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Much of India’s 33 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired power capacity currently under construction and another 29 GW in the pre-construction stage will end up stranded due to competition from renewables, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).

 

“Coal-fired power simply cannot compete with the ongoing cost reductions of renewables. Solar tariffs in India are now below even the fuel costs of running most existing coal-fired power plants,” said Kashish Shah, research analyst at IEEFA and author of the report.

 

He said that in the past 12 months no new coal-fired power plants have been announced, and there has been no movement in the 29 GW of pre-construction capacity.

 

Source : https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/coal