India ’s Tata Power will not build any further coal - fired power plants , as it turns to renewable energy . Since 2013 , the firm has seen a net increase in thermal power production of just 68 MW . ’s energy mix would shrink to 26% while renewables would expand to 36%. In the same period , it has added over 2 GW of wind and solar and 246 MW of hydropower . While fossil fuels still make up 70 % of the company 's output , 97 % of its additions over the last six years have come from non - thermal sources . India 's State Electricity Authority estimates that coal 's national energy share will fall to 26 % by 2021/22 .
India ’s Tata Power will not build any further coal - fired power plants , as it turns to renewable energy . Since 2013 , the firm has seen a net increase in thermal power production of just 68 MW . In the same period , it has added over 2 GW of wind and solar and 246 MW of hydropower . While fossil fuels still make up 70 % of the company 's output , 97 % of its additions over the last six years have come from non - thermal sources . India 's State Electricity Authority estimates that coal 's national energy share will fall to 26 % by 2021/22 .