India to Enhance Coal Reliance Amid LNG Supply Problems
New Delhi: India prepares to lean a lot more on coal-fired power generation this summer season as disruptions in liquified natural gas (LNG) supplies threaten power manufacturing. The step comes in the middle of the recurring dispute in West Asia.
- Gas-based plants, though adaptable, just add a tiny portion to India’s power.
- Coal represent 70 % of electricity generation, yet integrating it with renewables poses challenges.
- The government invoked the Necessary Products Act, possibly diverting gas from nuclear power plant.
- Over 51 GW of capability included this , including 9 GW of coal-based power.
