Super El Niño Could Trigger a Major Coal Boom in India
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Super El Niño Could Trigger a Major Coal Boom in India
The super El Niño weather phenomenon this year will significantly boost India’s demand for coal-fired power generation over the next 12 months, as a generation gap could occur with higher temperatures, the Finland-based think tank Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) said in a report on Monday. The El Niño, the recurrent weather pattern driving global temperatures higher, would affect most energy systems globally, but none would be…
Why a Super El Niño Could Push India Back Toward Coal
India’s power grid faces its toughest test yet. A super El Niño forming in the Pacific could force the country to burn nearly 18 more terawatt-hours of coal within a year, according to a new analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA). No country will feel the strain more than India. Heat, Not Renewables, Drives the Gap El Niño will cut India’s wind and hydropower output by weakening rainfall and wind speeds. But the bigge…
India may require an additional 17.7 TWh of fossil fuel generation within a year due to El Niño
India’s surge in power demand and reduced wind and hydropower generation output due to El Niño could drive nearly 18 TWh of additional coal burn within a year, according to new analysis from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. The analysis models the impact of the forecast transition from La Niña to El Niño on India’s power sector from July 2026 to June 2027. The report says this year’s El Niño—the recurrent weather pattern that dri…
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