India’s future coal-fired power project pipeline carries a massive stranded asset risk due to the collapse in the average utilisation rate of its coal-fired power fleet leading to an underestimation of financial risk for new projects, finds a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). There are currently 33 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired power plants under construction and another 29GW of proposed projects under various stages of regulatory approval in India.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/overestimated-financial-viability-india%E2%80%99s-coal-fired-power-plants
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Overestimated Viability of Indias Coalfired Plants.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/institute-energy-economics-and-financial-analysis-ieefa
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coal
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/power-industry
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/finance
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/electricity
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india