The Central Electrical Authority (CEA) of India has identified old (more than 25-year-old) and inefficient coal-fired power plants with a combined power capacity of 5.5 GW that should be retired, to help India cut its CO2 emissions and better use its coal reserves. The time frame for the planned phase-out was not unveiled but the plants should be stopped progressively.
Coal-fired power plants account for around 60% of India's installed power capacity (more than 200 GW out of a total capacity of 350 GW in 2016) and coal covers nearly 80% of the total power generation. Over the last two years, around 4 GW of old coal-fired power plants have been retired, as part of an undergoing retrofit programme. However, new coal-fired capacities are still booming; India's largest thermal power producer NTPC plans to invest US$10bn in new coal-fired projects over the next five years, despite the current construction pace that should meet electricity demand until 2027.
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