UN climate chief calls India 'solar superpower'

UN CLIMATE CHIEF Simon Stiell has called India a "solar superpower" and urged it to develop an ambitious climate plan covering its entire economy, saying that an even stronger embrace of the global clean energy boom will supercharge its economic rise.

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Stiell, who is in India to attend a media event, lauded India's efforts to mitigate climate change, saying that while some governments only talk, "India delivers".

"India is already a solar superpower, one of only four countries to have installed more than 100 gigawatts of solar. Energy access is on the rise with villages across the country electrified by 2018, well ahead of schedule," he said.