Is India Too Reliant Upon Coal?

I don't see where adding another 28 GW's of capacity over the next 6 -7 years is a big deal. My home state of North Dakota has around 4.3 GW's of coal power now.

India has some 1.13 billion people and my state has around 640,000.

not impossible but improbable depends more on honest Political will to exploit the coal reserves available in India with stack of coal India has it can do much more but even after 60 years of Independence no body seems to exploit energy from coal for power generation to the extent it could be

crm

India's nuclear capacity is projected to increase from 4,000 MW to 470,000 MW in the next 40 years. The country now operates 17 nuclear power stations, and French company Areva is ironing out a deal to build a few more and help India become a nuclear technology exporter.

Too dependent on coal? I think some progress is being made to overcome that.

Yes at the moment we are dependant on the coal. Along with Nuclear Power Generation there are big plans for Solar and Wind Mill projects.We have sun shining for 8-10 months in many parts of India.Recently French Prime Minster Mr.Karzoky during his visit to India has bagged orders worth $20 billions for nuclear projects.

Suresh Sharma

Burning matter for energy can never solve power crisis.

Not only India ,any measures in this line from any part of the globe need a reconsideration.