India to tap augmented solar capacity, coal to weather El Nino, summer-related power demand

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Essential to enactment      present  that India added a grounds   44.61 gigawatts of star  capableness   successful  the fiscal twelvemonth  2025-26, which was much  than the treble  it had added successful  the preceding fiscal.

Essential to enactment present that India added a grounds 44.61 gigawatts of star capableness successful the fiscal twelvemonth 2025-26, which was much than the treble it had added successful the preceding fiscal. | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat

Amidst expectations of further summation successful vigor request with highest summers approaching and an El Nino successful sight, India could beryllium looking astatine gathering its accrued powerfulness requirements from the accepted coal-powered thermal plants and augmented star power-based plants.

In fact, erstwhile the state scaled its highest request of 256.1 gigawatts connected April 25, thermal plants astir retained its ascendant presumption accounting for 66.9% of the generation, portion star augmented its presumption further to relationship for 21.5% of the powerfulness generated.

Published - May 02, 2026 12:38 americium IST

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