While the availability of domestic and supposedly cheap coal supplies was once cited as a central justification for pursuing coal power in India, which currently supplies about 70 percent of the country’s electricity generation, recent coal shortages, dramatic price increases, and environmental mismanagement by the coal industry have led policymakers, energy developers, and investors to acknowledge the need for the country to pursue an alternative energy path.
Habang ang pagkakaroon ng mga domestic at parang cheap karbon supplies minsan ay nabanggit bilang isang sentral na dahilan para hinahabol karbon kapangyarihan sa Indya, na kasalukuyang supplies tungkol sa 70 porsiyento ng koryente henerasyon ng bansa, kamakailan kakapusan sa karbon, dramatic na pagtaas ng presyo, at kapaligiran masamang pamamahala ng karbon industriya na humantong policymakers, enerhiya developer, at mga namumuhunan upang kilalanin ang pangangailangan para sa mga bansa upang humanap ng isang alternatibong enerhiya path.