Hyderabad Roadshow

Hyderabad Brings Southern India’s Clean-Energy Powerhouse into Bharat RE Summit 2026’s National Outreach

There are moments in an energy transition when the conversation moves beyond how much renewable power a country can generate. The next question is whether it can build the manufacturing, storage, technology and industrial ecosystem required to sustain that growth.

That was the larger message as the Bharat Renewable Energy Summit & Expo 2026 roadshow reached Hyderabad on August 31, its third stop after Jaipur and Mumbai. The Hyderabad edition brought together Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, three states representing three distinct strengths of India’s clean-energy transition: innovation, scale and system maturity.

India’s national ambition provided the backdrop. Shri Anupam Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, noted that installed non-fossil-fuel capacity has crossed 300 GW as the country moves towards 500 GW by 2030. But the next phase, he stressed, cannot be measured only in added generation. It will require transmission, storage, manufacturing, green hydrogen, digital technologies and a more flexible energy system.

Telangana brought the innovation and industrialisation story. Shri Musharraf Ali Faruqui, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Telangana Renewable Energy Development Corporation Limited, highlighted the state’s Clean and Green Energy Policy 2025 and its ambition to meet rising energy demand through clean power while attracting investments in renewable generation and clean-energy manufacturing. With Hyderabad’s technology and entrepreneurial ecosystem, Telangana is increasingly positioned at the intersection of energy, digital innovation and new-age manufacturing.

Andhra Pradesh brought scale. Shri Kamalakar Babu Merupu, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, NREDCAP, outlined the state’s Integrated Clean Energy Policy 2024, which targets 160 GW of renewable-energy additions by 2029. The opportunity spans renewable generation, storage, green hydrogen, biofuels, clean-energy manufacturing and a dedicated Renewable Energy Manufacturing Zone, placing Andhra Pradesh among the country’s most ambitious clean-energy investment destinations.

Tamil Nadu brought experience and grid maturity. Smt. B. Rajeswari, Director (Finance), Tamil Nadu Green Energy Corporation Limited, highlighted the state’s longstanding strength in wind and solar while placing increasing emphasis on storage and pumped-storage projects. As variable renewable capacity expands, this ability to integrate, balance and store clean power will become as important as generation itself.

Together, the three states present a compelling southern clean-energy proposition: Telangana can innovate and manufacture, Andhra Pradesh can build at scale, and Tamil Nadu can integrate and optimise.

That combination reflects how India’s renewable-energy opportunity is changing. Solar and wind remain fundamental, but growth is now moving rapidly into batteries, power electronics, electrolysers, green hydrogen, AI-based forecasting, digital energy-management systems, electric mobility, bioenergy and advanced materials.

Shri Anupam Kumar captured that shift by noting that renewable energy is no longer only an environmental imperative. It is increasingly tied to energy security, competitiveness, industrial growth, technology, investment and employment. Southern India’s strengths in engineering, research, manufacturing and entrepreneurship give the region the opportunity to become not merely a consumer of clean-energy technologies, but a producer, innovator and global technology partner.

That is also where Bharat RE Summit 2026 assumes greater relevance. As Shri Kumar described it, the Summit is intended as a platform “where policy meets capital, capital meets projects, technology meets markets, and States meet investors.”

The larger convergence takes place from November 2–5 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, alongside the 9th Session of the International Solar Alliance Assembly and the 4th International Conference on Green Hydrogen.

Jaipur brought renewable-resource scale into focus. Mumbai brought capital to the conversation. Hyderabad has now added another crucial dimension: a southern clean-energy ecosystem where innovation, scale and operational maturity can come together to accelerate India’s transition.