New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- India's non-fossil energy capacity has crossed 300 GW, marking a major shift in the country's power sector, with grid management and transmission expansion emerging as key challenges, Power Secretary Pankaj Agarwal said on Thursday.

"We are already at 300 gigawatts of non-fossil, and now going forward, the challenges are entirely different. Grid management itself is a challenge, and building transmission systems is a challenge," Agarwal said.

He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the 2nd Indian Power Sector Conference, "Building a Reliable, Flexible and Market-Ready Power System".

Agarwal said the government has moved a Cabinet note for inter-ministerial consultation on a new power policy, which is bei...