New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- India could add more than 5 gigawatts (GW) of agrivoltaic capacity over the next three to four years, depending on how quickly states introduce electricity purchase tariffs and facilitate investments, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) Secretary Santosh Kumar Sarangi said on Monday.

Speaking at a press conference ahead of the Agrivoltaics World Conference 2026, Sarangi said, "It should be upwards of 5 gigawatts over the next 3 to 4 years."

He stressed that capacity addition would depend on state governments creating favourable conditions for farmers, cooperatives and developers to invest in agrivoltaic projects.

"It depends on the state's enthusiasm, the state's ability to quickly notify a feed-in tariff,...