{"id":281502,"date":"2026-04-22T00:23:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=281502"},"modified":"2026-04-22T00:23:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:53:26","slug":"clean-energy-power-generation-surges-in-india-but-coal-remains-dominant-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/clean-energy-power-generation-surges-in-india-but-coal-remains-dominant-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Clean-energy power generation surges in India, but coal remains dominant: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>NEW DELHI, 21 Apr:<\/strong> India&#8217;s renewable power generation from solar, wind, hydro and bioenergy saw a record increase of 98 terawatt-hour (TWh) in 2025, double the previous high of 49 TWh in 2022, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Solar and wind both set new individual records for year-on-year increases last year in the country, rising by 53 TWh (37 per cent) and 22 TWh (28 per cent) respectively, the analysis added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The report, &#8216;Global electricity review 2026&#8217;, was released on Tuesday by Ember, an energy think tank.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a statement, Aditya Lolla, managing director of Ember, said, &#8220;Solar power is the dominant driver of change in India&#8217;s power system. Along with battery storage, solar is opening a path to fast-scaling, round-the-clock clean power that can enhance India&#8217;s energy security and fend off global shocks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The report also highlighted that India&#8217;s coal generation declined by 44 TWh in 2025 due to the surge in renewables and a lower-than-average demand growth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, coal continues to dominate India&#8217;s electricity mix. Last year, it provided 71 per cent of India&#8217;s electricity, above the Asian average of 52 per cent and the global average of 33 per cent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also, coal generation has increased by 468 TWh (46 per cent) over the last 10 years and India remains the second-largest coal generator globally, behind China, according to the report. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, 21 Apr: India&#8217;s renewable power generation from solar, wind, hydro and bioenergy saw a record increase of 98 terawatt-hour (TWh) in 2025, double the previous high of 49 TWh in 2022, according to a new report. Solar and wind both set new individual records for year-on-year increases last year in the country, rising [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-281502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281521,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281502\/revisions\/281521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}