The International Solar Alliance (ISA), an intergovernmental body headquartered in Gurugram and co-founded by India and France during COP 2015, has announced plans to establish 17 centres of excellence across 17 countries by the end of 2025. According to ISA Director General Ashish Khanna, a Global Capability Centre is being set up in India to act as a central hub linking these centres, with expansion possible to 50 countries as demand grows. The centres are planned to provide testing infrastructure, laboratory training, and startup ecosystem support for the solar sector. Khanna has further stated that several countries are increasingly seeking Indian engineers to undertake project development, digital tendering, operations, and reskilling. India’s installed solar capacity was 119 GW in July 2025, representing 48% of non-fossil capacity, while coal was still supplying nearly three-fourths of electricity generation. India is also progressing with the “One Sun, One World, One Grid” initiative, which includes a proposed 2,000 km undersea transmission cable with the UAE.