India Adds 7.2 GW of Coal Power to Bolster Energy Security

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India has added 7.2 GW of coal-fired power capacity in the current fiscal year, exceeding the previous year's capacity expansion by 60%, as the country aims to bolster its energy security.

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India has added as much as 7.2 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired power capacity in the current fiscal year ending March 2026, which is about 60% above the previous fiscal year’s capacity expansion with four months to go, government data showed on Tuesday. The newly-commissioned capacity in the 2025/2026 fiscal year so far has hit the highest in a decade as India looks to bolster its energy security with flexible baseload power capacity, according to the data shared in Parliament by India’s Deputy Power Minister Shripad Naik and…

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