AbstractThis study presents a status of renewable energy research specific to the Indian context. The Indian academic literature on renewable energy from 1998–2014 was reviewed. The major focus was to understand the direction of the energy research (solar) in consumer behavior context. Therefore, the technological research and patent studies were not taken into account for this study. The papers reviewed represent three broad categories, namely, “literature review”, “empirical studies” and “qualitative studies”. Through this study, it can be concluded that Indian energy market is not yet well researched academically. A slow growth has been observed since 1998, however, a major shift is observed from 2008 onwards.