India is generating more energy than ever before. With over 107.94 GW of installed solar capacity as of 2025, we have no shortage of sunshine or ambition. Yet, millions of homes and businesses still face inconsistent power supply. The reason? Not generation, but wastage.
Every year, India loses an estimated 20 percent of its electricity due to transmission losses and distribution only and by adding inefficient appliances, unmonitored usage, and human behaviour this goes upto 40-50%. This isn’t just a technical flaw, it’s a structural one. Our infrastructure was
built for consumption, not optimization. As a result, even those with rooftop solar panels often depend on the grid during peak hours, while surplus solar energy goes untapped.
This is where intelligence, not more infrastructure, becomes critical. Energy management systems, driven by real-time data and AI, help align consumption with actual need. They don’t store energy, but they ensure we don’t waste what we already have. They can help households use just enough power during high-load periods, and allow buildings to auto-adjust usage across appliances without compromising comfort.
Imagine a home where it knows when to dim the lights, delay the washing machine, or shift cooling loads not just to save electricity bills, but also to reduce your environmental footprint. Multiply that across millions of households, and we don’t just reduce bills we meaningfully cut carbon emissions. Research suggests every unit of electricity wasted results in 0.82 kg of CO₂ a price we pay silently.
According to the Bureau of Energy Efficiency in India, buildings consume more than 500 billion units of electricity every year, accounting for nearly 40 percent of the nation’s total electricity usage. A large portion of this is simply wasted. Electricity Management systems can reduce electricity usage by up to 23 percent and according to several studies, At scale, this means saving 115 billion units of electricity each year and preventing 94 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions. That impact is equivalent to planting 3.7 billion trees, removing 20 million cars from the road, powering 130 million homes for a month, or cancelling 14 million flights.
As India moves towards its 2070 net-zero target, smarter consumption could be just as transformative as new energy projects. And in building this intelligent layer of infrastructure, women are increasingly leading from the front as innovators, engineers, and policy drivers. Their presence in clean tech and energy AI isn’t just symbolic; it’s systemic. Energy intelligence needs diverse thinking, empathetic design, and systemic problem-solving all of which women in tech bring in abundance.
India has enough energy for all of us. The question is can we become wise enough to use it well? Smarter energy is not the future. It’s the upgrade we need today.
Shared by: Jharna Saha,
Co-founder & CMO, Enlog
