SECI Celebrates 15 Years with Significant Renewable Energy Achievements
Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) commemorated its 15th Foundation Day with a stakeholders' meet on September 21, 2026. The event was attended by Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State for Ministry of New & Renewable Energy and Power, who emphasized SECI's central role in achieving India's clean energy vision and noted that the corporation's journey reflects India's growing leadership in the global renewable energy transition.
SECI's cumulative achievements include over 41 GW of renewable energy generation capacity commissioned through third-party developers, power sale agreements of over 67 GW signed with various DISCOMs and consumers, and cumulative market investments enabled for approximately ₹3.6 lakh crores. The company is rapidly scaling its own projects portfolio and is actively promoting energy storage, green hydrogen, and allied areas.
Thematic Sessions on Future Energy Directions
The stakeholders' meet featured two thematic sessions focusing on emerging opportunities in the renewable energy sector. The first session, "Reimagining Industry through Green Molecules," explored the role of green hydrogen and its derivatives in decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors and creating new avenues for industrial growth. Discussions covered opportunities for domestic production, emerging applications, and the policy support, infrastructure, technology, and financing required to develop green molecule markets at scale.
The second session, "The Changing Energy Landscape: Distributed Renewables and New Energy Markets," examined the evolving role of distributed renewable energy in India. Key discussion areas included greater consumer participation, integration of distributed energy resources, emerging market mechanisms, and the policy and regulatory frameworks needed to facilitate effective integration and support renewable energy expansion.
SECI Managing Director Shri Akash Tripathi reiterated the corporation's commitment to opening new opportunities in the renewable energy sector by working closely with stakeholders and innovating with market requirements. Incorporated on September 20, 2011, SECI began as India's dedicated implementing agency for the National Solar Mission and has grown into a Navratna CPSE focused exclusively on renewable energy with a mandate spanning the complete renewable energy ecosystem.