ERS Spotlight Shifting to Solar Electricity Generation

The document highlights the Amazon solar farm in Rajasthan, India, which has 210MW of capacity and avoids an estimated 280,000 tonnes of CO2e annually by providing zero-carbon electricity to a carbon-intensive grid. It argues that expanding renewable energy in coal-reliant systems is a highly effective way to reduce power-sector emissions and improve air quality.

• The Amazon solar farm in Rajasthan, India, developed by ReNew Power, has a renewable energy capacity of 210MW and results in an estimated annual emissions reduction of 280,000 tonnes of CO2e.
• Expanding renewable electricity generation is identified as one of the most effective methods for reducing emissions in grids reliant on coal, as each megawatt-hour of solar or wind generation decreases the overall emissions intensity of the grid.
• Climate TRACE estimates the global potential for Emissions Reduction Solutions (ERS) in the electricity generation sector to be 9 billion tonnes of CO2e.

APA

Climate TRACE (2025). ERS Spotlight Shifting to Solar Electricity Generation. https://media.climatetrace.org/CT_Amazon_India_Electricity_2_84702f786b.pdf

Chicago

Climate TRACE. ERS Spotlight Shifting to Solar Electricity Generation. 2025. https://media.climatetrace.org/CT_Amazon_India_Electricity_2_84702f786b.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatetrace2025ers, author = {{Climate TRACE}}, title = {{ERS Spotlight Shifting to Solar Electricity Generation}}, institution = {Climate TRACE}, year = {2025}, month = dec, url = {https://media.climatetrace.org/CT_Amazon_India_Electricity_2_84702f786b.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }