Even after the country adds 80 GW of thermal capacity by 2030, the share of coal-based power in installed capacity will come down to 23% by then from 68% in 2014, the Union Power Minister, R K Singh said on Thursday, while talking about the final deal adopted at the recently concluded COP28 summit.
“The transition is according to national circumstances. Our per capita consumption is the lowest in the world. What needs to be reduced is the emmissions,” Singh said adding that it is the developed countries who are emitting more carbon and does not want to address that.
