Yes, yes, the sun only shines during the day.

This has often been viewed as a fatal problem of renewables, but perhaps it is a feature. It cuts down on peak fossil-demand, & avoids the need for over capacity of fossils. Over time, batteries can help spread supply over time.

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India has been using non-fossil (including large hydro, nuclear, and bioenergy) as its metric, and the share of installed capacity passed 50% already last year. Meanwhile the share of generation has been growing, but much more slowly because of the low utilisation rate, and is still below 30%.

Check out the full June edition of our India Energy & Climate Pulse co-written with my colleague @shivmit.bsky.social here:

India's solar generation is starting to make a clear dent in coal generation during daylight hours, reaching a peak of 39% on the 3rd of March this year. Coal has little flexibility, so further increases in solar generation would be greatly facilitated by more storage, which is currently minimal.

The nature of solar and wind is that they do not generate evenly across the day. Their 'utilisation' rate can never be as high as coal is now. Coal now is running around 60% utilisation, while renewables are under 20%. So actual renewable power generation is a much lower share of the total.

Read all about it in the India Energy & Climate Pulse by @robbieandrew.bsky.social and @shivmit.bsky.social

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India imports about half of the natural gas it consumes, and the government has responded by directing shortages to industry, while maintaining supplies to households ("City Gas").

We're aiming to publish these snapshot reports monthly. Here's a direct link to April's snapshot about why emissions growth slowed so markedly in India in 2025. Check it out!
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It's not just about energy, because natural gas is a key feedstock in fertiliser production. At the start of the important Kharif cropping season, natural gas shortages have led to a 25% drop in production of fertiliser as well as massive price spikes for imports.

India has held retail fuel prices fairly constant since the 2022 energy crisis, but with costs mounting quickly through March and April, the government has finally conceded that it cannot absorb these costs forever, and raised prices on the 15th of May.

LPG plays a central role in India's kitchens, but the shift from traditional biomass to imported LPG has left India vulnerable to geopolitical shocks. Domestic production was pushed up, but this was far from sufficient to close the gap left by supply constraints, and consumption has dropped sharply.