CHENNAI : India's solar and gas-fired electricity generation rose in April even as overall power demand fell at the steepest monthly rate in at least thirteen years, a Reuters analysis of provisional government data showed.
Solar-powered electricity generation rose 16.9%, accounting for a record 5.6% of the country's total output, while gas-fired power output was 13.7% higher, an analysis of daily load despatch data from state-run power operator POSOCO showed.
However, wind-powered electricity generation fell 11.4%. Electricity generation from coal - India's primary source of electricity - fell 32.3% to 1.91 billion units per day, the data showed, with its contribution to overall electricity generation falling to 65.5%, compared with an