Lok Sabha Question No. 2764 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-12
Subject: Coal Fired Electricity Output and Emission
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Yaduveer Wadiyar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2764 ANSWERED ON 12.12.2024

## COAL FIRED ELECTRICITY OUTPUT AND EMISSION

2764. SHRI YADUVEER WADIYAR:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the data on India's coal-fired electricity output and emissions during the last five years and the current year;

(b) whether the Government has any data on the effectiveness of current technologies and  practices  in  reducing  emissions  from  coal-fired  power  plants  including  any  recent advancements or pilot projects and if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the measures taken/being taken by the Government to abide by the international conventions during the process of coal-fired electricity output?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) The details of India's coal-fired electricity generation and CO2 emissions during the last five years and the current year are at Annexure.

(b): In  order  to  reduce  emissions,  the  Government  is  presently  adopting  various technologies and practices as mentioned below:

- (i) Ministry of Power is promoting installation of efficient Supercritical/ Ultra Supercritical units  over  Subcritical  Thermal  Units  as  these  units  are  more  efficient  and  their  CO2 emission per unit of electricity generation is less than subcritical units. Further, GoI has also  planned  to  set  up  a  highly  efficient  800  MW  Advance  Ultra  Supercritical  (AUSC) thermal power plant.

(ii)  To  improve the energy efficiency, the Perform Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme has been  implemented  in  various  thermal  power  plants.  Improvement  in  energy  efficiency reduces carbon dioxide emission in thermal power generation.

(iii)  Carbon  Capture  Utilization and Storage (CCUS) project are under implementation in few thermal power plants on pilot basis to reduce carbon dioxide in the flue gases.

(iv)  Ministry  of  Power  has  issued  a  policy  on  Bio-mass  Utilization  for  Power  Generation through  Co-firing  in  Coal  based  Power  Plants  to  use  5-10  %  blend  of  biomass  pellets made, primarily of agro-residue along with coal after assessing the technical feasibility.

(c): As  per  updated  Nationally  Determined  Contribution  (NDC)  submissions  to  United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in August 2022, India has committed to achieve 50 percent cumulative electric power installed capacity from nonfossil  fuel-based  energy resources by 2030, with the help of transfer of technology and low-cost  international  finance  including  from  Green  Climate  Fund  (GCF).  India  has achieved non-fossil installed capacity of 211.40 GW (46.52 % of total installed Capacity of 454.45 GW) as on 31.10.2024.

The  Government  has  taken  following  capacity  addition  programme  in  non-fossil sectors to reduce dependence on coal based generation:

- i. 13,997.5  MW  of  Hydro  Electric  Projects  and  6,050  MW  of  Pumped  Storage Projects are under construction and 24,225.5 MW of Hydro Electric Projects and 50,760 MW of PSP are under various stage of planning.
- ii. 7,300  MW  of  Nuclear  Capacity  is  under  construction  and  7,000  MW  is  under various stages of planning/approval.
- iii. 1,27,050  MW  of  Renewable  Capacity  is  under  construction  and  89,690  MW  is under various stages of tendering.

Further,  Government  has  undertaken  the  following  steps  to  promote  uptake  of Renewable Energy :

- i. Transmission plan for integration of 5,00,000 MW RE capacity is being implemented in a phased manner commensurate with RE capacity
- ii. Waiver of ISTS charges on transmission of electricity generated from Solar, Wind, Pumped Storage Plants and Battery Energy Storage Systems.
- iii. Renewable Purchase Obligations (RPOs) and Energy Storage obligations Trajectory till 2029-30.
- iv. Construction of Green Energy Corridors and putting in place 13 Renewable Energy Management Centres.
- v. Setting up of Ultra Mega Renewable Energy Parks to provide land and transmission to RE developers for installation of RE projects at large scale.
- vi. Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme: The Government of India is implementing  the  Production  Linked  Incentive  (PLI)  Scheme  for  High  Efficiency Solar  PV  Modules,  for  achieving  domestic  manufacturing  capacity  of  Giga  Watt (GW) scale in High Efficiency Solar PV modules, with an outlay of Rs. 24,000 crore.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 2764 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 12.12.2024

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Details of coal-fired electricity generation and CO2 emissions during the last five years and the current year:

| Year                     |   Coal fired Electricity Generation (BUs) | CO2 emission (Million Tonne) from Coal Based Generating stations   |
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2019-20                  |                                    961.21 | 867.92                                                             |
| 2020-21                  |                                    950.93 | 853.82                                                             |
| 2021-22                  |                                   1041.48 | 943.04                                                             |
| 2022-23                  |                                   1145.9  | 1039.55                                                            |
| 2023-24                  |                                   1260.9  | 1135.32*                                                           |
| 2024-25 (upto Oct. 2024) |                                    760.67 | 684.91**                                                           |

* Provisional Figures

**  CO2 baseline data report for emission is prepared only year wise, hence tentative figures for 2024-25(upto October 2024) is calculated based on previous year data on pro-rata basis indicated.

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