If coal is exhausted, 5 to 6 house lights out of every 10 in India will go off, know in how many years coal will be exhausted from the world

Posted on 16th Oct 2021 by rohit kumar

We had a lot of fun over coal. No? So by now, you must have come to know what all the hustle and bustle is on. That's why I will not talk about the India rating report which says that by October 10, 16 power plants in the country have been closed due to a shortage of coal.

 

It is no longer necessary to mention that out of 137 coal-fired power plants in the country, 72 have 3 days, 50 plants have 4 days and 30 have only 1 day's coal left. On normal days, they have 17 days of coal in reserve.

 

But it is very important to know that if the light of your house is not going to go off. See, 37% of the electricity in the world is made from coal and 55% in India. That is, if the world runs out of coal, then 3 to 4 out of 10 houses will be dimmed and in India 5 to 6 houses out of 10.

 

Question 1: What is the current condition, how much coal is being produced in the world, and how much electricity is being made in it?

 

Answer-

65% of coal in the world is used to generate electricity

On average, 16,000 million tonnes of coal is produced in the world every year or say that it is produced. In 2019, 16 thousand 731 million tonnes of coal was produced and in 2020 15 thousand 767 million tonnes of coal was produced. Out of this, 60 to 65% of coal was used by the world only to generate electricity.

 

72% of coal in India is used to generate electricity

We are the second-largest producer of coal in the world. We make 760 million tonnes of coal a year on average. Of this, 70 to 75% of coal is used to generate electricity. In 2020, 72% of coal was spent on generating electricity.

 

Question 2: How many years of the total coal is left in the world and India?

 

The world has had coal left for 134 years

The last time coal around the world was measured was in 2016. Then there was a total of 1,144 billion tonnes of coal left in coal mines around the world. In technical language, it is called coal reserve. About 8.5 billion tonnes of coal is consumed in the world every year. At this pace, coal will be exhausted in the next 134 to 135 years.

 

India has 107 years of coal left

According to the Ministry of Coal, Government of India, we currently have 319 billion tonnes of coal, but agencies in Europe and America consider only 107 billion tonnes.

 

India is the second-largest consumer of coal. According to yearbook.enerdata.net, on average, India consumes 1 billion tonnes of coal. According to the figures of the Government of India, we have 319 years of coal. If the international agency is to be believed, then 107 years of coal is left.

 

Question 3: If coal runs out, what are the options for generating electricity?

 

See, only 37% of the total electricity in the world is made from coal. The remaining 67% in other ways. The US generates 73% of its electricity through renewable resources wind, solar power. Therefore, countries like America will not have many problems due to the end of coal. America's target is that by 2040, it will make coal-fired electricity stand at 20% in any case.

 

But in India, the picture is the opposite.

In our electricity generation, only 25% of the electricity is generated through renewable resources. 12% through hydropower plants. About 55% of the electricity is generated from coal. India has set a target of 175,000 MW for renewable energy by 2022. Which is 45% of the total power generation of 3,84,115 MW. But we are far from this figure at the moment. According to the report of 2020, only 25% of renewable resources can generate electricity.

 

without coal, we will return to the 18th century

For the first time in India, the East India Company mined coal in 1774 at Raniganj in West Bengal. Earlier our life was going on without coal. So if coal runs out and we can't work out its alternatives, we will go back to 18th-century life.