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Coal is the dominant commercial fuel in India, satisfying more than half of India's energy demand. Power generation accounts for about 70% of India's coal consumption, followed by heavy industry. Coal consumption is projected in the International Energy Annual 2002 to increase to 450 million short tons (Mmst) in 2010, up from 369 million short tons in 2000. This is a substantial increase in the rate of growth projected in previous forecasts. India is the world's third largest coal producer (after China and the United States), so most of the country's coal demand is satisfied by domestic supplies. Indian coal generally has a high ash content and low calorific value, so most coking coal must be imported. Major Indian coal fields are found in Bihar, West Bengal, and Madhya Pradesh. |
Development of a country is measured by the Energy consumption. The so called developed nations have been using Energy from the sources which are not renewable and would exhaust in next few decades. This is done at the cost of poor and so called under develop country. It can be safely assumed that the consumption of energy has over taken the development of energy generation technology from non polluting and renewable or abundantly available sources like sun light, wind power etc. Nations have been in too hurry to enjoy the fruits of modern inventions and technologies.