MUMBAI: Maharashtra, with the highest electricity demand in India, was mid-table when it came to energy transition to renewable sources among all the states in the country. This was mainly due to slow renewable energy uptake in the state and the inability to shut down older polluting coal power plants, a national report on state’s energy transition (SET) said on Monday.
“Maharashtra’s renewable energy share (11%) is lower than most other states. Furthermore, it has utilised just 7% of its renewable energy potential, and about 19% of its operational coal fleet (~4.7GW) is older than 25 years, a major source of carbon emission. Meanwhile, Karnataka and Gujarat are the Indian states making the most progress in overall preparedness and commitment in the transition to clean electricity,” a joint report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) and Ember shows.
