Coronavirus crisis should not stop India's move to green energy

Government must support renewables sector even as problems pile up

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Workers carry solar panels at the Gujarat solar park, pictured in April 2012 during construction: growth of renewable electricity will be hampered by the dampening of demand. © Reuters

Kanika Chawla is Director of the CEEW Centre for Energy Finance.

While the economic slowdown inflicted by the novel coronavirus has sharply reduced greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft and industry, the crisis has also disrupted clean energy supply chains, dampened electricity demand and crashed oil prices.

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