The World Bank Group supports countries in expanding access to affordable and reliable energy while mobilising investment for lower-carbon and climate-resilient development. Its work includes financing, policy reform, institutional capacity building, private-capital mobilisation and technical assistance across renewable generation, transmission, energy access, storage and emerging technologies. In India, the World Bank has supported solar development, battery-energy-storage initiatives and policy programmes designed to expand renewable energy, strengthen climate finance and develop a competitive green-hydrogen industry.

The World Bank Group matters to the Bharat Renewable Energy Summit because India’s transition is inseparable from wider questions of development, employment, affordability and economic competitiveness. The scale of required investment cannot be met through public funding alone, making institutional reform, risk mitigation and private-capital participation increasingly important. With experience across developing economies, the World Bank can bring comparative insights on financing models, utility transformation, social safeguards and market development, helping the Summit connect India’s energy ambitions with inclusive growth and international climate finance.