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Coal India is going green, with a ₹25,000 crore plan to build 4.5 GW of renewable energy capacity over the next few years.
- That’s enough clean power to light up 30 lakh homes or energize an entire state like Punjab.
What matters: the company has already lined up customers. It signed an MoU with AM Green, a green ammonia maker, to supply 4,500 MW of solar and wind energy for its upcoming plants. The green power will be used to produce ammonia, a clean fuel alternative critical for decarbonizing sectors like shipping and fertilizers.
AM Green will pair pumped hydro with Coal India’s solar and wind to ensure a steady 24/7 clean energy supply, solving the problem of gaps when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing.
The why: this is part of Coal India’s push toward net-zero operations. Once synonymous with fossil fuels, the state-run giant is now actively diversifying, without stepping away from its core role in powering the country.
Zoom out: India plans to add 80 GW of new coal-fired capacity by 2031-32, but it’s also targeting 500 GW of clean energy by 2030, up from 172 GW today. Coal and clean are now running in parallel—and both are scaling fast.
