{"id":343,"date":"2021-03-24T10:05:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T10:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pscsolaruk.com\/blog\/?p=343"},"modified":"2021-03-24T10:05:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T10:05:42","slug":"the-future-of-solar-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pscsolaruk.com\/blog\/the-future-of-solar-power\/","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s biggest coal company bets on solar power"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img has-preview caas-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/dyqusOKEAd2xarkYnCDENA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTM5Ni41NjI1O2NmPXdlYnA-\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/uu\/api\/res\/1.2\/OlL_onmSKDcXyyan7PLe.w--~B\/aD01NDk7dz05NzY7YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b24-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/bbc_us_articles_995\/714682e2d7f0046a4dc9a5e714696d6a\" alt=\"Coal-fired power plant in Gujarat, India\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption-wrapper caption-aligned-with-image\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrapper caption-aligned-with-image\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\" data-id=\"m-0\"><strong>A coal-fired power plant in Gujarat, India<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The world\u2019s largest coal mining firm is to &#8220;aggressively&#8221; pursue <a href=\"https:\/\/pscsolaruk.com\/blog\/the-bright-future-of-solar-energy-in-africa\/\">solar<\/a> energy and continue to close smaller mines.<\/p><div id=\"pscso-1464590290\" class=\"pscso-content pscso-entity-placement\"><div class=\"pscso-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pscsolaruk.com\/rfq\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-509 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pscsolaruk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/6tp7s.png?resize=710%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"710\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Coal India Limited (CIL) plans to invest in a 3,000-megawatt solar energy project in a joint venture with state-run NLC India.<\/p>\n<p>The company also wants to compete in India\u2019s solar auctions and win projects by offering the lowest prices for clean power.<\/p><div id=\"pscso-3787503437\" class=\"pscso-content_2 pscso-entity-placement\"><div class=\"pscso-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pscsolaruk.com\/rfq\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-509 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pscsolaruk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/6tp7s.png?resize=710%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"710\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>It marks a major shift for the firm, which produces most of India\u2019s coal.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"caas-list caas-list-bullet\">\n<li><a class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-india-52614770?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:India CO2 emissions fall for first time in decades\" data-rapid_p=\"18\" data-v9y=\"1\">India CO2 emissions fall for first time in decades<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/science-environment-56208651?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:Carbon emission promises 'put Earth on red alert'\" data-rapid_p=\"19\" data-v9y=\"1\">Carbon emission promises &#8216;put Earth on red alert&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/science-environment-52968716?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:Could the coronavirus crisis finally finish off coal?\" data-rapid_p=\"20\" data-v9y=\"1\">Could the coronavirus crisis finally finish off coal?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cCoal as you know, we\u2019re going to lose business in the next two, three decades. Solar will take over (from) coal slowly as a major energy provider in the coming years,\u201d CIL\u2019s chairman Pramod Agarwal said in an interview with Reuters.<\/p><div id=\"pscso-3667910333\" class=\"pscso-content-3 pscso-entity-placement\"><div class=\"pscso-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pscsolaruk.com\/rfq\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-509 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pscsolaruk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/6tp7s.png?resize=710%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"710\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The company\u2019s solar project with NLC India will be worth 125bn rupees ($1.73bn; \u00a31.26bn), with CIL expected to invest roughly half of that figure by 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The group closed 82 mines in the three years to March 2020 and reduced its workforce by 18,600 employees.<\/p><div id=\"pscso-3722486753\" class=\"pscso-cybertron pscso-entity-placement\"><div class=\"pscso-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\nzone = \"30\";\r\npl = \"2226\";\r\nurl = \"https:\/\/cybertronads.com\/platform\";\r\n\/\/--><\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/cybertronads.com\/platform\/show.js\"><\/script>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Mr Agarwal said he expected further reductions to the workforce, with the savings potentially reinvested into solar wafer production.<\/p>\n<h3>Energy transformation<\/h3>\n<p>India currently uses about one billion tons of coal annually, making it the world&#8217;s second-largest consumer behind China.<\/p>\n<p>CIL is by far the country\u2019s biggest producer, with the company aiming to\u00a0<a class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/coal\/annual\/pdf\/table10.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:produce 710 million tons of coal in 2020-21, according to India\u2019s coal ministry.\" data-rapid_p=\"21\" data-v9y=\"1\">produce 710 million tons of coal in 2020-21, according to India\u2019s coal ministry.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s slightly more than all US coal companies produced in 2019, according to figures from the US Energy Information Agency.<\/p>\n<p>India is hoping for a significant shift in its energy mix over the coming years to help it meet its climate targets.<\/p>\n<p>The country is a signatory to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, and it has committed to reducing its emissions by up to 35% by 2030 from 2005 levels.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the country&#8217;s emissions fell for the first time in decades.<\/p>\n<p>Although the lower emissions were partly due to strict Covid-19 lockdown measures, lower demand for coal was also a factor.<\/p>\n<p>India hopes to generate 175GW of renewable energy capacity by next year, with a target of 450GW by the end of the decade.<\/p>\n<div id=\"pscso-3104859890\" class=\"pscso-after-content pscso-entity-placement\"><div class=\"pscso-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><iframe src=\"https:\/\/cybertronads.com\/platform\/show.php?z=29&pl=806\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div><div id=\"pscso-2413684143\" class=\"pscso-rfq pscso-entity-placement\"><div class=\"pscso-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pscsolaruk.com\/rfq\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-509 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pscsolaruk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/6tp7s.png?resize=710%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"710\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A coal-fired power plant in Gujarat, India The world\u2019s largest coal mining firm is to &#8220;aggressively&#8221; pursue solar energy and continue to close smaller mines. 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