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India's renewables boom set to lift power exchange spot trading

Coal dominates Indian power generation but that is changing, with renewables accounting for more than 80% of new capacity last year, according to BloombergNEF

World coal power demand to hit new high after China, India, US surge: IEA

Rising consumption in China, India and the United States could bring global coal-fired power demand to a new all-time high this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday.

Coal-fired power plants to close after new wastewater rule

The new wastewater rule requires power plants to clean coal ash and toxic heavy metals

COP aims to end coal, but the world is still addicted to 'dirtiest fuel'

The burning of coal represents the biggest single obstacle to meeting the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to 1.5C

Coal shortage: 59 thermal power plants have less than 4 days of fuel stocks

Coal shortage at thermal power plants is lingering on, with 59 non-pit head projects having the dry fuel stocks for less than four days as on Wednesday, according to official data

Gehlot happy over resumption of power production in some thermal plants

Rajasthan Chief Minister on Sunday expressed happiness over the resumption of power production in some of the closed units

Coal power generation capacity under outage reduces to 5 GW from 11 GW

Coal-based electricity generation capacity under outage due to shortage of the dry fuel came down to 5 GW on Thursday from 11 GW on Tuesday, according to the Union power ministry.

India tweaks policy to use biomass pellets in coal-fired power plants

The policy will come into force in October 2022

Global climate action: Indian banks need to accelerate green financing

Indian banks need to move away from financing fossil fuels projects and prioritise lending to renewable energy and other environmentally sustainable projects

India's solar energy output growth slows in September amid coal crisis

Growth in solar energy is critical this year as half of India's 135 coal-fired power plants have fuel stocks of less than three days

India coal crisis brews as power demand surges, record global prices bite

Over half of India's 135 coal-fired power plants have fuel stocks of less than three days, government data shows, far short of federal guidelines recommending supplies of at least two weeks

Explained: Global energy shortage or a coincidence of regional crises?

Gasoline stations running dry in Britain. Power costs surging in the European Union ahead of winter. Forced restrictions on energy use in China. And rising prices for oil, natural gas and coal

India's August power output rises 16.1%, coal-fired power by 23.7%

India's electricity generation rose by 16.1% in August compared with a year earlier, lifted by a 23.7% jump in coal-fired power generation that led to a coal shortage at utilities across the country

From coal-based to a renewable energy-based NTPC in ten years

But the company will have to do a financial Houdini act meanwhile to make the markets keep faith in its long term story

Coal's share in India's power mix hits highest in more than two years

This year seasonal factors have limited output of renewables, including hydro electricity, which are weather dependent, helping coal's share to rebound

Coal plants fail on pollution norms, may cost 4,800 lives every year: Study

Research by independent group warns against rise in respiratory diseases and economic loss if air pollution increases.

Fairer way to help developing economies

The proposed Green New Deal in the United States and the European Commission's European Green Deal have laudable environmental goals but are too inward-looking

A good climate year

From record low tariff for solar power in India to Joe Biden making climate change his core agenda, 2021 will mark events that will prove to be a good year for the climate

UN chief urges all countries to stop building new coal power plants

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday called on all countries to stop building new coal power plants in his video message to the East Asia Summit 2020

Tata Power one step closer to tariff revision at Mundra power plant

Maharashtra is one of the five states that procure power from Tata Power's Mundra ultra mega power plant in Gujarat.