India has been cancelling some huge coal power plant projects. At the same time, they're fast-tracking solar nationwide.
"India could have been expected to increase its coal fired power use for decades. However, there appears to be a transition underway with an extremely rapid growth in renewable energy installations, which has begun to displace planned coal at a scale that has surprised many analysts", said Prof Niklas Hohne, of New Climate Institute.
Business Standard has more details in this Nov. 10 article.
