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Solar Power Potential from Coal Mines
June 23 , 2025
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- India has the fourth highest potential in the world to generate solar power from abandoned coal mines.
- 63 disused mine sites could collectively generate around 27.11 gigawatts (GW) of the solar power.
- It is equivalent to nearly 37 percent of country’s current installed solar capacity.
- Telangana, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh feature among the top 20 global regions with the highest land availability from closed or soon-to-be-closed mines.
- Other 3 top countries are Australia, Indonesia and the United States.
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