NSEFI has been India’s leading Renewable Energy policy advocacy body for the past decade and is an umbrella organisation representing renewable energy (RE) companies that are active along the whole RE value chain comprising leading International, National, and regional companies including Developers, manufacturers, EPC Contractors, Installers, System Integrators, Small and Medium Enterprises etc. NSEFI works in a complimentary manner with Central and State Governments to achieve India’s Renewable Target of 500 GW by 2030. NSEFI’s efforts have culminated into making India’s solar a successful growth story where India is today the 5th Largest country in terms of installed solar capacity.
As an industry body, NSEFI is at the helm of policy advocacy for the growth of RE in India. NSEFI engages with multiple government stakeholders on a regular basis based on the feedback from its members and provides its inputs on the policies pertaining to various subsectors of the Indian RE sector namely Solar, Wind, Hydro, Biomass and Green Hydrogen. NSEFI’s member base grew steadily from a humble number of 6 in 2013 to 142 in 2023, which makes NSEFI the world’s 5th largest Solar Association and South East Asia’s Largest RE advocacy body. NSEFI members today represent almost 95% of India’s Solar market in terms of installed capacity.
NSEFI has made significant and pivotal contributions to India’s RE policy landscape in the last decade. Ranging from Reverse Bidding, Net metering, and Curtailment accountability to the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme. NSEFI’s united industry inputs have successfully advocated for reforms which have transformed India’s Renewable Energy Generation Ecosystem. NSEFI serves on various committees set up by MNRE that work on key issues of various subsectors of the RE Industry ecosystem including Determining Bench Mark Costs, PV Recycling, Agri-PV, Solar Rooftop Awareness etc.
While being active in the Domestic Policy framework, NSEFI has also expanded its wings globally leaving a mark on the international RE Policy front.NSEFI recently acquired the UN ECOSOC special consultative status. NSEFI is one of the co-founders and key members of the Global Solar Council, NSEFI now chairs the IRENA Coalition for Action Working Group on Renewables in Agriculture – Chaired by NSEFI CEO. NSEFI has strategic partnerships with its partners and counterparts in Europe (SolarPower Europe), Germany(BSW), Spain (UNEF), South Korea(KPIA), Israel(GEAI) and the USA(SEIA). NSEFI in 2020 Signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with Vietnam Clean Energy Association in the presence of the Prime Ministers of India and Vietnam. NSEFI recently secured a 1 million EUR grant in 2021 for 3 years for a joint Indo-German Association Level Partnership supported by the German Ministry of Economy(BMZ).NSEFI
