Climate Weekly: Green India? A reality check
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Has solar won the competition with coal in India? Not yet.
Despite record low solar power prices and a hiatus in coal plant construction, the dirtiest fossil fuel has room for growth.
Running underused coal power stations more of the time is still cheaper than adding solar panels, explains former Coal India chairman Partha Bhattacharya. It could create 250 million tonnes more demand each year, Aditi Roy Ghatak reports.
The government’s enthusiasm for clean energy seems to have waned. A $25 billion pot of coal tax revenue earmarked for climate spending has been diverted to a completely unrelated policy, news site Scroll.in revealed.
And a bold target to sell 100% electric vehicles by…
