Big gaps in push for green power

A floating solar farm in Visakhapatnam and (below) wind turbines in a village near Kayathar. India’s creaking electrical grid is lagging behind its push for renewable sources, just as its growing economy hungers for oil stranded by conflict. — Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times

LAST year, India hit a milestone in its push for energy independence: after years of building solar parks and wind farms, the country said it could generate more than half of its electricity from renewable sources.

Getting that electricity to homes and businesses is a whole other challenge.