{"id":340336,"date":"2024-08-22T16:02:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T14:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=340336"},"modified":"2024-08-22T16:02:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T14:02:53","slug":"coal-to-remain-cornerstone-of-indias-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=340336","title":{"rendered":"Coal To Remain Cornerstone Of India\u2019s\u00a0Energy"},"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

The latest Issue of World Coal contains a feature on India:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unfortunately the report cannot be downloaded, but below are some of the key highlights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“As of April 2023, the Geological Survey of India reported coal reserves amounting to 378 billion tonnes.<\/strong> India\u2019s coal production rose from 651 mt in FY16 to 997 mt in FY24, with a compound annual growth rate of 5.5% in the last eight years.<\/strong>
Around 88% of of the coal produced in FY24 was dispatched to the power sector, driven by the government goal of prioritising energy security<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

India\u2019s stand even after climate agreements and international pressures, has remained with coal, in order to become self sufficient in fulfil its surging energy needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the Conclusion
Environmental considerations and global climate pressure have caused the mining sector to be caught in the cross hairs. However India\u2019s gigantic energy need is defending the use of coal and mining activities. Coal production is expected to reach 1.6 billion t and imports to reach 316 mt by 2030. Post 2030 coal production is expected to escalate and imports to diminish.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

India clearly has enough coal reserves to keep it going for hundreds of years, and there is no sign that India will start cutting back on coal output or consumption any time soon.<\/p>\n\n\n

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India produces 11% of the world\u2019s coal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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India clearly has enough coal reserves to keep it going for hundreds of years, and there is no sign that India will start cutting back on coal output or consumption any time soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":340342,"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":[691819635,691818128,691818237],"class_list":{"0":"post-340336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-coal","9":"tag-energy","10":"tag-india","12":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/0rtr304td_coal.jpg?fit=2400%2C1350&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1qxi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":286832,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=286832","url_meta":{"origin":340336,"position":0},"title":"India\u2019s October Coal Production Jumps 19%","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"06\/11\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Coal still generates around 70% of India\u2019s electricity. 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