. Emerging opportunities in battery energy storage systems (BESS), round-the-clock power, floating solar, green hydrogen and energy trading were identified as areas likely to play a larger role as renewable penetration rises on the grid. The report observed that storage and hybrid projects can help manage intermittency and create more dispatchable renewable supply. Developers that integrate storage and flexible generation were said to be better placed to capture future demand. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy data showed India ranks third globally in installed renewable capacity measured in gigawatt (GW), after China at 2258.02 GW and the United States at 467.92 GW, with India at 250.52 GW. The ministry recorded that total renewable capacity increased 3.59 times since 2014, rising from 76.38 GW in March 2014 to 274.68 GW in March 2026, an addition of 198.30 GW. Solar capacity rose from 2.82 GW to 150.26 GW and wind capacity increased from 21.04 GW to 56.09 GW, while domestic manufacturing expanded with wind turbine output capacity moving from 10 GW in 2014 to around 24 GW and solar module capacity from 2.3 GW to around 172 GW as of March 31, 2026.