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Modi to open four-day renewable energy summit at Bharat Mandapam today

The first Bharat Renewable Energy Summit and Expo brings together delegates from more than 130 countries, the International Solar Alliance Assembly and a green hydrogen conference.

From the editorial desk · New DelhiPublished
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Bharat Mandapam (file photo)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Bharat Mandapam (file photo)Photo: Press Information Department / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

Key points

  1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate BRESE 2026 at Bharat Mandapam on Monday.
  2. The summit runs from 2 to 5 November with participants from over 130 countries.
  3. India needs about $220 billion in clean energy investment between 2027 and 2030, the renewable energy ministry says.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to open the Bharat Renewable Energy Summit and Expo at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on Monday, the first edition of a four-day event the government hopes will pull in investment for its clean energy push.

The summit, known as BRESE 2026, runs from 2 to 5 November and is being organised by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy under the theme “Invest. Innovate. Inspire.” Policymakers, investors, manufacturers and researchers from more than 130 countries are expected.

For the first time, three events share one stage: BRESE itself, the ninth session of the International Solar Alliance Assembly, to which 128 countries were invited, and the fourth International Conference on Green Hydrogen. Australia, Denmark, the European Union, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom are country partners, and 13 states and Union Territories, among them Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, will pitch for projects. More than 400 companies, startups and research bodies are taking part in the exhibition.

The money question

India has about 308 GW of non-fossil fuel capacity installed and is aiming for 500 GW by 2030. Ministry Secretary Santosh Kumar Sarangi has said getting there will take roughly $220 billion of investment between 2027 and 2030, along with stronger transmission lines, more energy storage and more domestic manufacturing.

Sessions over the four days cover financing, battery storage, green hydrogen and manufacturing, with ministerial meetings and CEO roundtables alongside.