Where’s the beef?
This article is one supposition after another.
Look at the big truck! It needs 4wd!!!
Yes, coal by wire is difficult.
NB: India is producing solar for about the same price as coal and not much above the USA price for coal.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/solar-power-is-beginning-to-eclipse-fossil-fuels-11581964338
Built in 2018 by India’s Acme Solar Holdings Ltd., it can generate 200 megawatts of electricity, enough to power all the homes in a middle-size U.S. town. Acme sells the electricity to distributors for 2.44 rupees (3.4 cents) a kilowatt-hour, a record low for solar power in India, a country that data trackers say has the world’s cheapest solar energy.
More remarkable, the power costs less to generate in India than the cheapest competing fossil fuel—coal—even with subsidies removed and the cost of construction and financing figured in, according to the Indian government and industry trackers.
RE: India is producing solar for about the same price as coal and not much above the USA price for coal.
What kind of energy and materials does India use to produce these solar panels?
Where do they mine the materials? What kind of energy is used for the mining industry?