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New Delhi-headquartered Ministry of New and Renewable Energy released NISE’s floating solar assessment on June 10, 2026. Gurugram-based National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) has prepared the report, titled Solar PV Potential of India: Floating Solar. The report estimated India’s floating solar potential at about 102 GW across reservoirs and lakes. In total, NISE identified 11,197 waterbodies and found that there are 682 technically viable locations in an area of about 1,946 sq km of reservoir area. The leading state is Maharashtra with hydroelectric power generation potential of 16.3 GW followed by Andhra Pradesh having 14.9 GW and Karnataka having 13.7 GW. In total, solar energy potential in India is around 3,445 GW, which includes 3,343 GW of land-based solar energy potential. The ministry also said work was under way on a policy, timeline and schemes for floating solar and agrivoltaics.
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