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Tahmid Zami</a></span></p><p>Published: November 14, 2024 </p></div></div><div class=" ContentHeader_article__cta__actions__m1SSX"><div class="ContentHeader_article__cta__actions__share__4Vz5N"><button id="share-button" aria-label="Share"><i><img alt="share icon" loading="lazy" width="20" height="20" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" style="color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto" src="/icons/icon-content-header-share.svg"/></i><span class="clickableUnderLine">Share</span></button></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><section class="undefined Layout_mobilePadding__qQQZO"><div class="row"><div class="col col-24"><div class="ArticleMain_heroImage__Qnkt6"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="Workers install solar panels at the Khavda Renewable Energy Park of Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL), in Khavda, India, April 12, 2024.REUTERS/Amit Dave" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 950px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/aa6120efd46fd600ce9c0ec9777ead4b/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/aa6120efd46fd600ce9c0ec9777ead4b/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/aa6120efd46fd600ce9c0ec9777ead4b/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/aa6120efd46fd600ce9c0ec9777ead4b/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/aa6120efd46fd600ce9c0ec9777ead4b/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/aa6120efd46fd600ce9c0ec9777ead4b/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/aa6120efd46fd600ce9c0ec9777ead4b/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/aa6120efd46fd600ce9c0ec9777ead4b/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/aa6120efd46fd600ce9c0ec9777ead4b/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/aa6120efd46fd600ce9c0ec9777ead4b/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/aa6120efd46fd600ce9c0ec9777ead4b/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/aa6120efd46fd600ce9c0ec9777ead4b/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/aa6120efd46fd600ce9c0ec9777ead4b/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/aa6120efd46fd600ce9c0ec9777ead4b/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/aa6120efd46fd600ce9c0ec9777ead4b/2400w/80q"/></div></div></div><div class="col col-24 col-lg-6"><div class="ArticleMain_heroImage__imageCaption__NgA_j"><p>Workers install solar panels at the Khavda Renewable Energy Park of Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL), in Khavda, India, April 12, 2024.REUTERS/Amit Dave</p></div></div><div class="col col-24 col-lg-18"><div class="ArticleSummary_articleSummary__KD3Cr "><h2>What’s the context?</h2><p>As the COP29 summit eyes a surge in renewable energy, competing demand for land creates conflict in India and Bangladesh</p></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><ul> <li>India and Bangladesh's solar growth hinge on land availability</li> <li>Taking crop land and pastures away puts food and jobs at risk</li> <li>Experts urge fair deals and consultations with communities</li> </ul> <p>Famed for its Sun Temple dedicated to the sun god, Modhera <span class="ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak" dir="ltr">in Gujarat state</span> became India's first <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/indias-first-fully-solar-village-lights-up-lives-poor-residents-2022-11-01/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fully solar-powered village</a> in 2022, but a legal case against the plant is still in court as residents seek compensation for losing 50 acres of grazing land.</p> <p>Modhera's 6 megawatt (MW) solar plant and a linked battery storage system, which provide energy to the village's 6,000 people, were built in 2022 despite opposition from local farmers, who filed a case in the state's highest court in 2020 against its construction.</p> <p>It is one of 25 <a href="https://www.landconflictwatch.org/all-conflicts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ongoing land conflicts</a> linked to renewable energy in India, according to research group Land Conflict Watch. In neighbouring Bangladesh, there have been local media reports of solar projects being halted due to <a href="https://www.landconflictwatch.org/conflicts/sujanpura-pastoralists-oppose-modhera-solar-plant-in-gujarat#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">local protests.</a></p> <p>A push by India and Bangladesh to boost the use of solar power and renewable energy is resulting in increasing land conflicts, experts say, as farmers worry about losing key agricultural land to renewable energy projects.</p> <p>"The main cause of these conflicts is competing demands for land," said Mudita Vidrohi, an environmental campaigner.</p> <p>At the COP29 in Azerbaijan this month, global leaders are discussing funding to support priorities such as the <a href="https://www.context.news/net-zero/as-cop28-targets-renewable-energy-surge-can-all-nations-benefit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transition towards clean energy</a>, following a pledge at COP28 in Dubai last year to triple global renewable energy 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Bangladesh has said it wants to be able to get <a href="https://mujibplan.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">30% of its electricity from renewable power</a> by the end of the decade, up sharply from just about <a href="https://cpd.org.bd/publication/achieving-the-target-of-renewable-energy-based-power-generation-by-2041/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">4.5% currently.</a></p> <p>The 25 land disputes in India are having an impact on over 30,000 people and millions of dollars of renewable investment, according to Land Conflict Watch.</p> <p>Vidrohi said most of the opposition in India is coming from smallholder farmers and pastoral communities, including nomadic livestock rearers, who depend on the common land for their food and income. She said a large part of India's <a href="https://eu.boell.org/en/2021/09/07/pastoralism-india-rangeland-not-wasteland#:~:text=Precise%20figures%20are%20lacking%2C%20but%20an%20estimated%201,a%20hereditary%20profession%20that%20goes%20back%20countless%20generations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">13 million pastoral communities live</a> in the sunny, semi-arid south and west regions where solar projects are being built. </p> <p>"This is putting the pastoral communities' livelihoods in direct contest with India's solar ambition," she said.</p></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="Women places a solar panel light out for charging outside her house on Ghoramara Island in the Sundarbans, West Bengal, India, April 13, 2024. 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REUTERS/Avijit Ghosh</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>Women places a solar panel light out for charging outside her house on Ghoramara Island in the Sundarbans, West Bengal, India, April 13, 2024. REUTERS/Avijit Ghosh</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><h2>Protests in Bangladesh</h2> <p>Land procurement is proving to be a <a href="https://ieefa.org/resources/towards-orderly-energy-transition-bangladesh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">major challenge for Bangladesh</a> to achieve its green capacity goals, according to research from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), a non-profit organisation.</p> <p>"In Bangladesh, land plot ownership is highly fragmented, and thus pooling sufficient suitable space together for a solar project is difficult," said Ijaz Hossain, professor at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.</p> <p>The government is cautious about agricultural land being used for renewable projects in a country where global nutrition monitor Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) estimates one in four face <a href="https://www.ipcinfo.org/ipc-country-analysis/details-map/en/c/1158462/?iso3=BGD" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"acute food insecurity"</a> in the last quarter of 2024.</p> <p>Earlier this year, a local protest against the construction of a 200 MW solar plant in the southwestern district of Barguna led to the project being scrapped, according to residents and local media reports.</p> <p>People from the local region, including farmers and activists, formed a human chain in the village of Agathakur Para, saying they were trying to protect their land where three staple crops grow each year.</p> <p>Shahin Alom, a local businessman, said power generation should not compromise "even an inch of multi-cropping land".</p> <p>Bangladesh, which uses about <a href="https://a2i.gov.bd/smart-agriculture-for-smart-bangladesh/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">70% of its land for agriculture</a>, issued a government circular in 2023 making it illegal to build solar parks in land that is used for growing multiple crops a year. The agriculture sector employs some <a href="https://www.adb.org/documents/bangladesh-agriculture-sector-assessment-strategy#:~:text=With%20agriculture%20generating%20over%2040,can%20help%20reduce%20rural%20poverty" target="_blank" rel="noopener">40% of Bangladesh's population</a>, according to the Asian Development Bank.</p> <p>Plans for the <a href="https://dailycountrytodaybd.com/story/residents-protest-construction-of-solar-plant-adjacent-to-barapukuria-coal-mine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">construction of solar parks</a> in Barapukuria, a coal mine area in the northwest of Bangladesh, have also been held up due to protests, said local resident Asad Sarkar, confirming local media reports.</p> <p>Rohini Kamal, a research fellow at Bangladesh's Brac University, stressed the importance of including local communities in discussions about renewables projects.</p> <p>"Without a fair deal with the farmers, herders, fishermen and other land users, you cannot ensure solar growth that adds jobs," she said.</p></div><div class="row g-0 ArticleSingleImage_wrapper__v8ERl"><div class="col-24"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="A sea of solar panels at Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 750px " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/4e75667092497c14f58db0e9492f10c7/2400w/80q"/></div></div><div class="caption col-24 d-none d-lg-flex ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>A sea of solar panels at Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div><div class="caption col-24 d-lg-none ArticleSingleImage_desc__RJQbE " data-cy="centered"><p>A sea of solar panels at Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, India, December 11, 2021. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Roli Srivastava</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><h2>Land banks</h2> <p>While protests have put some solar projects in Bangladesh on hold, India is moving ahead with its clean energy plans.</p> <p>India is using <a href="https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s3d69116f8b0140cdeb1f99a4d5096ffe4/uploads/2024/02/202402221034595576.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">some of its wasteland</a> -- which makes up 17% of the country's <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353455126_Mapping_the_distribution_and_extent_of_India%27s_semi-arid_open_natural_ecosystems" target="_blank" rel="noopener">overall land area</a> -- for renewable projects, but some ecologists warn this could hurt India's biodiversity and livestock fodder.</p> <p>Against this backdrop, India's renewable energy capacity <a href="https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1778598" target="_blank" rel="noopener">grew over 200% in the last decade</a>, largely led by solar power, according to government data.</p> <p>But as India uses more and more of its land for renewable energy, land scarcity could eventually <a href="https://www.ceew.in/publications/how-can-india-unlock-renewable-energy-and-green-hydrogen-potential" target="_blank" rel="noopener">become a bottleneck for the country's solar expansion, the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) said in a recent report.</a></p> <p><span data-teams="true"><span class="ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak" dir="ltr">India has to produce about 7,000 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy to meet its national target of net zero emissions by 2070 and generating anything beyond 1,500 GW could come with significant land conflicts due to population density and climate risks like floods and cyclones, think tank CEEW said in the report.</span></span></p> <p>CEEW fellow Hemant Mallya said a possible solution could be for state and union territories to make "land banks" available to renewables developers. 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Tahmid Zami","identifier":"c22965b4530837beff7bfb144b8be57a","image":"c22965b4530837beff7bfb144b8be57a","urlTitle":"md-tahmid-zami","role":"Climate Correspondent"}],"country":[{"Bangladesh":"Bangladesh"},{"India":"India"}],"source":"Context","sponsoredBy":[],"supportedBy":[{"identifier":"e897e3e7bd03f7f755e9dbb8c1e7daa7","nameOfTheOrganisation":"Laudes Foundation","linkToWebsite":"https://www.laudesfoundation.org/"}],"body":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndia and Bangladesh's solar growth hinge on land availability\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTaking crop land and pastures away puts food and jobs at risk\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExperts urge fair deals and consultations with communities\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFamed for its Sun Temple dedicated to the sun god, Modhera \u003cspan class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003ein Gujarat state\u003c/span\u003e became India's first \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/indias-first-fully-solar-village-lights-up-lives-poor-residents-2022-11-01/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003efully solar-powered village\u003c/a\u003e in 2022, but a legal case against the plant is still in court as residents seek compensation for losing 50 acres of grazing land.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModhera's 6 megawatt (MW) solar plant and a linked battery storage system, which provide energy to the village's 6,000 people, were built in 2022 despite opposition from local farmers, who filed a case in the state's highest court in 2020 against its construction.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is one of 25 \u003ca href=\"https://www.landconflictwatch.org/all-conflicts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eongoing land conflicts\u003c/a\u003e linked to renewable energy in India, according to research group Land Conflict Watch. In neighbouring Bangladesh, there have been local media reports of solar projects being halted due to \u003ca href=\"https://www.landconflictwatch.org/conflicts/sujanpura-pastoralists-oppose-modhera-solar-plant-in-gujarat#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003elocal protests.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA push by India and Bangladesh to boost the use of solar power and renewable energy is resulting in increasing land conflicts, experts say, as farmers worry about losing key agricultural land to renewable energy projects.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The main cause of these conflicts is competing demands for land,\" said Mudita Vidrohi, an environmental campaigner.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the COP29 in Azerbaijan this month, global leaders are discussing funding to support priorities such as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/net-zero/as-cop28-targets-renewable-energy-surge-can-all-nations-benefit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003etransition towards clean energy\u003c/a\u003e, following a pledge at COP28 in Dubai last year to triple global renewable energy capacity.\u003c/p\u003e","bodyPart21":"\u003cp\u003eIndia and Bangladesh have both said they will ramp up their solar energy capacity in the coming years to cut their reliance on planet-heating fossil-fuels.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndia aims to be able to generate half of the country's electricity from renewable energy by 2030 \u003ca href=\"https://pib.gov.in/PressNoteDetails.aspx?NoteId=153279\u0026amp;ModuleId=3\u0026amp;reg=3\u0026amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eup from 46% currently\u003c/a\u003e. Bangladesh has said it wants to be able to get \u003ca href=\"https://mujibplan.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e30% of its electricity from renewable power\u003c/a\u003e by the end of the decade, up sharply from just about \u003ca href=\"https://cpd.org.bd/publication/achieving-the-target-of-renewable-energy-based-power-generation-by-2041/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e4.5% currently.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 25 land disputes in India are having an impact on over 30,000 people and millions of dollars of renewable investment, according to Land Conflict Watch.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVidrohi said most of the opposition in India is coming from smallholder farmers and pastoral communities, including nomadic livestock rearers, who depend on the common land for their food and income. She said a large part of India's \u003ca href=\"https://eu.boell.org/en/2021/09/07/pastoralism-india-rangeland-not-wasteland#:~:text=Precise%20figures%20are%20lacking%2C%20but%20an%20estimated%201,a%20hereditary%20profession%20that%20goes%20back%20countless%20generations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e13 million pastoral communities live\u003c/a\u003e in the sunny, semi-arid south and west regions where solar projects are being built.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is putting the pastoral communities' livelihoods in direct contest with India's solar ambition,\" she said.\u003c/p\u003e","bodyPart31":"\u003ch2\u003eProtests in Bangladesh\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLand procurement is proving to be a \u003ca href=\"https://ieefa.org/resources/towards-orderly-energy-transition-bangladesh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003emajor challenge for Bangladesh\u003c/a\u003e to achieve its green capacity goals, according to research from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), a non-profit organisation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In Bangladesh, land plot ownership is highly fragmented, and thus pooling sufficient suitable space together for a solar project is difficult,\" said Ijaz Hossain, professor at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe government is cautious about agricultural land being used for renewable projects in a country where global nutrition monitor Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) estimates one in four face \u003ca href=\"https://www.ipcinfo.org/ipc-country-analysis/details-map/en/c/1158462/?iso3=BGD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\"acute food insecurity\"\u003c/a\u003e in the last quarter of 2024.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEarlier this year, a local protest against the construction of a 200 MW solar plant in the southwestern district of Barguna led to the project being scrapped, according to residents and local media reports.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeople from the local region, including farmers and activists, formed a human chain in the village of Agathakur Para, saying they were trying to protect their land where three staple crops grow each year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShahin Alom, a local businessman, said power generation should not compromise \"even an inch of multi-cropping land\".\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBangladesh, which uses about \u003ca href=\"https://a2i.gov.bd/smart-agriculture-for-smart-bangladesh/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e70% of its land for agriculture\u003c/a\u003e, issued a government circular in 2023 making it illegal to build solar parks in land that is used for growing multiple crops a year. The agriculture sector employs some \u003ca href=\"https://www.adb.org/documents/bangladesh-agriculture-sector-assessment-strategy#:~:text=With%20agriculture%20generating%20over%2040,can%20help%20reduce%20rural%20poverty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e40% of Bangladesh's population\u003c/a\u003e, according to the Asian Development Bank.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlans for the \u003ca href=\"https://dailycountrytodaybd.com/story/residents-protest-construction-of-solar-plant-adjacent-to-barapukuria-coal-mine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003econstruction of solar parks\u003c/a\u003e in Barapukuria, a coal mine area in the northwest of Bangladesh, have also been held up due to protests, said local resident Asad Sarkar, confirming local media reports.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRohini Kamal, a research fellow at Bangladesh's Brac University, stressed the importance of including local communities in discussions about renewables projects.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Without a fair deal with the farmers, herders, fishermen and other land users, you cannot ensure solar growth that adds jobs,\" she said.\u003c/p\u003e","bodyPart41":"\u003ch2\u003eLand banks\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile protests have put some solar projects in Bangladesh on hold, India is moving ahead with its clean energy plans.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndia is using \u003ca href=\"https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s3d69116f8b0140cdeb1f99a4d5096ffe4/uploads/2024/02/202402221034595576.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003esome of its wasteland\u003c/a\u003e -- which makes up 17% of the country's \u003ca href=\"https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353455126_Mapping_the_distribution_and_extent_of_India%27s_semi-arid_open_natural_ecosystems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eoverall land area\u003c/a\u003e -- for renewable projects, but some ecologists warn this could hurt India's biodiversity and livestock fodder.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgainst this backdrop, India's renewable energy capacity \u003ca href=\"https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1778598\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003egrew over 200% in the last decade\u003c/a\u003e, largely led by solar power, according to government data.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut as India uses more and more of its land for renewable energy, land scarcity could eventually \u003ca href=\"https://www.ceew.in/publications/how-can-india-unlock-renewable-energy-and-green-hydrogen-potential\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ebecome a bottleneck for the country's solar expansion, the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) said in a recent report.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-teams=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIndia has to produce about 7,000 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy to meet its national target of net zero emissions by 2070 and generating anything beyond 1,500 GW could come with significant land conflicts due to population density and climate risks like floods and cyclones, think tank CEEW said in the report.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCEEW fellow Hemant Mallya said a possible solution could be for state and union territories to make \"land banks\" available to renewables developers. In India, government agencies create \"land banks\" by pooling together private and public land to be used for businesses and infrastructure.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Reporting by Bhasker Tripathi and Md. Tahmid Zami; Editing by Jack Graham and Ana Nicolaci da Costa.)\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","multimediaType1":"Go Deeper","multimediaFileUpload1":[],"multimediaType2":"photo","multimediaFileUpload2":[{"altText":"Women places a solar panel light out for charging outside her house on Ghoramara Island in the Sundarbans, West Bengal, India, April 13, 2024. REUTERS/Avijit Ghosh","caption":"Women places a solar panel light out for charging outside her house on Ghoramara Island in the Sundarbans, West Bengal, India, April 13, 2024. 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