India To Delay Coal Plant Closure

OilPrice.com | Aug 18, 2022 at 10:30 AM
  • India is set to delay the retirement of some coal plants even as it builds new coal generation capacity, Bloomberg has reported, noting this would interfere with climate commitments.
  • Under the revised version, India has committed to increasing the share of non-fossil fuel energy sources in its energy mix to 50 percent by 2030.
  • Currently, India generates as much as 70 percent of its electricity from coal power plants with a total capacity of 204 GW.