India Solar Power Generation Surges as Coal Makes a Rare Retreat

India saw record-high power generation from solar plants between January and April, with solar electricity output soaring by 32.4% from a year earlier and keeping coal-fired generation essentially flat despite rising demand. The record solar generation of 57.8 terawatt hours (TWh) in the period January to April—when coal power typically peaks – could lead to the first annual decline in coal generation since the Covid year 2020, Reuters columnist Gavin Maguire notes. While solar power output surged to a record high, coal remained flat,…