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2047
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Detailed explanation-1: -India can achieve energy independence by its 100th year of independence in 2047, according to a new study by the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Detailed explanation-2: -The study shows that India’s energy independence pathway would involve the power sector installing more than 500 GW of non-fossil electricity generation capacity by 2030, a goal already announced by the government, followed by an 80 percent clean grid by 2040 and 90 percent by 2047.
Detailed explanation-3: -Overall, India’s energy import was 34.2% of its energy consumption in 2012-13. This ratio had increased to 41% for 2021-22, the latest year for which data is available. The analysis of net import dependency in the report Energy Statistics India, 2023 excluded petroleum products, the final products made from crude oil.