Solar, gas power generation shoots up even as electricity consumption falls
India’s solar and gas-fired electricity generation rose in April even as overall power demand fell at the steepest monthly rate in at least thirteen years, a Reuters analysis of provisional government data showed.
Solar-powered electricity generation rose 16.9 per cent, accounting for a record 5.6 per cent of the country’s total output, while gas-fired power output was 13.7 per cent higher, an analysis of daily load despatch data from state-run power operator POSOCO showed. However, wind-powered electricity generation fell 11.4 per cent.
Electricity generation from coal – India’s primary source of electricity – fell 32.3 per cent to 1.91 billion units per day, the data showed, with its contribution to overall electricity generation falling to 65.5 per cent, compared with an average of over 73.7 per cent last year.
