Indian environment policy
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Down To Earth · India · India's grid hits a record 270.8GW peak as a May heatwave forces coal to its limits
Decodes the record peak as a dispatch problem: solar covers the day but coal and costly gas plug the evening cooling ramp, since storage and flexible capacity remain thin. Treats coal flexibility as the binding constraint.
“Coal has been forced to its flexibility limits and costly gas is being used to plug ramping gaps.”