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India - Third largest producer of Electricity
March 22 , 2020
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- The Ministry of Power quoted International Energy Agency ranking in the Parliament.
- According to the ranking, India is the third largest producer of electricity in the world.
- Also, it is ranked 106th in terms of per capital consumption.
- India has now become power surplus from power deficit.
- Therefore, it is currently focusing on supply of quality power to consumers.
- India’s power production is dominated by coal.
- As of May 2019, 72% of India’s electricity was generated from coal-based power plants.
- However, several energy institutes predict that dependence of India on coal is to reduce.
- India is slowly shifting towards other sources of energy, especially solar energy.
- India has set a target of achieving 175 GW of renewable energy in 2022.
- Of this, 100 GW is to be solar power.
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