How solar energy can address India’s peak power demand

Mercury has been soaring. So is power demand. It is estimated that 1.9 billion units or six per cent of the total demand will be the overall shortage, making it the worst electricity shortage in over six years. The emergency has occurred due to multiple reasons for an unusual rise in temperature, rise in price of imported coal due to disturbance in supplies from Russia. Prices of coal globally have shut up from $60 per tonne to $203 per tonne. This has made import of coal difficult to make up the domestic shortfall due to rise in demand. Globally coal power rose by nine per cent in 2021 to 10,042 TWh a new all-time high and 2 per cent above previous record set in 2018. It was the biggest percentage rise on record since at least 1985. New coal records were set in. India’s coal power rose by 125TWh (11 per cent) in 2021, setting a new record by beating the previous best of 2018 of 4…

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