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Global Energy Alliance for people and planet
Exhibit 18: Alliance contributions to catalytic change, systems change and impact through India's PM-KUSUM scheme Contributing alliance partners Government of India, Rajasthan Energy Department, DISCOMs, private DRE developers, engineering, procurement and construction contractors, local landowners and farmers, agricultural cooperatives
Catalytic change Enhanced capacity and policy: Launch of land registration portal removed land aggregation bottlenecks
Enabling
Pipeline developed: 900 feeder-level solar plants (~5–6GW) in active pipeline with March 2026 deadline
Finance unlocked: Land portal unlocked ~3.5GW of prospective capacity, reflecting accelerated and expanded capital deployment
Pivotal
Systems change Enabling
Increased access: Feeder-level solarization users received ~5 extra hours/day of reliable power, enabling irrigation and enterprise in daylight
Enabling
Higher utilization: Users reported lower costs (64% decrease) and more time for other activities
Impact Improved livelihoods: Improved power access enabled income gains and better time use, particularly for women. Around half (51%) of farmers reported higher yields.
Reduced emissions: Acceleration in solar capacity (+0.36MW/day) and pump installations (+28.6/day) sped up carbon impacts; Rajasthan added roughly 183MW more installed capacity and 12,700 more solarized pumps than projected without Global Energy Alliance involvement.
Enabling