Coal India– after the coal shortage induced power crisis in India– is going to open one of the biggest coal mines in the country.
Srimal mine in eastern Odisha, the output form the mine is expected to start from two to five million tonnes a year from November this year and rise to about 50 million tonnes in five to seven years. Coal India plans to open two more mines this year with annual capacity of 7 million tonnes in the financial year 2022-23. No coal mine has ever produced more than 50 million tonnes of coal in a year, the Gevra coal mine aims to produce 52 million tonnes this year. Coal India currently produces 80% of India’s coal demand, aims to produce 700million tonnes this year and a billion tonnes by the year 2025.
The government is silent on how the opening of new coal plants will affect countries emission targets, but the government is still aiming at 450GW of renewable power by 2030.
India currently produces 401GW of power, of which 111GW is from renewable sources.
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