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Imagine a multi-way tug of war and the country’s electricity grid sitting in the middle of it. On one end is the rapid acceleration of renewable energy capacity and on the other end is a slowly crumbling, but strong foundation of thermal power. Add to it the complexity of lack of balancing energy sources. And then there is rising power demand led by cooling demand, new energy guzzling sectors such as data centres and modern electrification. There is also an emerging pull factor of decentralised energy solutions.