{"id":293408,"date":"2024-01-01T18:41:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T17:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=293408"},"modified":"2024-01-01T18:41:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T17:41:56","slug":"india-determined-to-increase-coal-output","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=293408","title":{"rendered":"India Determined To Increase Coal\u00a0Output"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

h\/t Dennis Ambler<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is in the latest edition of World Coal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While growth in coal production slows gradually across the globe, India is setting itself apart from other countries, with its ambitions to aggressively increase its output.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

India\u2019s coal industry is the second largest in the world with production in its 2022 \u2013 2023 fiscal year (ended 31 March) of 893 million t, an annual increase of 14.8%, having achieved 8.7% growth in the previous year, with the country now accounting for over 10% of global production, ranking it second after China.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This growth is being driven by the Indian government\u2019s push to reduce dependency on imports and realise AtmaNirbhar Bharat, or \u2018self-reliant India\u2019. Imports of coal are critical to India and have been steadily rising, accounting for 24% of consumption in 2022 compared with 12% in 2010. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to achieve self-reliance,\u00a0the Indian government is working towards increasing the domestic output to over 1 billion t of coal in 2023 \u2013 2024 and 1.5 billion t by 2029 \u2013 2030, with coal-fired power remaining a key element of its electricity portfolio<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2023, coal-fired power is forecast to account for 72% of total power generated in India, with a slight reduction by 2030 to 64%. While a reduction, by 2030 this figure will compare to coal\u2019s share of 27% of total power generation globally and 45% of power produced in China, currently the world\u2019s largest producer of coal-fired power. Renewable power is growing \u2013 in April, the Indian government set a target of having? 500 GW?of installed renewable energy by 2030, including 280 GW of solar power and 140 GW of wind power \u2013 but while India did commit to a \u2018phase down\u2019 of coal at the COP26 global climate forum in Glasgow in 2021, it does not mean a reduction in overall coal demand. Overall demand for coal is forecast to rise from around 1.1 billion t in 2022 \u2013 2023 to over 1.6 billion t by 2029 \u2013 2030, with the share of coal for power generation forecast to account for two-thirds of the total. By 2030, India\u2019s share of global coal-fired power is expected to jump from 13% in 2023 to 18%. In contrast, China\u2019s share of total coal-fired power generation is forecast to remain relatively flat, rising from 54% in 2023 to 56% in 2030<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.worldcoal.com\/coal\/13122023\/indias-coal-sector-bucking-the-trend\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s worth pointing out that China and India already account for 62% of world coal output. Add in Russia and Indonesia, neither of whom have any intention of abandoning coal, and the figure rises to 75%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the West is fiddling around on the fringes, the simple reality is that the world will still be using billions of tonnes for a long time to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While growth in coal production slows gradually across the globe, India is setting itself apart from other countries, with its ambitions to aggressively increase its output.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":293415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818341,691824337,691819332,691818237,691818603,691825873],"class_list":{"0":"post-293408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-china","9":"tag-coal-production","10":"tag-coal-fired-power","11":"tag-india","12":"tag-russia","13":"tag-russia-and-indonesia","15":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0712739-coal-india-r2.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1eko","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":287918,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=287918","url_meta":{"origin":293408,"position":0},"title":"Indian government plans 1.4 billion tonne coal output by 2027","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"14\/11\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"In response to rising power demand, the government has asked power generating companies to blend 6% imported coal until March 2024. 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