Total coal based Power generation capacity in India as on 31.05.2024 is approx. 205 GW. Coal based Electricity Generated per year in India is approx.1138 Billion Units (BU)
One Unit of coal based electricity adds 0.9kg of CO2 in atmosphere.
Thus 1020 Million Tons of CO2 is added presently per year to the atmosphere through coal based electricity generation in India
Solar Power Installed capacity in India at present is about 67 GWp generating approx. 110 BU per year saving CO2 addition of only 100 Million tons in atmosphere which is approx 10% of Carbon addition saving by coal based power plants.
To achieve 50 % carbon emission reduction by 2030 solar power plant capacity needs to be increased at least by five times from now that is 350GWp by 2030
In East India the situation is far more challenging.
Coal based power plant capacity in East India is 32.8GW in 2022-23.
Annual Electricity generation from Coal based Power plant in East India in 2022-23 is 217BU which adds 194 million units of CO2 in atmosphere annually
RES Power plant ( including both solar and wind )Installed in East india in 2022-23 -1.8GW
Annual Energy Generation from RES in East India in 2022-23 is 1.3 BU which saves 1.2 million units CO2 addition in atmosphere annually . This is only 0,5% of carbon addition saving by East india coal based Power plants
